Was that dog related to the six legged two head dogs often seen in some ports?
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I don't know, but it might have been related to the thousand legged chickens Elders always supplied!!
Yes was there for over 4 months on the Dumurra AKA The FILLYFLIER had some great beach parties with the locals
hi terry its john clark here from stoke sailed with you a few times freinds with neil hewitt are you on facebook matey
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yes was trapped with you i was on the mv falaba
Hi Jim,
Yes, Freckles Bar seemed to be have been a favourite with the ED crowd.
I'm guessing that if there was more than one ED ship in port, it must have seemed more like a British Legion Club in the UK!
As I said, it wasn't a "raucous" kind of place...just a pleasant, daytime watering hole....
And...ah! yes, the Vinho Verde....very pleasant but I have not sampled Portuguese wine for many years now.
I tried to locate it on Google Earth....but could not pinpoint it: Am I right in thinking-remembering: you went out the side gate, turned left and it was a hundred yards up the street on the right facing the dock wall?
It was the early 70's of course....(and I've had a few shandies since then.) Anyone remember it better?
Cheers to you all...and Freckles...wherever she may be!
Hi Pat,
I'm pretty sure I sailed with a "McSorley" in ED's....but "Ron" does not quite ring a bell of clarity.
perhaps if you could mention some of the ships and his rank/dept...it might come back to me.
I was with ED's from 1970 to 1975....UK-W.A. & USA-W.A.
Also did a 'one-off voyage' on Blue Funnels' Bellerophon" from the UK to W.A......
although it had a Yellow Funnel for the occasion of course!
#27 Steve I had a cousin sailed for years as 2/eng. with Palm line. Whenever I sailed on other ships with ex Palm Line engineers used to ask if they knew Albert Kempster, they always used to say No. Was a long time before I realised that he used to call himself Tommy Kempster at sea , his middle name. Everyone then knew him. He was always called Albert in the family though , his mother didn’t know his alias. Perhaps in his case it was just as well . Cheers JS