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    Re: joining age

    #9.. Steve you will be a lot more knowledgeable than myself and a few more of the older ones , as you will be of the generation of Middle Trade and the

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    j.sabourn

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    Most people of my era didn’t have O levels. When I had passed for second mates, like most younger ones of the day wondered what all the hard work

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    Steve Colclough

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    I got my second mates in 1982 (March) having joined as deck cadet in 1978 (Sept) it’s a long time ago but the two things I remember were most of the course

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    J Gowers

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    I spent six months there in 2010 as Tech Manager of a drilling rig which was in Kepple drydock had a great time here are a few photos from the top of

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    James Curry

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    Most of these stabbings and shootings are either gang or drug related. Is there not or was recently a police officer shot dead some asshole and has since

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    john mc dermott

    Re: joining age

    I was able to join at 15and a half through the official shipping federation channels in 1965.

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