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In my seagoing days, the Stewardesses earned more in tips on a 14 day cruise than my salary was in a month.
Hi Ian. I found an advert in a local newspaper for Trident Tankers. I was interviewed by a company superintendent at Dundee in 1966 and was excepted as
My first foreign port was Las palmas for bunkers no shore leave posted at top of gangway so I suppose my first real foreign port was Freemantle 3
I was also a telephonist on the Pendennis in 1973/74. My supervisor was Maggie (sorry can’t remember her surname). I think she had been there since
Have friends down in Melbourne so try to keep up to date with what's happening down there. It seems to me that Dopy Dan Andrews has a lot to answer for.
Why does what you said not surprise me in the least! Blair started the rot in the UK when he decided that if you got yourself a degree at university you
Hi all, I was wondering if any of you sailed on Union Castle from London's KGV and took instruction with the 2nd; Mate en-route to sit
My first foreign port was Lisbon I was 16 years old and clueless . Went ashore with a group of old hands to a drinking establishment that they had visited
Four men are in the hospital waiting room because their wives are having babies. A nurse goes up to the first guy and says “ Congratulations !
I see in the UK news, that the Australian police are luring UK coppers to join them. If I were a bollotician, I'd be over the moon about it. It
Good morning all. I am new to this site. I was a Bell Boy on P&O ships from Tilbury to Australia 1955/56 at 16 years of age. I look forward to restoring
This is the 1st of May and for some reason I have been in a reflective mood , although most of us dip in and out of this site we do so because it has
