In the 19th C there were regular passenger and cargo shipping services up the west coast of the UK to ports such as Annan and Campbeltown and I am sure Whitehaven. Wasnt Whitehaven attacked by the Americans under John Paul Jones? Like Campbeltown it was an important sea port whose significance is often overlooked as these days we tend to see distances/remoteness/importance in terms of our road and rail network. Judy ---------- >From: "Sharon Ann Reid" <booreid@nb.sympatico.ca> >To: BIRKENHEAD-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [BKHD-Wirral] Re:Thanks to Robert Tennant >Date: 18, Sat Feb, 2006, 2:54 pm > > there does seem to >> be a strong connection between people at these to coastal towns, if no >> apparent trade link.