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24th October 2014, 12:02 PM
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Hi to all
Hi joined the site today .Ex Houlders man joined the company in 1978 First ship Westbury sailed from Scotland to Manchester and handed her over to new Greek owners.Then onto the Lord Kelvin then the Dunster Grange,Cavendish,Banbury ,Derwent and finally the Andes.Got transfered to the offshore fleet started on the Uncle John then the KingsNorth uk the Shelf Driller and various other offshore units.Left the company at the end of 1999.Great days and happy memories,a pleasure to work for what i consider to be one big happy family.Still miss and wouldnt swap the memories for anything.
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24th October 2014, 12:53 PM
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Re: Hi to all
welcome to the site Robbie
Ron the batcave
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24th October 2014, 03:15 PM
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Re: Hi to all
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24th October 2014, 06:33 PM
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Not THE Robbie Williams. ?????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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24th October 2014, 06:47 PM
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Hello Robbie
Welcome to the site I hope you find lots to take your interest here and we will have you for a long time!
Also thanks for posting your Ships etc
Would be nice to also add these details and possibly more details in the Crew Listings!
Cheers
Senior Site Moderator-Member and Friend of this Website
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25th October 2014, 06:38 PM
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I am the original lol not him the singer though
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22nd June 2015, 03:39 PM
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Hi Robbie, we worked on the shelf driller together, nice to see your still about
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21st September 2016, 10:56 AM
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Good memories Mike top lads on the Shelf.
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24th January 2019, 09:51 PM
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hi i joined in scotland as c cook and went to manchester .
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