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16th April 2020, 10:47 PM
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17th April 2020, 01:17 AM
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Hi Chris
Was that the one about Aussie beer!!!
Des
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17th April 2020, 10:53 AM
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Les Woodard
Re # 32 RLT. That was a book that I devoured and read a few times while in the bush. Also seen the movie a few times. Did bump into Hammond Innes when I was working in the Nullabour Desert where he was researching for one of his books on gold mining (can not recall the title). Have read all his books but that was years ago.
Les, Hi buddy another bunch of books which i think i must have read them all also, Was the Famous Captain Edges western,s they seemed to be aboard every ship. Happy days buddy your scouse mate Terry.
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17th April 2020, 11:35 AM
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Who was it that supplied the ships library’s, was it the seafarers education committee or a similar sounding name.usually came in a couple of boxes , or could change them with other ships . Were changed out officially in the UK. These things seemed to disappear over a period of time. Like the merchant navy program on the radio. Think maybe Walport with their movies must have been a bigger drawing power, but believe they also disappeared ? JS.
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17th April 2020, 01:28 PM
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17th April 2020, 01:57 PM
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Did any members ever use the libraries offered by Missions to Seamen, whereas books could be borrowed then returned to another Mission elsewhere round the world. I used them quite a lot and read many volumes of Readers Digest condensed books which contained most of the popular classics. I read these books for years until I was given, as a present, an unabridged version of one of the Digest books I used to read.I was surprised how much of the content of the Digest books had been deleted. I looked further into it and realized I had been brainwashed. Most references to anything resembling communism or leftish dialogue, or anything that didn't fit the American ideology, as was then, had disappeared. Whether the same goes on today I don't know but I haven't opened one for 50 years.
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17th April 2020, 08:48 PM
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Post #37. The mention of Walport films. My first trip to sea 1966 on a tanker, the film shown was "Rose-Marie" Nelson Eddy & Jeanette MacDonald. The Indian crew seemed to like it.
I wonder how many ships it had past through!
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19th April 2020, 12:39 PM
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I used to get the sea breeze every month it was always a good read very informative for seaman and once read i would collect a bundle from other seaman, Seaman's mission, An old shipmate sadly passed now John Scowin R.I.P. Started the idea of donating them to the mission and it snowballed i have seen the missions bus delivering up to 5 large boxes to ships here in Liverpool and just like the movies we used to swap with other ships, The sea breeze would be passed on, Any little read you could get hold of always went back to the library section and as i remember when i was with Harrisons the chief steward used to take the lead with the assistance of the galley and deck boys and swap just about anything it all made for a bit of therapeutic treatment especially at sea keeping sea watches the ship would be so silent through the night most of us had are heads into a good read. Good health all Terry.
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19th April 2020, 01:15 PM
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19th April 2020, 05:33 PM
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In those days i used to enjoy reading the Books of Zane Grey his was so different from many other type Westerns , a good Writer which to me held you at most all times.
Cheers
https://www.thriftbooks.com/a/zane-grey/260686/
Riders of the Purple Sage was i think his all time best,but he had so many it was hard to choose!
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