anniversary

[john sutton]

today 64 years ago I signed on for my first trip to sea on the capetown castle.

[cappy]

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today 64 years ago I signed on for my first trip to sea on the capetown castle.

######strange john...never had you down as a big ship man .....thought you were tankers and trampers.......regards cappy

[Red Lead Ted]

today 64 years ago I signed on for my first trip to sea on the capetown castle.

John, poor yourself a large one mate its nice to look back sometimes and obviously its how you come out the other side. Some look back with fondness some cant look back at all Regards John Terry.

[John Bramwell]

Good to see some old timers here,
I signed on June 44

[Lou Barron]

It is always nice to look back at your first trip to sea and wonder how you are going to carry on I had my first trip I had my doubts but things was a bit different after the war it was not the enemy action it was bloody being seasick

[Frederick Lacey]

Snap John, you certainly know how to make a bloke realise he's getting on. !!!

Signed on Port Victor, March 1950.

Fred.

[john sutton]

CAPPY all the lads from my training school parkstone sea training school (ex watts naval school) went to castle boatsDid 2 trips and moved to Liverpool to get onto cargo boats and got sent to join the Accra

[John Albert Evans]

Wow, I'm just a baby yet, first trip on one of Everades and the last one on Everades MV Acuity (The Cook tried to kill me with a cleaver, he was drunk at the time) March 1957. It didnt put me off and went on to deep sea for the next 7 years. Wonderful life.

John Albert Evans

[eric fisher]

Not quite an anniversary but signed on 5th Oct 1942 in Birkenhead on Ocean Wanderer. First trip, wondered what the 'ell am I doing! Took awhile to get used to the life, but realised there was never any life better than a seafarer. Cheers, Eric

[Colin Hawken]

June 1949 first trip on Stirling Castle.The dreaded "Swiveleye" Lloyd was Chief Mate. Did a year on her.Then I joined Winchester Castle.Jim (Lardy) Perry was Bosun. An unforgettable character. A good Bosun and a fine seaman.If he taught you something you never forgot it. I finally realised big ships weren't for me plus I'd seen enough of South African Ports and wanted a change. Then followed a succession of Tankers including being Shanghaid by Joe Shell. PO Box 148 Singapore was my address for a year. Finished up on Home Trade. That was great,in the Pub nearly every night. That was good fun,should have done it from the start.(not really) Home Trade was the only time I had single berth Cabin.A Stevie Clarke Collier MV Hayling.I was the only non Geordie on her.Took me a while to understand their "Foreign"language.They were a good crowd as Geordies often seem to be. I enjoyed the Year I spent on that Ship.