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31st October 2012, 02:49 PM
#11
Pile of Sea water maybe???
ron the batcave
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31st October 2012, 04:36 PM
#12
When did you sail on Parthia Brian ?
I was on her in 1964 ,then again in 1970 ,must have been relieving.
George Henderson
R396040
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31st October 2012, 05:27 PM
#13
Hi George, you must have been on a newer one, We arrived in Liverpool on the Parthia on 16th of October 1961 and paid off, leaving the ship in the hands of the Shore Gang, After discharging she was taken away to Belfast for rebuilding for the New Zealand Shipping Company, and renamed REMURA.
I wrote a story of my voyage on her on Page 1 post #8 in Seafaring Stories in SWINGING THE LAMP.
Cheers
Brian.
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31st October 2012, 10:16 PM
#14
On the Durham Trader we had a big guy UDH, his hobby was weight lifting, i think we paid off in hamburg, he took great delight in getting a porter to take his kit bag at the railway station KT
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31st October 2012, 11:46 PM
#15
We had a UDH on the TECTUS who was a weight lifter, brought his own weights with him.
Bert France from Preston. a great guy but I wouldnt help to carry his bags.
Brian
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31st October 2012, 11:52 PM
#16
It wasn't so much as what came out of one feller's bag that worried me as much as the decor in the cabin we were to share for several months. We on a Federal Steam refrigerated job on a run to Tassie for apples. The steward I was to share with had done several trips and replaced the port curtains with some crazy 50's mod design fabric, plus a table cloth for the desk and would you believe it he covered the BOT bedspread as well. The one saving grace was a huge pinup of Anita Ekberg on the bulkhead. He turned out OK but had me watching very very carefully for a few days.
R 627168 On all the Seas of all the World
There passes to and fro
Where the Ghostly Iceberg Travels
Or the spicy trade winds blow
A gaudy piece of bunting,a royal ruddy rag
The blossom of the Ocean Lanes
Great Britains Merchant Flag
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1st November 2012, 02:12 AM
#17
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1st November 2012, 03:02 AM
#18
Blow ups
What no blow up dolls. John Sabourn
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1st November 2012, 05:18 AM
#19

Originally Posted by
Captain Kong
His Mother`s Photo, Vern. then he pulled it out and stuck it on his bulkhead.
Brian.
Getting A bang out of a bag??????


Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
John Strange R737787
World Traveller

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1st November 2012, 07:24 AM
#20
one ab had a record player but he only brought two lp.s ray conniff and dean martin over and over and over and over and over and over and over
jp
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