FACTUAL
The Ship that Broke the Cammell's Back
Saturday 4 February 2006 20:00-21:00 (Radio 4 FM)
The Cammell Laird shipyard had a worldwide reputation for shipbuilding. Its site at Birkenhead employed 16,000 men in its heyday and the whole community was bound up with the yard. Frank Field, Birkenhead's MP, looks at the history of the yard, and the enormous impact it had on life in Birkenhead.