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1st August 2018, 04:24 PM
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Re: Merchant Memorial in the north east of england

Originally Posted by
Keith Tindell
And nice to see you back on board Cappy, hope you enjoyed your shore leave, kt
###cheers keith had great fish and chips even paddled on shields beach .....jeez to think i used to swim in it all summer ...bloody freezin but the grand kids were in and out all day......some good memories there ......went looking for old cherries i took in the sand dunes but sadly only memories left lol cappy
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1st August 2018, 08:20 PM
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Re: Merchant Memorial in the north east of england
There is a memorial to merchant seamen at Whitley bay or the headland north tyneside. Bill Forrester r535177
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1st August 2018, 08:49 PM
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Re: Merchant Memorial in the north east of england
WHITLEY BAY (HARTLEY SOUTH) CEMETERY.
Has 5 recorded MN.
https://www.cwgc.org/find/find-war-d...=Merchant+Navy
K.
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1st August 2018, 11:37 PM
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Re: Merchant Memorial in the north east of england
#9... Thought you were in the South of France playing havoc with the Madamasouiles . Never could spell that word just used to call them madams for short. Especially as time was money so to speak. Hope you didn’t get sun stroke on top of your sun burn. Didn’t there used to be a list of rememberance in the Mill Dam Missions to Seamem?
I”m still not right after that fllight back from Manchester. Have put the compasses on Perth and subscribed a circle and New Zealand is going to be the limits of my future wandering. All that hustle and bustle traffic clogged up on the streets, bins only emptied once a fortnight , what do you do with all the empty beer bottles.? Hope Pat still keeping you in check. Cheers JS
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2nd August 2018, 02:42 AM
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Re: Merchant Memorial in the north east of england
#10... Keith .. Cappy only goes to Shields to see if he can find the Co-Op milkman’s horse. He had great affiliations with him/her at one time. It’s a labour of love and a good excuse to get back to the areas he knows. Cheers JS
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2nd August 2018, 06:07 AM
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Re: Merchant Memorial in the north east of england

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j.sabourn
#10... Keith .. Cappy only goes to Shields to see if he can find the Co-Op milkman’s horse. He had great affiliations with him/her at one time. It’s a labour of love and a good excuse to get back to the areas he knows. Cheers JS
Now John, would that horse have belonged to Ernie, the fastest milkman in the west?
As for looking for old cherries. the best he could hope for now is the pip out of one. LOL


Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
John Strange R737787
World Traveller

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2nd August 2018, 06:55 AM
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Re: Merchant Memorial in the north east of england

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j.sabourn
#9... Thought you were in the South of France playing havoc with the Madamasouiles . Never could spell that word just used to call them madams for short. Especially as time was money so to speak. Hope you didn’t get sun stroke on top of your sun burn. Didn’t there used to be a list of rememberance in the Mill Dam Missions to Seamem?
I”m still not right after that fllight back from Manchester. Have put the compasses on Perth and subscribed a circle and New Zealand is going to be the limits of my future wandering. All that hustle and bustle traffic clogged up on the streets, bins only emptied once a fortnight , what do you do with all the empty beer bottles.? Hope Pat still keeping you in check. Cheers JS
####well the long haul is just that as we get older john anyway you will be getting back to normal now ......no froggies yet charlies ist home game is in nice in october and hoping to be there for that ....,,yes still kept in check...by pat lease not as short as it used to be... got a old mate from shields coming for a couple of days next week ..looking forward to that .....the ref to the horse was a dickie peacock was our milkman in shields and it could be some relation to aordan who put in a query about the PORT HARDY......i used to finish my paper round then help the milky for two bob or so on a sat the horse was called boxer ....thats about 67 years ago now ....happy days ......regards cappy
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2nd August 2018, 07:27 AM
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Re: Merchant Memorial in the north east of england
See that the 1st. August is the birthday for all horses, so everyone world wide should have been kind to horses yesterday. Cheers JS
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2nd August 2018, 07:56 AM
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Re: Merchant Memorial in the north east of england

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j.sabourn
See that the 1st. August is the birthday for all horses, so everyone world wide should have been kind to horses yesterday. Cheers JS
##and the donkeys
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2nd August 2018, 08:39 AM
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Re: Merchant Memorial in the north east of england
Who mentioned politicians.? JS
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