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    Tony Taylor

    Re: Brothels

    Exactly, the rum was dirt cheap

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    I had a very 'happy' afternoon, evening and night in Happy Valley; great value for money!

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    Bruce Morris

    Re: The British Trampship.

    C.T. Bowring ran small tankers for Regent on the Caribbean-UK/€U run. When the bottom fell out of that market they converted/enlarged the Regent

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    Valerie Pratt

    Re: Women at sea

    Thanks at last the nurse gets a mention , I do think there was a nurse on all passenger ships but this the first mention on this forum since I joined

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    RomanOlson

    Re: Interesting trip

    While reading this about the British Merchant Navy, I got really interested. There were so many cool tales and helpful advice from different people. It

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    j.sabourn

    Re: merchant Navy Training 1950s

    Lynne if you have your Fathers effects and have his discharge book. Then his number on the book and the ships in the book would maybe give whoever is

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    Lynne Wright

    merchant Navy Training 1950s

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    Hi. I am writing a biography of my father, Owen Connor, who sailed with the Currie Lineand Blue Funnel as AB in 1954 and then as 3/O for Lamport and Holt

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    Rules are rules

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    How's this for a game of soldiers ; The Dutch queen has been subject to much criticism for her continued involvement with the World Economic Forum and

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    Some years ago we had a guy here in town who designed a small wind turbine suitable to use on any house.
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    I am back!!

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    Well Lads and Lasses, i return after a three Weeks good rest and long awaited Holiday to South Africa to visit my Family that still resides there in

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    Brian Probetts (Site Admin)

    Terence Montgomery Sullivan RIP

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    I learned today, with much sadness, that our friend and shipmate, Terence Sullivan Crossed the Bar
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    Good afternoon, spotted this website so thought I'd join in. Ex BP Shipping, joining at 1977 ( cadet engineer at South Shields). Served on the Centaur,

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