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    Terry Foskett

    Re: A funny thing happened on the way to Canada

    Sorry Nick. I missed your message. Yes I believe we were. That would be March to july 1961. Please get in touch.
    Regards Terry Foskett

    Terry Foskett Today, 04:08 PM Go to last post
    John Arton

    Re: First Foreign Port.

    My first foreign port was Dunkirk when I was 14 years old and blue star line, my father's company, had offered me a trip coasting as a supernumerary in

    John Arton Today, 03:26 PM Go to last post
    Valerie Pratt

    Re: Women at sea

    In my seagoing days, the Stewardesses earned more in tips on a 14 day cruise than my salary was in a month.

    Valerie Pratt Today, 03:11 PM Go to last post
    Bill Morrison

    Re: Shipping Federation

    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

    Bill Morrison Today, 03:06 PM Go to last post
    Michael Black

    Re: First Foreign Port.

    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

    Michael Black Today, 01:30 PM Go to last post
    Patricia Maltby

    Re: Women at sea

    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

    Patricia Maltby Today, 09:52 AM Go to last post
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    Phil Hughes

    Lifeboat Exams in South Africa.

    Thread Starter: Phil Hughes

    Hi all,
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    George Gunn

    First Foreign Port.

    Thread Starter: George Gunn

    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

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    j.sabourn

    A bit of a fizzler .

    Thread Starter: j.sabourn

    Four men are in the hospital waiting room because their wives are having babies.
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    Australian police.

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    I see in the UK news, that the Australian police are luring UK coppers to join them.
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    John George Gardiner

    John George Gardiner

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    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

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    George Gunn

    Thanks to the guys who keep this site going.

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    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

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