Gravesend peanut

[Bill Cameron]

Jim, I finished November 56, got my first ship Mv Broughty a Dundee Perth and London, 250 ton Dutch built puddle jumper, doing five day round trips from Dundee, to London with a Cook Steward and me the Cabin boy, with 11 other crew

[Evan Lewis]

Jim, I finished November 56, got my first ship Mv Broughty a Dundee Perth and London, 250 ton Dutch built puddle jumper, doing five day round trips from Dundee, to London with a Cook Steward and me the Cabin boy, with 11 other crew

You were overmanned!

Was on a 339 tons,floating disaster,the Kindiesei.

Capt. Mate ,Cook Stwd. 2 Engineers. a J.o.s. S.o,s and A.B.

[happy daze john in oz]

Hi Bill I was there Dec 56 were you still there then.Never heard the word peanut then.Does anybody recall peanuts being called monkey nuts.?
Regards.
Jim.B.

Think in USA they are known as Ground Nuts!

[Ivan Cloherty]

Think in USA they are known as Ground Nuts!

Used to get those from the Senoritas in Valparaiso!

[Brian Sylvester]

I was at the sea school in 1973 It was peanut then

[Bill Cameron]

Jim, I left in early November 1956, my discharge book is dated 9th November 1956, and like you I was never referred to as a peanut.
Bill

[Doc Vernon]

Off subject a little bit here (sorry) but had to add that when on the Gold Mines learning the Job,we were also in a School of Mines it was called and all of us were then known as Jam Tarries ! LOL (Jam Tarts) what a name to be labelled with for a Year!

[Bill Cameron]

Off subject a little bit here (sorry) but had to add that when on the Gold Mines learning the Job,we were also in a School of Mines it was called and all of us were then known as Jam Tarries ! LOL (Jam Tarts) what a name to be labelled with for a Year!

Lmao, we have two football teams here in Edinburgh, the Hibernian known as the Hibee’s and the other one is Heart of Midlothian, known as Hearts or the Jam tarts or Jambos , I’m a Hibee