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Today,
09:58 AM
j.sabourn
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The British Trampship.
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Merchant Navy General Postings
Anyone who sailed on such , know the Winstanley brothers . one of them was cook/ steward and the one I knew was a mate. The one I knew was from West...
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Today,
08:59 AM
Mo Docherty
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Stabbing Attack in Sydney
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News Snippets
Safer than celaya tho fellas
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18 replies | 1031 view(s)
Today,
08:33 AM
Johnny Kieran
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Stabbing Attack in Sydney
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Carrying knives and guns is a culture thing in the London area. As new cultures arrived during the last 50 years, integration has not happened the...
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Today,
08:16 AM
Alan Mcdougle
replied to a thread
The British Trampship.
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Merchant Navy General Postings
Hi John the Pulborough was a Stevie Clarks built at Blyth Dry Docks and also the last ship built at Blyth when it closed in 1966 was the Rogate for...
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Today,
07:04 AM
John Pruden
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Stabbing Attack in Sydney
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the frence have got it right shoot the stabbers/ shooters we let them go thinking they will never do it again but most do???jp
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Today,
06:47 AM
happy daze john in oz
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Stabbing Attack in Sydney
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It is becoming a global virus. Much of this in my opinion springs from two sources. Social media, there is enough on there to bend the minds of...
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Today,
06:37 AM
j.sabourn
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The British Trampship.
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Merchant Navy General Postings
Did the same amount come out in L.A. As went in , in Glasgow and Shields John ? Those dockers in Glasgow all carried mugs on their belts, and in...
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17 replies | 808 view(s)
Today,
06:33 AM
happy daze john in oz
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Rules are rules
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Trivia and Interesting Stuff
Rules are rules for all to live by. But it appears from info put out by various media sections this does not apply to any member of any gov. They...
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3 replies | 217 view(s)
Today,
06:27 AM
John Webster
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The British Trampship.
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I sailed on a tramp owned by Stevie Clarke’s who were better known for their colliers and coastal tankers. They had 3 deep sea tramps . I was on the...
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17 replies | 808 view(s)
Today,
05:15 AM
Glennys Faulds
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Women crew members and wives at sea.
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Women at Sea and at Home
Thanks Jo. I've just read your very interesting article which brought back a lovely memory of a young woman I met. She was on her first trip with...
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135 replies | 60459 view(s)
Today,
04:46 AM
j.sabourn
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Autonomous ships
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Merchant Navy General Postings
Ref #12 . In the eighties with all the companies shedding men like fleas off a dog , one way they implemented this was by failing them medically. As...
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12 replies | 609 view(s)
Today,
02:37 AM
j.sabourn
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Autonomous ships
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Merchant Navy General Postings
No Des as far as I recollect had an eye test before entering the Industry, the emphasis being on colour blindness which one is born with and doesnt...
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12 replies | 609 view(s)
Today,
01:48 AM
Des Taff Jenkins
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Very early WW2 years.
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General Member Discussion
Hi Ken, My brother had the same thing happen to him, he had just paid off in Liverpool {You would think that those girls would know better] when...
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24 replies | 2654 view(s)
Today,
01:36 AM
Des Taff Jenkins
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Rules are rules
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Trivia and Interesting Stuff
Since I was a mall boy I have always been taught that it is one rule for us and a different rule for them, them being whoever is in charge at the...
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3 replies | 217 view(s)
Today,
01:02 AM
Des Taff Jenkins
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Red duster
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Merchant Navy General Postings
Hi John. Better than that 30 quid a month,and all the salt water you could swallow across the North Atlantic at no extra charge. whaow. Des
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Today,
01:00 AM
Des Taff Jenkins
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Autonomous ships
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Merchant Navy General Postings
Lookout Yesterday I was tiding up some papers and come across an old 1952 eyesight test I had to do for my Abs ticket, 2020 vision and I wondered...
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12 replies | 609 view(s)
Today,
12:52 AM
Des Taff Jenkins
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Stabbing Attack in Sydney
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Hi John I just got an e-mail from my cousin in the UK, she told me a young 13 year old girl stabbed three teachers and a young student in Wales,...
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Yesterday,
07:53 AM
John Pruden
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Stabbing Attack in Sydney
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i was talking to our local cop and asked him if i wanted to carry a gun could i?? no he said then i asked if i had never been in trouble with the law...
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Yesterday,
12:02 AM
j.sabourn
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Rules are rules
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Trivia and Interesting Stuff
Royalty is true does not make the rules , they are made by ones Peers in Parliament. Although not making the rules she is subject to them , and...
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