Seamens Clubs & Missions

[happy daze john in oz]

###must admit never used the mission much myself but the one in adalaide was ok on dance nights some decent birds in there ......lol cappy

Yes Cappy, I was in there last year and approached by a lady looking very sad.
Only one leg telling me a man with a Geordie accent some years ago stole her wooden leg.
Now I am not one to spread rumors but there is a certain Mary with a wooden leg, I just wonder................................

[j.sabourn]

If she had a Popeye tattooed on her left buttock that was her, Rob told me about the tattoo. JWS.

[cappy]

Yes Cappy, I was in there last year and approached by a lady looking very sad.
Only one leg telling me a man with a Geordie accent some years ago stole her wooden leg.
Now I am not one to spread rumors but there is a certain Mary with a wooden leg, I just wonder................................

##it was me bruvver innit

[Lewis McColl]

That was Kingston House Flying Angel, just across the road from Mann Island the shipping federation.

[Jim Brady]

Jim,

I was in what I thought was the flying tab nabs just a street or two away from where the Irish ferry, Ulster Prince used to tie up. This was in the mid sixties. Was it the tab nabs or some other seafarers establishment?

Duke.

Hi Duke nice to hear from you.That place you are talking about was Kingston House,The Mersey Mission To Seamen.That was right opposite the pool,all hands would call into there for a coffee after visiting the pool you could more or less guarantee that you would meet somebody that you had sailed with.Now demolished and in joint ownership with the Stella Maris down this end of Liverpool.
Regards.
Jim.B.

[Red Lead Ted]

With Kingston House being right opposite Mann Island pool, As has been said you could sit in the windows of the cafe downstairs, If there was a queue outside about 08.30am you new there was a good job going through the pool, If it was empty you would walk in the pool and immediately on your right was the chalkboard with the likes of the William Wainwright full crew wanted, My pocket told me when it was time to ship out and it was 3 strikes and your out, A job was a job to me i used to watch guys hovering all morning terrified to report until either the board was empty or something appealing was posted. Remember the paper with Lioyds shipping hanging on the wall down the bottom end of the cafe telling you what and when something was paying off in L,pool, That,s when you got a scramble for them two blue doors to open. Another day Another dollar

[Evan Lewis]

Hi Duke nice to hear from you.That place you are talking about was Kingston House,The Mersey Mission To Seamen.That was right opposite the pool,all hands would call into there for a coffee after visiting the pool you could more or less guarantee that you would meet somebody that you had sailed with.Now demolished and in joint ownership with the Stella Maris down this end of Liverpool.
Regards.
Jim.B.

What Street ,in the City .Was the popular Anchor House,Jim. Convenient for the Pier Head,etc.?
Ran a good Dance, and Bar,and decent accommodation. Stayed there a few days 1961.awaiting a job at Birkenhead.

[robpage]

Is it anchor house that you used to get a bar and the dance and quite a few girls in there and at 10 o'clock then with your glasses away the card would pull back and you got a benediction

[happy daze john in oz]

Heard today of another aspect of the Australian Merchant Navy, what there is of it.
The Maratine union of Australia is to amalgamate with two other unions to create one with some 150,000 members.
Though the number of seamen in such will be very few.

[Jim Brady]

What Street ,in the City .Was the popular Anchor House,Jim. Convenient for the Pier Head,etc.?
Ran a good Dance, and Bar,and decent accommodation. Stayed there a few days 1961.awaiting a job at Birkenhead.

Evan Kingston House was close to the Pier Head on the corner of James Street.I'm not sure if there was a bar in there in 1961 and from what I saw of the accommodation (my son stayed there on his cadet induction course) it was pretty basic.Maybe you stayed at Atlantic House which had a bar and had many hostesses for their regular dances,a bit further away from the Pier Head,I didn't see the accommodation there but I heard it was quite good.
Regards.
Jim.B.