Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 LastLast
Results 1 to 10 of 28

Thread: A wee taste of Newfoundland

  1. #1
    Join Date
    Jul 2009
    Location
    Ontario, Canada
    Posts
    437
    Thanks (Given)
    172
    Thanks (Received)
    204
    Likes (Given)
    217
    Likes (Received)
    389

    Default A wee taste of Newfoundland

    Buddy Wasisname And The Other Fellers

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-45qEOt9EE
    Ron's Daughter
    R399144

  2. #2
    Join Date
    Jan 2010
    Location
    dunedin new zealand ex
    Posts
    2,159
    Thanks (Given)
    763
    Thanks (Received)
    1057
    Likes (Given)
    2442
    Likes (Received)
    3145

    Default Re: A wee taste of Newfoundland

    Very good Jacyn they look like blue cod they were catching the best fish to eat .You know I was going to jump ship in Vancouver love Canada also went to St Johns New Brunswick went to a dance in seaboots it was thick with snow

  3. #3
    Join Date
    Jul 2009
    Location
    Ontario, Canada
    Posts
    437
    Thanks (Given)
    172
    Thanks (Received)
    204
    Likes (Given)
    217
    Likes (Received)
    389

    Default Re: A wee taste of Newfoundland

    Too many mountains near Vancouver for my taste, Lou. I haven't managed to get to Newfoundland yet, but having been through New Brunswick and seen parts of Nova Scotia, I prefer the east coast. Newfoundland is high on my list of places to visit and if I get there, I'll definitely try blue cod. There's nothing in the world like fresh fish.
    Ron's Daughter
    R399144

  4. #4
    Join Date
    Aug 2008
    Location
    isle of wight
    Posts
    6,701
    Thanks (Given)
    2291
    Thanks (Received)
    5237
    Likes (Given)
    15143
    Likes (Received)
    24215

    Default Re: A wee taste of Newfoundland

    My very first trip to sea, 57-58 was to Botwood New Foundland, a beautiful place, was very small back then with just a wooden jetty. loaded rolls of paper. Would love to go back and have another look, was in Vancouver a couple of years ago, also a nice city, but was amazed how many druggies, apparently because of the mild winters they all head for Vancouver, KT

  5. Likes Jacyn Wade liked this post
  6. #5
    Join Date
    Apr 2012
    Posts
    2,128
    Thanks (Given)
    8436
    Thanks (Received)
    5385
    Likes (Given)
    28206
    Likes (Received)
    32060

    Default Re: A wee taste of Newfoundland

    Quote Originally Posted by Keith Tindell View Post
    My very first trip to sea, 57-58 was to Botwood New Foundland, a beautiful place, was very small back then with just a wooden jetty. loaded rolls of paper. Would love to go back and have another look, was in Vancouver a couple of years ago, also a nice city, but was amazed how many druggies, apparently because of the mild winters they all head for Vancouver, KT
    one really nice place i visited was chermainus in 1957 ....a very small ...then but peacful place me a first tripper and the deck boy went to what was just a sequence of small cabins and a store they told us to watch out for bears .......run cannot describe how fast i ran back through the woods spurred on by any crackle of a twig.......great memories

  7. #6
    Join Date
    Nov 2010
    Location
    South Shields
    Posts
    5,203
    Thanks (Given)
    480
    Thanks (Received)
    6079
    Likes (Given)
    4096
    Likes (Received)
    14782

    Default Re: A wee taste of Newfoundland

    All the Maritime provinces of Canada are great and it is both myself's and wifeys one regret that we never took the chance to emigrate there when I was offered jobs in B.C. which I thought was one of the best places in the world, especially Vancouver Island. Even thought Prince Rupert was pretty neat. One the other side had great times in both St. John's along with Halifax and other small ports in Nova Scotia. Great scenery and lovely people.
    rgds
    JA

