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27th June 2023, 01:21 AM
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Re: Looking for chums from the 1960's/1970's
#10 was mate on the Temple Hall in 1976. Before going offshore. Was the Temple Main the vessel who had the master off one of the old Queens the vessel sailing as 2 mate ? Apparently he wanted back to sea after retiring at too young an age and was quite happy fiddling on with his charts .JS
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27th June 2023, 02:07 AM
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Re: Looking for chums from the 1960's/1970's
Tony.
If you have ben following the sinking of that submersible? you will have seen on TV the rescue ships returning to St Johns, reminded me of my logging trips.
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27th June 2023, 08:27 AM
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Re: Looking for chums from the 1960's/1970's
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Des Taff Jenkins
Tony.
If you have ben following the sinking of that submersible? you will have seen on TV the rescue ships returning to St Johns, reminded me of my logging trips.
Des
Des is that when your name was being entered in the log, or when your ships were carrying logs ?
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27th June 2023, 12:49 PM
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Re: Looking for chums from the 1960's/1970's
Temple Main was my first ship as a deck boy in 66-67 on a trip to India
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28th June 2023, 02:08 AM
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Re: Looking for chums from the 1960's/1970's
Ivan.
The first time I was there my and my mate ended up in jail. Wasn't there a song "Forever on My Mind?"
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