By registering with our site you will have full instant access to:
268,000 posts on every subject imaginable contributed by 1000's of members worldwide.
25000 photos and videos mainly relating to the British Merchant Navy.
Members experienced in research to help you find out about friends and relatives who served.
The camaraderie of 1000's of ex Merchant Seamen who use the site for recreation & nostalgia.
Here we are all equal whether ex Deck Boy or Commodore of the Fleet.
A wealth of experience and expertise from all departments spanning 70+ years.
It is simple to register and membership is absolutely free.
N.B. If you are going to be requesting help from one of the forums with finding historical details of a relative
please include as much information as possible to help members assist you. We certainly need full names,
date and place of birth / death where possible plus any other details you have such as discharge book numbers etc.
Please post all questions onto the appropriate forum
-
22nd June 2019, 11:26 AM
#1
More Memories
Gallery Manager and Friend of the Website
R 693816
Please visit the Gallery to see the latest photos
-
Post Thanks / Like
-
22nd June 2019, 12:05 PM
#2
Re: More Memories
Thats as i remember it Mike, a forest of derricks, nose to tail ships, and each one of them full of seamen. I had occasion to go up in that area after 50 years, an area i knew well, this time like on another planet, high rise everywhere, kt
R689823
-
Post Thanks / Like
-
22nd June 2019, 12:11 PM
#3
Re: More Memories
Originally Posted by
Mike Hall
NZSCo usually berthed in the Albert Dock near their office block down towards the Victoria Dock, that's one of Rangi Boats,
thanks Mike that picture brings back some good memories of great times, cheers.
-
Post Thanks / Like
-
22nd June 2019, 02:08 PM
#4
Re: More Memories
Keith,
Its the airport runway that gets me.I never understood why.
I go that way a bit as I only live 30 miles away from the docks.
These docks used to be my base.(pool).
Gallery Manager and Friend of the Website
R 693816
Please visit the Gallery to see the latest photos
-
Post Thanks / Like
-
22nd June 2019, 03:32 PM
#5
Re: More Memories
The last time I was there was in the early 90's, I used to go to an annual event called The Ship Show, it was a big indoor
market for MN memorabilia of all sorts, it was held at Westminster. On the way home I decided to have a last look at the
docks and got on the Docklands Light Railway at Fenchurch Street station, in a way I wish I had not as it was so different
to how we knew it to be, the Excel exhibition building in the old Victoria Dock, housing in the Albert and of course the
City Airport in the old KGV Dock, the only place that was the same as I remembered it was the Connaught pub near to
the Albert Dock gates but sadly the dockers that drank there are all gone and the place looked deserted, no Idea what
it's like today. I got all my ships from the Shipping Federation Office that was situated between the KGV and Albert Docks
if I remember rightly, I wonder Mike, do you have a picture of that building in the Gallery?, I'd love to see that again, cheers
Last edited by John F Collier; 22nd June 2019 at 03:35 PM.
-
Post Thanks / Like
-
22nd June 2019, 03:49 PM
#6
Re: More Memories
I am sure there is a photo somewhere,in the meantime I found the following on the internet.
H0859.jpg
Gallery Manager and Friend of the Website
R 693816
Please visit the Gallery to see the latest photos
-
Post Thanks / Like
-
22nd June 2019, 05:11 PM
#7
Re: More Memories
Originally Posted by
Mike Hall
I am sure there is a photo somewhere,in the meantime I found the following on the internet.
H0859.jpg
That is also on one of the Snowbow DVDs Mike, maybe as a movie clip.
-
Post Thanks / Like
-
22nd June 2019, 05:49 PM
#8
Re: More Memories
I was last there in 2005. I could not believe what I was looking at, As Mike said the City Airport between the Albert & KGV, took these photos.
-
Post Thanks / Like
-
22nd June 2019, 10:51 PM
#9
Re: More Memories
Originally Posted by
Bill Morrison
I was last there in 2005. I could not believe what I was looking at, As Mike said the City Airport between the Albert & KGV, took these photos.
I think anyone who had not known these Docks in their heyday could never visualise just what they were like, we are truly fortunate to
be able to recall the sights and the sounds and the atmosphere, it's the same story for most of our great Docks around the the UK,
proud to have been a little part of their history, cheers.
-
Post Thanks / Like
-
26th June 2019, 09:05 AM
#10
Re: More Memories
Characterless and sterile is how I would describe it now.
R732092
Last edited by Michael Jobson; 26th June 2019 at 09:06 AM.
-
Post Thanks / Like
Tags for this Thread
Posting Permissions
- You may not post new threads
- You may not post replies
- You may not post attachments
- You may not edit your posts
-
Forum Rules