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27th March 2014, 09:45 AM
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Tyne Voyage
This article appeared in our local paper yesterday. I don't know if any here would like to contribute, there must be loads of stories of rolling out drunk from one of the market square pubs and into the Mercantile Marine Offices where one of the jobsworth would then shanghai you onto a "short trip" lasting a year or so.
http://www.shieldsgazette.com/what-s...tyne-1-6522603
rgds
JA
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