Mike Roussel has always had a deep interest in history, especially local history. Later as a professional musician, he found the life stories of the older musicians he worked with fascinating and an excellent way of recording living history. This interest developed in more depth when he was a teacher with visits to museums and projects with children that combined research and oral history interviews that really brought history to life for children and adults alike. He has always had an interest in maritime history and after watching daily life on Southampton Water and Southampton Docks in the 1990s he decided to write this book.

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Mike Roussel has always had a deep interest in history, especially local history. Later as a professional musician, he found the life stories of the older musicians he worked with fascinating and an excellent way of recording living history. This interest developed in more depth when he was a teacher with visits to museums and projects with children that combined research and oral history interviews that really brought history to life for children and adults alike. He has always had an interest in maritime history and after watching daily life on Southampton Water and Southampton Docks in the 1990s he decided to write this book.