  8. Likes N/A, Richard Quartermaine, Jacyn Wade liked this post
  9. #7
    Join Date
    Aug 2008
    Location
    Torquay
    Posts
    11,467
    Thanks (Given)
    3440
    Thanks (Received)
    7758
    Likes (Given)
    11953
    Likes (Received)
    34924

    Default Re: A wee taste of Newfoundland

    #6 Got to agree with that John, steaming up all the inlets in Victoria/Vancouver islands to pick up lumber at places only reachable by boat or seaplane and thought Vancouver inlet had a special beauty in the 50's/60's not many druggies around then and women had to have a man to go into a bar, and as most old/young seamen dressed up to go ashore in those days were often asked by women to escort them inside and nothing more expected from either side. A gentle relaxed time on the whole

  10. #8
    Join Date
    Aug 2010
    Location
    Katoomba, Blue Mountains, Australia
    Posts
    2,165
    Thanks (Given)
    4442
    Thanks (Received)
    2117
    Likes (Given)
    10706
    Likes (Received)
    6458

    Default Re: A wee taste of Newfoundland

    On my first trip we were in Halifax, NS in March/April 1947. This was the harbour that witnessed that terrible explosion back in 1918.
    In 1953 I went to Toronto for two and a half years on leaving the sea and answering an advert in the Toronto Globe and Mail I started a new career that changed my life with the Head Office of the then Canadian Western assurance Company. Great memories, great friends.
    Richard
    Attached Images Attached Images
    Our Ship was our Home
    Our Shipmates our Family

  11. Thanks N/A thanked for this post
    Likes Ivan Cloherty, Jacyn Wade liked this post
  12. #9
    Join Date
    Apr 2011
    Location
    Penybontfawr Powys
    Posts
    1,488
    Thanks (Given)
    811
    Thanks (Received)
    1393
    Likes (Given)
    2688
    Likes (Received)
    3965

    Default Re: A wee taste of Newfoundland

    My wife and I lived in Nova Scotia for 3 years 2001-2004.just outside of Kentville, we had a small properyt with 5 acres of land, it was lovely. One day we had a phone call from an unknow lady in the Immigration Service ordering us to leave Canada as our visa would not be renewed , we had 14 days to leave, we took legal advice but to no avail. They never gave us any reason for that decision, I asked her what would happen if we didnt go and her reply was '"Mr Evans you would be suprized how quick I could get the Mounties around to your property, arrest both you and your wife, handcuff you, put in prison and deported" The legal advice was that they would carry out that threat and it would be better to leave so we did. We did not break any law in that country or anywhere else for that matter. Canada is a beautiful country and we travelled it extensively. My brother in law lives in a place called Manitouwadge Northern Ontario and we have family in Toronto. We were told by our solicitor that they (The Immigration) had probabley 'Red Flagged' us as well, which meant we can no longer enter Canada. We wouldn't even try now. We have put it down to experience but are very dissapointed in the way we were treated by the authorities.

    John Albert Evans.

  13. Thanks N/A, Jacyn Wade thanked for this post
    Likes Ivan Cloherty liked this post
  14. #10
    Join Date
    Aug 2008
    Location
    isle of wight
    Posts
    6,701
    Thanks (Given)
    2291
    Thanks (Received)
    5237
    Likes (Given)
    15143
    Likes (Received)
    24215

    Default Re: A wee taste of Newfoundland

    Hi John, how strange, and most of all bleddy annoying if they wont tell you why. My son who is well up in IT applied for Canada a few years ago, his application took nearly 3 years to come through with an acceptance , in the meantime other avenues had opened up, so he turned the offer down. Apparently, if you qualify in a subject in one state, the next state may not accept it. But it is a lovely country, i have an ex shipmate living in Nelson who i met up with after 43 years out of contact. But its too cold there for me KT

  15. Likes N/A liked this post
Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 LastLast

Similar Threads

  1. My First Taste of War At Sea
    By Lou Barron in forum A Tribute Forum for the late Lou Barron
    Replies: 3
    Last Post: 14th January 2013, 06:42 AM

Tags for this Thread

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •