Favourite clothing at sea

[Des Taff Jenkins]

Rags at sea, best dressed ashore, that was the usual form when I was at sea.
One Swansea bloke only had one set of clothes, When ashore in BA he met a mate who said those are the same clothes you wore on leave, he said that's Ok everyone knows me there, but what about here? he said, no one knows me here.
Most blokes I sailed with made sure they looked smart going ashore.
Des

[j.sabourn]

The firemen and greasers used to join with a brown paper parcel under their arm , they contained one pair of dungarees for work and one work shirt. Ivan was well aware of this and used to watch to see if they were discarded during the voyage when they perhaps replaced in Port Said . He used them from out of the rag bag for his jolly’s ashore himself. Cheers JS
PS I assume he used a bit of discretion on his choice of underwear , if times were hard maybe he didn’t bother , is that right Ivan ? JS

[happy daze john in oz]

Many a winger would go to the pig at the pig in what he was wearing in the dinning saloon, no time to change.
For most in catering going ashore would see us well dressed, must try to impress the ladies if you have any hope of getting your leg over.

On cargo ships a bit different, no uniform as such, so after shift just jeans and what ever you could find.

Hada couple of 'sleepwalkers' on UCL but many were the midnight gobblers, never met one though.

As to night wear, good job I do not sleep walk as I only wear skin in bed, been like that since I was about 9.

[Ivan Cloherty]

The firemen and greasers used to join with a brown paper parcel under their arm , they contained one pair of dungarees for work and one work shirt. Ivan was well aware of this and used to watch to see if they were discarded during the voyage when they perhaps replaced in Port Said . He used them from out of the rag bag for his jolly’s ashore himself. Cheers JS
PS I assume he used a bit of discretion on his choice of underwear , if times were hard maybe he didn’t bother , is that right Ivan ? JS

ooooh !! you are awful, but I like you, as for underwear, somethings are best kept secret, but look on the practical side, the less you wear the less you have to grab when the husband comes home early!

[j.sabourn]

That brings back memory’s which should fit in with another post about music Ivan, “ your cheating heart “ has to be someone’s favourite . JS

[Des Taff Jenkins]

Many a winger would go to the pig at the pig in what he was wearing in the dinning saloon, no time to change.
For most in catering going ashore would see us well dressed, must try to impress the ladies if you have any hope of getting your leg over.

On cargo ships a bit different, no uniform as such, so after shift just jeans and what ever you could find.

Hada couple of 'sleepwalkers' on UCL but many were the midnight gobblers, never met one though.

As to night wear, good job I do not sleep walk as I only wear skin in bed, been like that since I was about 9.

That would be good John if you wanted to skin out quickly.
Des

[happy daze john in oz]

Your cheating heart maybe, but not in Cape Town.
Two of us involved with some ladies in their apartment thankfully ground floor.
Down to my jocks just about to get started when a knock at the door.
One of the dies thought it may be police and said we should move.
Grabbed our clothes and legged it down the road in our jocks holding on po clothes and shoes.
Had better nights out than that.