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4th October 2014, 09:23 PM
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Re: Hains of St. Ives
Thanks Keith for that. Also Hains' didn't fair to well in WWII either, with many of their fleet sunk. On the MN memorial at Tower Hill there are many "Tre" ships and their crews represented.
John
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29th October 2014, 01:59 PM
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Hi john I do not think I will get down to the museum because I am disabled have been for 30 years picture of the Trebartha wish I could build one. ronnie
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29th October 2014, 04:29 PM
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Re: Hains of St. Ives
Sorry to hear about your disability Ronnie, because its a great little museum to visit, especially documenting the early years of Hains.
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John
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29th October 2014, 07:56 PM
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5th December 2014, 07:59 PM
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Re: Hains of St. Ives
Hi John,
I joined the Trevaylor in August '65 as an Apprentice Deck Officer and got a hell of a shock. The first two crewmembers I met were young lads in working gear on their hands and knees in the main deck alleway covered in diesel and mopping up some more. They directed me to the apprentices cabin, which was three berth, and a short while later entered and introduced themselves as the other two apprentices. The only photographs I'd seen were on shipping company brochures of cadets and apprentices enjoying the life at sea, all were in uniform. On the plus side, an apprenticeship with Hains gave you a very good grounding in seamanship and cargo handling, along with an ability to look after yourself. Most of the crew were from the pool and there was sometimes a right mixture of nutters and hard men.
I stayed with Hains until the amalgamation in '72 when I joined the Strathbrora and did my first stint of foreign service. I did two foreign service trips ( a total of five years ) before being made redundant because I was then living in NZ.
I cotinued working at sea mostly with management companies until joining the Cook Strait ferry company Interislander where I worked for eleven years ( four as Master ) and eventually working in the Offfshore on the Aussie coast. I retired last year having finally had a gutsful of silly wee HR girls mucking me around, buggering up my pay and not having a clue what the job actually entailed.
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5th December 2014, 09:52 PM
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Hi Stewart
I also joined Hains, or Hain-Nourse as it was known, also in August 65, joining the Trefalgan in Avonmouth docks. No other Apprentices onboard, all the deck crew had payed off, so the Mate gave me as my first job, to go down aft and clean the crews quarters of all Pin-ups and porn so it would not disturb the sensibilities of the cleaning ladies who were coming onboard the next day. When I saw them the next morning I dont think anything, by the looks of them, could hurt their sensibilities!!
Spent six years with Hains, leaving after I had time in for my Mates, then onto greener pastures.
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John
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7th April 2015, 08:56 PM
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Re: Hains of St. Ives
John Adamson,
I was with Hains from 1959- 1967
Please could you Email a copy of that photo of the Hains Warehouse Door to me at laurie.ridyard@googlemail.com
Thank you !
Laurie Ridyard.
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7th April 2015, 09:02 PM
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I am returning to Cornwall on the 24th April, and a MUST visit will be the Haines museum, 56-7 years since i was on the old Treworlas, she had a very chequered history, Gulliver (where are you ???) was able to enlighten me on her history KT
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7th April 2015, 09:55 PM
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4th May 2015, 08:32 AM
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As I said in a previous post, have just returned from a stay in Cornwall, and drove to St Ives, and caught the park and ride bus into town, found the museum building along the front, but unfortunately the museum is now closed, the notice says ,due to unforeseen problems, but they have workmen working on the building. No time scale given,but I will return and catch it open eventually. Kt
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