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Over 200 years ago, the wreckers on the Wirral peninsula were ransacking Liverpool-bound vessels with notorious ferocity.
Neil McCarthy explores the history of their illicit activities
After the end of the wrecking era, huge crowds came to the Victorian seaside resort of New Brighton, but they too have now gone.
Neil sets out to discover whether the wild spirit of the wreckers lives on in the area today.
Producers: Mark Burman and Neil McCarthy
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2009.
Neil McCarthy seeks out Wirral's wrecking past and looks for its spirit today.
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20090415 |