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peewee wrote:i was watching a tv programme today about a hovercraft and i remembered back to my childhood, we are talking about the early 70's here, i can remember a hovercraft in merseyside, i travelled on it a couple of times but i cant remember where it was.

for some reason i think it was southport to north wales, i have looked on the internet and found a hovercraft from moreton to rhyl in north wales, rhyl would make sense as we had a caravan there but i dont remember it leaving from moreton.

anyone shed any light on it, was it only moreton or was there one from southport? i seem to remember the old MPTE badge on the back of the ferry but i could be wrong

The Red Baron wrote:Billy Butler on the Royal Iris, Fkinell Judge another blast from the past.

The Red Baron wrote:Peewee, I think you are getting a little confused,Hovercraft from New Brighton phooey.This is what you remember;

Originally aired: September 12, 1970
Written by Harry Booth & Glyn Jones
Directed by Harry Booth
In this premier episode,PEEWEE decides to build a hovercraft and enlists the help of the others to construct it. While the gang takes a break, Tiger innocently and accidently finds herself in the driver seat and the hovercraft "takes off". Unable to stop, Tiger speeds through town creating quite a commotion. We even see Albert riding helplessly on the hood after Tiger runs into him. After much chase by the other kids, and seeing she is heading for water, Tiger ejects from the seat up into a nearby tree. The boys race into the water trying to rescue her. Billie and Tiger laugh at them from a distance. The boys catch colds.

Remember that,seriously mate I cant remember a hovercraft,although there are plans now to run one beetween Southport and Blackpool.