T.s. Dolphin leith 9.1.62/13.4.62.
.hi there steve,
i've just recently came onto the web and am still finding my way about. i was delighted to find this site and a lot of memories came flooding back to me.
the above dates was the"Deck Boy" course that i attended at the "DOLPHIN" but to be honest,i can't recollect your face or name.
i do have an old photograph of the lads on my watch,but have mislaid it and am turning my house upside down looking for it.
i came ashore in 1964 due to domestic problems in my family so my time at sea was short but very sweet.
i always wanted to go back, but it was not to be.
i still stay in edinburgh and have been a cab driver for 33 years...still traveling, but not as far.
when i was at the "DOLPHIN" i won the first prize for top marks for the year and was given the "DOLPHIN" medal and £5 from the "BEN LINE".
these were posted to my home as i was allowed to leave a week early as i had secured a job with SHAW SAVILLE and joined my first ship in Liverpool on the 9thApril and my first trip was to Aus./N.Z.
i don't want you to think i'm boasting,but i thought it might stir your memory,i still have the medal and i also have the "DOLPHIN" lapel badge.....the blue Dolphin on a silver background,as well as my life saving medallions earned at the "Vicky Baths" Leith. i remember one of the guys was Dutch, and his name i think was Bodie?, he was a big guy and we all called him Cheyenne, at the baths no one could keep up with him.
i also remember we did an inflatable life raft demo one evening in the baths for a group of people.hope i haven't prattled on too much and bored you but i haven't spoke to anyone about the "DOLPHIN" for years.
i'll get some photos organized and send them on.
my very best wishes,
graham murray, R769988.