Doris's Bar

[happy daze john in oz]

Dave mate you would always look for the church steeple cos there would be a pub close by. As for mission, I thought that was a position?

[Richard Masson]

Hi Pete,
You and I must have been around at the same time. Can't say I have such fond memories of 'Jesus' O'Keefe though. Kind to sailors but a bully with cadets. You can guess I was one of the latter.

[Ron Walker]

What about 4 1/2 Rum Lane.

[Pants]

Hi sorry to come on to home turf but does anybody know the name of the pub/ club in the caledonian road off of dock street in liverpool? I fell out of there a few times in late 60s ? Help rgds terry

not 100% sure but sounds like "mabels"

[Pants]

Refer post 32

wow memories "Jesus O'Keefe what a great guy a true seaman
first met him on the "Essequibo" then sailed with him on the "Loch Gowan", I believe he was later a Captain

[Noel Kelly]

As I recall, Doris's Bar was affectionately known as the Royal Mail Officers Club to some of us who visited there.

[Pete Leonard (Bruno)]

I know this is a deviation from the current thread, but if we are talking infamous bars here's another one. Does anyone remember the Texas bar and the Arizona bar in Lisbon? Phew, it brings me out in a sweat just thinking about them

[John Brown]

Wow! Doris' Bar. My first ever foreign bar & whorehouse.

Mine too Richard! First trip cadet on the Albany, after a hard night in Doris', woke up somewhere in Kingston remembering that the ship was due to sail at 0600. Panic stations. Ran through the streets to the Royal Mail pier with encouraging shouts of "run, man, run" from the locals. Got to the ship to find everyone at stations, Captain Ratcliff, Mate Ian Park and the Pilot on the bridge. Shore leave stopped for the rest of the trip, but forgotten about one port later.

[Tony Wilding]

Can tell a few stories about that place, sadly i dont think they are printable. I allways thought dorises was the seamans mission, ? Depends what the mission was !

[Richard Masson]

Some sort of position isn't it?