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Today,
03:34 PM
George Rix
replied to a thread
Clean her up
in
Cruise Ships of Today
I would have thought those horses had bolted the stable centuries ago!
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Today,
02:44 PM
Ivan Cloherty
replied to a thread
First Foreign Port.
in
Merchant Navy General Postings
That would have been 'Whitfields Ointment' a staple of the medicine locker, a cure-all for most everything, like 'Black Draught', Whitfields had an...
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9 replies | 227 view(s)
Today,
02:03 PM
Ian Shillito
replied to a thread
Alexandria to Durban via hospital ships
in
Swinging the Lamp
Hi I know that my Great Aunt, Nellie Shillito, served as a nursing sister on HMHS Llandovery Castle while operating in the eastern Mediterranean. She...
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Today,
01:33 PM
Johnny Kieran
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Pizza joke
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Jokes Page
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Today,
12:42 PM
michael hooper
replied to a thread
Remember the "British Hotel " Lyttelton
in
Merchant Navy General Postings
i remember the british hotel well.i was a GP1 on the british loyalty in april 1974 was on the kiwi coast for a couple of months.lyttelton was our...
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Today,
11:56 AM
Phil Hughes
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Lifeboat Exams in South Africa.
in
Swinging the Lamp
Hi Doc, Yes you commented on that sometime back and it turned out you and I was on the "WARWICK CASTLE" at the same time in 1958 / 59. I...
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5 replies | 165 view(s)
Today,
11:45 AM
John Arton
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Pizza joke
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Jokes Page
An American business man went to Japan on business but he hated Japanese food. He asked the hotel concierge if there was anywhere where he could get...
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1 replies | 26 view(s)
Today,
10:23 AM
James Curry
replied to a thread
First Foreign Port.
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Merchant Navy General Postings
So back on topic, my first run ashore was Hamburg. Ero's centre, that did not take long as the lady in question was very expeirenced and was keen to...
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9 replies | 227 view(s)
Today,
09:57 AM
James Curry
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docking day
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Merchant Navy General Postings
So what happened to the DOCKING day thread?
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87 replies | 4469 view(s)
Today,
07:32 AM
j.sabourn
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docking day
in
Merchant Navy General Postings
When anybody mentions to me the greens , my memory goes back to my youth when my mother was always on at me to eat your greens , which were your...
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87 replies | 4469 view(s)
Today,
07:25 AM
Doc Vernon
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Another sideways leap to fill gaps in my knowledge!
in
Ask the Forum
Hello Hazel Although i cannot say that i know if Conditions were the same , but i have heard they were very similar at times to...
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1 replies | 91 view(s)
Today,
07:12 AM
j.sabourn
replied to a thread
First Foreign Port.
in
Merchant Navy General Postings
That was one of the things that would stop a ship in Australia from 1953 and onwards to my knowledge Des , every Derrick heel block had to have a...
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9 replies | 227 view(s)
Today,
07:07 AM
Doc Vernon
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Birthday greetings
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General Member Discussion
My wishes too JG. Hope you had a great day with Family and Friends ! (Cand that is ) LOL:D cHEERS
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2 replies | 54 view(s)
Today,
05:07 AM
Alan Briggs
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Remember the "British Hotel " Lyttelton
in
Merchant Navy General Postings
Remember the British when I was with Shaw Savill, close and handy.
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34 replies | 15949 view(s)
Today,
05:03 AM
Les Woodard
replied to a thread
docking day
in
Merchant Navy General Postings
Spot on Des and looks like the greens have had their wings clipped as they should seeing as the sided with the libs in the senate. Be interesting to...
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87 replies | 4469 view(s)
Today,
04:33 AM
j.sabourn
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Birthday greetings
in
General Member Discussion
Ditto John , you missed Mother’s Day by a week as is next Sunday..Would not be .be surprised if the following day is a holiday ( maybe Labour Day...
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2 replies | 54 view(s)
Today,
03:18 AM
Des Jenkins
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Birthday greetings
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General Member Discussion
Happy birthday to John Gills, hope you have a nice day for it John Cheers Des
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2 replies | 54 view(s)
Today,
02:45 AM
j.sabourn
replied to a thread
Lifeboat Exams in South Africa.
in
Swinging the Lamp
Told the examiner the same thing, so he put me though it all again even to the 14 ounces of condensed milk pp and the barley sugar, not forgetting...
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5 replies | 165 view(s)
Today,
01:34 AM
Des Jenkins
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Lifeboat Exams in South Africa.
in
Swinging the Lamp
Hi John Two and a half sets of crutches? You must have had a realy bad fall LoL. I still can't remember where I got my lifeboat cert from can't...
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5 replies | 165 view(s)
Today,
01:26 AM
Des Jenkins
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First Foreign Port.
in
Merchant Navy General Postings
My first port was Galveston in Texas in July 49, picking up a cargo of wheat for Hamburg. I was also my first death on a ship, when a heel block...
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9 replies | 227 view(s)
Today,
01:08 AM
Des Jenkins
replied to a thread
Australian police.
in
Swinging the Lamp
Hi Gino. Sorry but State Govt's have no say in who comes into Australia, only the feds can do that,at the time of the huge influx of immigrants the...
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10 replies | 267 view(s)
Today,
01:01 AM
j.sabourn
replied to a thread
First Foreign Port.
in
Merchant Navy General Postings
#4. If you got around the pubs in Freo Mike think it would still have been the same in earlier years , but the Pennisular and Oriental better know as...
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9 replies | 227 view(s)
Today,
01:00 AM
Des Jenkins
replied to a thread
docking day
in
Merchant Navy General Postings
Hi Les. Many people will b breathing a sigh of relief today, after that plonker Liberal leader Dutton said he would legislate to stop the tax rebate...
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87 replies | 4469 view(s)
Today,
12:50 AM
Les Woodard
replied to a thread
docking day
in
Merchant Navy General Postings
Got to say that I fully agree with you Vern. Talking to my mate in WA and found out that the pension mob got him to contact the UK pension for...
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87 replies | 4469 view(s)
Yesterday,
10:10 PM
Hazel Stringer
started a thread
Another sideways leap to fill gaps in my knowledge!
in
Ask the Forum
Recently, I discovered a book called "Winston's Specials" by Archie Munro. It has several pages on the convoy that took Dad from Glasgow to...
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