Sea training schools

[j.sabourn]

Everyone should know their own temprement and learn to control it. This comes usually with age and a few sore heads to hasten the learning. I am no exception when younger as would have no hesitation in having a go , no matter how big they were and went along with the saying the bigger they are the harder they bounce. I have even contemplated murder and if had not been for an old to me at the time donkeyman talking me out of it would probably have done so. When in later years due to a lot of violence appearing on ships a company recently discussed put it to the vote about putting shotguns on their ships. I voted against it because I knew I would have no hesitation in using it. However the vote went the other way, a year later the same company had gone to the wall the same as a lot of others at that time. So never got time to use. Violence begets violence and there are very few seamen who would walk away from it. JS

[Keith at Tregenna]

Amateur boxing through sea cadets then later martial arts, saw me in no troubles,
being built like a brick sht house helped. Though boxing was more aggressive later
basic and much advanced Shōtōkan was more defensive to certain extents.

Helped through most of my time, though never did like my cocktails shaken or stiirred.

K.

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[Doc Vernon]

Mmmm! bit of a lad were you in the days of old Keith! Boxing as i have posted before was also one o my Sports so did help a lot. (Was on Glen harmony Gold Mines Team at that time and fought against some good ones) Jannie Cilliers taught me all i knew, he was a good Boxer ,and later became a Pro. He and i had a few Bouts and most times he would pummel me , he was good!@ But of course there was always those who were a bit better than me. Held my own though in most Bouts. Also had some Ju Jitsu training in younger Years but did not carry on with it, should have ,but well things happen !

Wit all that still landed up with Black Eyes and Bloodied Noses! LOL

[happy daze john in oz]

Vernon, a Liverpool kiss is what we knew it as.

Some years ago here in Oz the PM suggested some thing like the Vindi or similar as a 6 months spell for all leaving school prior to Uni.
The concept was to teach disipline and self sufficiency.
It never got a Gurnsey, the PC brigade and a few others said it would do more harm than good.

Well it never did me or any of you any harm.

On a cruise ship a bout ten years ago, Pacific Dawn of P&O there was a light display in a pert of the atrium.
So many wanted top see it that it was hard to move.
One guy wanted to get out and did not care who he pushed around to do so.
He came by us and pushed my wife to one side and she fell.
I grabbed at him as he went by in an effort to stop him.
He turned on me and I got a fright, his face was half covered in some form of studs, bit like earings in the wrong place.
As he came so close I put my hand out and caught him by the throat in an effort to push him away.
We got out of there as quick as we could.
He went and complained that I had attempted to strangle him.

There was some CCTV footage of the incident but nothing conclusive but next morning I got a visit from the master at arms asking me what had occured.
I told him and said the only reason I grabbed his throat was because I feared a Liverpool kiss from him.

Thankfully the guy was English and began to laugh saying I was right as he had seen the face with the studs and would have done the same.
Never heard any more about it.

[Doc Vernon]

Indeed John
Now what was i thinking of? It was for sure the Liverpool Kiss , so my apologies for posting incorrectly as the Irish Kiss ?? Must be the age! Well thats my excuse anyway LOL
cHEERS

[Kenneth Reynolds]

I went to Gravesend training school as a trainee deck boy we were ther 12 weeks and no pay there was also training on the catering side and that lasted 8 weeks again with no pay

[Keith at Tregenna]

#57: Was the catering training only food service / waiting ?

I was very impressed with the Aldershot military catering training facility
and the Salon Culinaire entiries at Olympia.

Just wondered.

Keith


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[happy daze john in oz]

Indeed John
Now what was i thinking of? It was for sure the Liverpool Kiss , so my apologies for posting incorrectly as the Irish Kiss ?? Must be the age! Well thats my excuse anyway LOL
cHEERS

Yes Vernon, there is a big difference.
The Irish kiss can be very pleasant and memorable with the right one.