Originally Posted by
j.sabourn
Think I said once before the 2/mate when you were there may have been called Nash . He was 2 years ahead of me at council school , I nicknamed him Nasher , then used to shout Nasher smokes Pasha , he used to chase me , as much smaller than him.we were doing 3 days each on a dead ship .he was invariably late for doing his 3 days on. Always had some valid excuse. Billy Tennent and his riggers were there if had to call on for any shifts etc. The local pub outside the gate was the lunch cafe a pie and a pint. This as you say would have been about 1959 thinking back. Don’t know what happened last week , but go back 60 years and have flashes of inspiration. JS