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30th July 2015, 06:22 PM
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southland star
would like to catch up with any old ship mates
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30th July 2015, 06:29 PM
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#1 was on the Napier Star. Joined July ' 57 'til October. Hauling beef from BA.
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31st July 2015, 07:49 AM
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I was on New Zealand Star, Dunedin Star, Adelaide Star and Tasmania Star all in the 50s.
All big floating workhouses and starvation ships.
Brian
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28th January 2016, 09:16 AM
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ExTucker******
then filling condom machines in pub toilets !! LO how the mighty have fallen *LOL*
Wasn't all bad news then, look on the bright side, he was helping many achieve the straight and narrow!
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28th January 2016, 10:07 AM
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There was talk during my early era at sea as of Blue Star trying to buy the Insignia on every Newcastle Brown Ale Bottle which of course was a Blue Star and had copywrite properties. Whether just sailor talk or more to it never followed up JS
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7th March 2016, 06:20 AM
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yeah................Buy me and stop one !!! He was selling clap-traps.
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I was on the Southland Star when she first arrived in London ( I think) from Hamburg and I was there for a couple of years as second cook and then Chief Cook. she was a good job and we were a while on the booze-run to the west coast of the states. Never drew a sober breath. Ron Scott was the Bosun I believe.
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7th March 2016, 08:04 AM
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ex .Blue Star .Bos'n . Geordie Proffit.(S.Shields)
Anyone here , know of ,or sail with with Him? Watch-mate.Joined Strathnaver,same time ,1960.
No, Spring-chicken ,either. As relates .He was in the army, w.w.1.
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7th March 2016, 08:17 AM
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Evan Lewis
ex .Blue Star .Bos'n . Geordie Proffit.(S.Shields)
Anyone here , know of ,or sail with with Him? Watch-mate.Joined Strathnaver,same time ,1960.
No, Spring-chicken ,either. As relates .He was in the army, w.w.1.
###no sorry evan.....new a lot of seagoing families but not a profitt.....new some who were a loss though......lol......cappy
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7th July 2016, 11:28 AM
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hi jimmy i was with you a few times on southland star, running between the west coats of the states, fiji and kiwi,
we had some great laughs these days
get in touch
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8th July 2016, 04:31 AM
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Jimmy would you be any relation to the Mckeowns from Oneil Street,off Marsh lane?
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