Jun 28, 20162 min read

The Pegu filmed this morning for a documentary on the Sefton Coast

PHOTO BY SEFTON COAST PARTNERSHIP

Regulars on the Sefton Coast Landscape Partnership walks will know the Pegu - our very own "Whisky Galore" shipwreck is too far offshore to get to safely by walking out at low tide - it sits on the seaward side of the Crosby navigation channel, and can only be admired from a distance.

Regulars will also be aware of a certain Sefton Coast Landscape Partnership project officer's desire to get to it....

The Pegu ran aground in 1939, after leaving Liverpool bound for Rangoon and carrying a cargo including a consignment of whisky.

While customs officials thought the wreck and its cargo were safely out of reach, a few intrepid Formby-ites knew better and made their way to the wreck at night, reaping a heady shipwrecky harvest for their high risk strategy, before having to stash their booty in the dunes...so the story goes.

The great team from Tern TV chartered the Mersey Lass for a dash out across the bay to get up close and personal with this marvellous wreck, and kindly invited Sefton Coast Landscape Partnership along today.

An offer that couldn't be refused.

Look at the boilers, the crank/propeller shaft etc etc - what a wreck!!!

Many thanks to Tern TV for helping a very grateful Sefton Coast Landscape officer realise a 40-year-old dream, finally getting a good look at the Pegu.

Tern TV are working with the CitiZAN archaeology project and will be producing a documentary about the Sefton coast, featuring the Pegu, the submerged forest at Hightown, the Prehistoric Footprints at Formby, the Blitz Beach at Hall Road and even the Tobacco Dump at Freshfield, for broadcast on Channel Four.