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30th July 2021, 09:01 AM
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Manchester Liners
Hi everyone bean away for a while ,but all though not written ought kept up with what’s going on.
Thanks to Brian managed to get signed on again
Well I was very interested in the Manchester Liners although I never sailed on them,i did sail from Salford there home port,we sailed light ship across to Norfolk Virginia to load Yanke Slag,if I remember correctly we were loaded in about 24hrs it came down shoots (we got the tail end of hurricane hida)not very pleasant light ship
So back to Salford i was friendly with a lad from Salford (Paddy Dignan)his father was a docker ,are you still about paddy boy did we have some times in those pubs in those days it seemd like a pub on every other corner,do you remember paddy we almost missed the boat ha ha.
Well where i am now i have an old shed converted into a garden room,and on the wall i have the pictures of 3 m/liners
I am not sure how many were in the fleet,but I have
The Renown
The Faith
The Manchester Port. Hope i can send pictures
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31st July 2021, 09:08 AM
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Re: Manchester Liners
Ralph Harper #1
There is another thread on site at the moment and I recommended the following,Ralph:-
----,there's always a lot of posts on Facebook Group's Manchester Ship Canal Group including pictures of the M Liners MANCHESTER LINERS.gif.Seems also to be quite a lotof ex ML staff,afloat and ashore and/or their families ,and staff from other canal companies and other industries and of course the MSC tugs.Also the Mersey at Eastham.Well worth joining.Usually interesting posts and pics daily. I always enjoy checking in there often.
Best Regards
Graham.
Last edited by Graham Shaw; 31st July 2021 at 09:09 AM.
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4th August 2021, 07:21 AM
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Re: Manchester Liners
Hi DaveDaly hear sailed on Concorde,Renowend.2years of my 10 years.67-77.run pubs in Blackpool since then.As I can remember liners were a family.anyone out there remember me.memory making Life
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