Ah yes but we all know its the lead up that's the fun part Vern, whether we remember it in the morning or not:cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Doc Vernon
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Ah yes but we all know its the lead up that's the fun part Vern, whether we remember it in the morning or not:cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Doc Vernon
Yes all sorts of funny things happen , the other thing I always remember too they want to know all about you but when it came to themselves you never knew anything.
Im pretty sure that as one ship left the Harbour a new fresh development occurred with more frantic letter writing taking place some of those girls would have been getting letters from several other ships, all in ports at different times.
(I dont do this for everyone you know) I always have a laugh at that one something like the principles of a Liberal Back Bencher.
Youd honestly think that some of them had joined the Holy Order judging by some of the devoted letters and started work in a Monastry.
Ive spoken to chaps at KG5 much later and it was pretty easy to work out that some guys were double dipping and were probably getting the same mail same lines.
Youd think in the smaller Ports that we would be more awake but Alas no. everybody was so honest and sincere and the letters just kept rolling in until the Dear John appeared and the deep silence in the messroom.
Maybe some guy off a Blue star job had taken your place haaaa. anyway it was all fun. Glenn in Oz
I loved writing letters when i was at sea but during the war it was censored i use to get very romantic writing to a few judys i met bloody stupid i suppose .After the war going back to sea did not change my thoughts on letter writing .Ican remember once a mate and i wrote a a very romantic letter to a film star Patricia Roc what drivel .Iiwas ask a few times how did we post our letters at sea ????
Well Lou I know a few who put them in a bottle and over the side. But if I recall on the liners you left them with the Pursers office.
But one day on the dock in Southampton a mte of mine was looking over the side just before we sailed. His girl friend was there waving like mad, until just as we let go another guy came up to her, gave her a kiss and they left together. It turned out she had been having an affair with tis guy for some time and when he found out he dumped her. Took him a long time to get over it though.
I knew a young lady on Lime Street in Liverpool, met her a few times, quite attractive, she was a business lady, Dont know what kind of business she was in as I never saw her get up in the mornings to go to work.
Any how, I was on a Shell tanker coming into the locks of the MSC bound for Stanlow, and there she is on the dock. She was waving at the Mate. I said to him ,"do you know that lady" he said "yes , its the wife", `What a nice lady ` I said and went to the other side of the focsle head. She came on board and saw me, she just put a finger on her lips, `SSH`I kept quiet, the Mate was bigger than me.
Cheers
Brian.
AH! Patricia Roc !!!!!! she was my pin-up girlQuote:
Originally Posted by Charles Louis Barron