Where were you on your 21st Birthday?

Hi shipmates, I had just joined the Kingsbury a samboat belonging to Houlder Bros sitting in the kings drydock liverpool 1952, cold ship and I was duty engineer how exciting! However it was not long before I had the pleasure of sailing to the river plate and the dens of iniquity what memories montevideo buenos aires rosario neccoche? Bahia blanca, cine hindu la boca bife completos y senoritas muchas. I went back some years ago on a cruise and got the goose pimples on a few occaisions oh memories . Wonder if Rosita Salizar is still alive in monte ancla bar Im sure she"l have a few wrinkles by now in more places than one, enough of that . Not been on for quite a long time but you guys keep up the good work cheers now Eddie Grant.

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Originally Posted by Dennis McGuckin

Back to my original post.
In the bay of Biscay, middle of a raging storm.

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No doubt looking for a port, any port in a storm, or was it any storm in the port? depends what you like to drink I guess.

HI FRANK Robert here I came from Leith my self . my dad was a deepsea fisherman from granton . I was on the castle ships and the qe11 my self .just found this site . great site . I also worked for 35 yrs in ayr docks. abports

New Orleans. Spent 3 months back and forth to the Bahamas. Saw the Rolling Stones there. Cape Trafalgar. The Blue Parrot bar

Serving on the Aircraft Carrier Hms Victorious on the way from Hong Kong to Kobe Japan.

Yes, in Yankee land. Had 3 in 24 hours in the Puget Sound loading on the Pacific Reliance.

Finally found out where our Den was, up on the roof shoveling snow. Gets bloody cold in Canada.

Hi Den.
Just reviewing this post, "I got it wrong Dad" I said I was on the British Piper, but on reviewing my discharge book I was on the RFA Wave Baron somewhere off the Korean peninsula. But can't remember any birthday.
Cheers Des

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Originally Posted by Michael Lawrence

21st was spent in Caracas Bay Curacoa bunkering on our way to New Zealand.
Remember had a case of beer off the 2nd Steward. Tuborg's if my memory correct. Normal allowance was 2/3 cans a day, so he was a decent bloke. I had spent the afternoon swimming and sunbathing ashore in the fenced off area under Captain Morgan's fort. Got a good case of sunstroke and spent the night spewing my heart up why my cobbers drank the booze.
Does anyone remember that fenced off swimming section? Had a hole in it big enough to drive a sub., thu it. Still, another experience on the road of life. Lads I'm going to start a post on a virtual ship. so form an orderly queue. All dept., are welcome. Mike:D:p;)

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Remember that swimming hole well.
As you say. The hole in the net [to keep out sharks] was big enough to let two great whites swim in abreast.

I remember the fence with all the holes, it wasn't the sharks I was watching for it was the spiny sea urchins, always kept my plimsoll's on swimming in the sea.