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Did many trips to South Bank Iron & steel Works to load Slag for the South Coast. I well remember the "Junction" with an incredible collection of ladies. Sometimes we would finish up in the" Station Hotel" where we used to help the boss cash up the till, whilst swigging Strong Arm Bitter. All now vanished!!:mad:
I remember all those Pubs and clubs in the 'Boro' from my time Deep-Sea on Iron Ore Waggons.
Later working offshore for various Firms based there. In 1989 Land & Marine had a Base in Haverton Hill, The old Furness Ship Yard. Their Lay Barge LM Balder used it for many years. Most of our Riggers were local lads who worked by,and then did the trip. If not going in to Town we would use the local Pubs,Now they were Rough :eek: But as someone said We've been in the Roughest Joints in the world,so what the Hell !!
Calvin, when working by, we had no catering staff onboard so we stayed in the Martin Hotel where you worked.
Later I worked for Northen Ocean Services (NOS ) Southbank and had some great times there. My Grandfather (same name) was from Southbank and a Seaman, after WW1 He started sailing out of Liverpool,met a local girl and the rest is History. I've never come across our surname on Merseyside but Teeside phone book has plenty.
ttfn.Peter.;)
Haverton Hill was the old Swan Hunter yard in the seventies. Best to talk about the pubs which were good and forget about the ships which were built there.
regards
jimmy
I still say it was Ex Furness Yard where we tied up on the LM Balder. Jimmy what got up your nose?
This thread was about the Capt,Cook but developed into Pubs,Clubs and ships members were on in Middlesbrough. I could talk about Pubs and clubs all day but added some thing personal of my time in the Boro. You say"Dont mention the ships built there" are you referring to the ill fated mv Derbyshire? that was built in Haverton Hill,and a tragic loss.
ttfn. Peter T.
Done 4 or 5 trips out of M/Bro on the Avisbay. in '58. The last time I was in the Cook they were shooting the last half hour of "The Alamo".:eek: Wasn't The Station Hotel in Port Clarence just by the Transporter Bridge?.:confused: Also fond memories of the "Alma" in Hartlepool and the "Bridge" at West.:cool: .........................jd.
Happy times there when second mate with Stevie Clarke's. As a "Jock", the North Coast Agreement meant that all hands departed on completion of mooring, which meant I had all my time off, (Officially), in the Thames! Great Geordie crowd, in flat caps and mufflers. The "New Boy" was 54 years of age and had only been there for 15 "YAR", (Years"). The Donkeyman shut down the "Gennies" at 2000 and we had only paraffin lamps with no thought of T.V. or Video, or even sanitary water. We had a local AB who described the Transporters as, "The slowest means of travel in the world which left regularly, but you could never catch it!" This is where I honed my seafaring and pilotage skills and learned to hold my booze. I rercall that the majority of Ladies of the Night resembled my Uncles, but had the proverbial "Hearts of Gold" for young Seamen, (No pun intended!).
Hi Peter,
I do not know where you tied up, how am I going to know that.
Haverton Hill was the Swan Hunter yard of the 1970's, I dont know what it was before and I dont know what it was after. But Swans built a number of ships there in the seventies including the Liverpool Bridge (Derbyshire). It was closed when they took it over, it closed around 1967. Smith's built ships there as well.
These ships had a heavy toll on the British shipbuilding reputation and the Derbyshire broke up and the English Bridge broke her back.
I spent a long time on Swans ships and they have had numerous goes at killing me. I know what they are like.
The Teeside pubs were good, nothing wrong with them, those ships finished British shipbuilding
regards
jimmy
The Station Hotel is still thereQuote:
Originally Posted by jon dee
Thanks for that Deepsea, brought back some memories, but I see all the houses are gone. ... ...jd
Whi;e we were in drydock at smiths we took my wife to the robin hood bar.
She told us that the silly lady had left the price onthe sole of her shoes. I had to tell her the truth.
Some bar that was .
Ron the batcave