I thought she was towed To Sharpness not Sheerness
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I thought she was towed To Sharpness not Sheerness
John ,Rats or no,rats we still ate it being so hungered.
So there I was doing my galley bit, call at 0500 hours for one week in there.
All part of the catering program we were told.
So just stir this pot said the chef and make sure it does not stick at the bottom.
Stirring away when something small dropped from the deckhead above followed by a second.
Told the chef who said, don't worry lad just keep stirring we know there are rats nests up there, looks as if a couple of young ones lost their way.
I did not eat the steak pie that day.l
Sounds as though things changed from time to time on the Vindy. I had no resident instructor just a Deck Boy in charge and one night we tied him in bed put a blanket over the the rope, then watched the instructor hit him with the ropes end until the blanket fell off. Upon which he said 'You let catering do this' and gave him a few more with the ropes end.
Was there in December 1945 and it was very chilly, don't remember any Vindi songs and have never been so fit as when I left the Vindi Our hut were proud that no one ever left and went home.
Terry Sullivan R340406
Hi James I was at the Vindi in May 55, to be honest I've forgotten the officers names, I enjoyed my time there but once out of the gate
for the last time I only had one thing in mind and that was what life would be like at sea, glad to say I wasn't disappointed and loved my
time in the MN, cheers.
I trained on the Vindi in 1962, enjoyed every minute of that experience, especially going there straight from care.
I played the bugle for lights out and wake up. I remember loading the coal from the barge alongside into baskets, also the immaculate shining floors in the accommodation and the perfectly made up bunks, the Sunday inspections, but most of all the friendly camaraderie of the trainees and tutors alike. Most exciting was leaving the Vindicatrix and my first trip aboard a real ocean going vessel.
Thanks, John. Nice recall. 'We're gonna' join old Agates navy'..etc., was a line from a song we used to sing.Captain Agate was the top dog then..(1959) Couldn't wait to become a 'Bridge Boy', ambivalent when it became a reality. Excellent experience.....Cheers..Tony. R720441.