Ferry Cross the Mersey (film) Ferry Cross the Mersey (film) Ferry Cross the Mersey is a 1965 musical film featuring Gerry and the Pacemakers. The film, directed by Jeremy Summers, was the first to be shot on location in Liverpool after the city's emergence into the music mainstream (which had previously seen only Frankie Vaughan, Russ Hamilton, Billy Fury and Lita Roza as stars). For authenticity, many scenes were shot in clubs near the home of Gerry and the Pacemakers' frontman Gerry Marsden. A scene on a ferry (the "Mountwood") on the River Mersey showed the docks as a backdrop. Marsden wrote nine new songs
Ian Marsden to the world of handcycling. However, after competing on the European circuit for a number of years, Marsden was once again hospitalised, and it was discovered that he had a rare motor neuron condition. Ian Marsden Ian James Marsden (born 25 January 1972 in Stafford) is a British paracanoeist, hand cyclist and was previously a champion powerlifter. He won a bronze medal in the 2016 Summer Paralympics in the Men's KL1 200m. Marsden began his professional life as a microbiologist. Before suffering a spinal injury, Marsden competed as a non-disabled athlete in the British Open Powerlifting Championships, and won the