National Sea Training School Gravesend 1974.
[/QUOTE]. mr phillips had a big nose, and when we were drinking in the pub, (i think it was called the green gate) we could see his sillouette on the glass door and scarpered quick.[/QUOTE]
Alf,Did this Mr Phillips have a scar down one of the cheeks of his face and was he the storekeeper who dished out the uniforms etc??If it is the same guy as when I was there in 1956 my experience of him is this.We were in the line up at the stores which had a stable door,as I was in the queue I noticed that he was letting lads try on the beret,blouse etc and letting them try things for size.I thought what a nice man.When I stepped upto the plate and gave my name in all this gear came flying through the door with me left collecting it up, no trying on of anything,I wondered what have I done.Then I was told the story that the scar down his face was done by a scouser whilst he was at the Vindi so from then on there was nothing down for any scouser that crossed his path.All part of life joining the big world I suppose.
Regards.
Jim.B.
National Sea Training school Gravesend 1974
Although thisis nothing to do with the training school .I have been called scouse a lot of my times by a lot of people in Dunedin even to this day a very few still do it even though i have lost a lot of my dialect
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Chris Luty
Hi our class pic from summer 1974,
Im on front row 3rd from the right!
ta Chris
I was there then. U Class.
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Louis you must remember watching the Olympics on that tiny telly August 1968. I only had one fight, a draw. I was there August to November 1968 deck dept.
Re: National Sea Training school Gravesend 1974
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Originally Posted by
Chris Luty
Hi our class pic from summer 1974,
Im on front row 3rd from the right!
ta Chris
i was at the sea school from 74/75 tried to download photo but had no joy fellow peanut paul elkin