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12th July 2013, 06:21 AM
#11
Originally Posted by
Richard Quartermaine
I bought a 'paperback' of banned 'Lady Chatterley's Lover'.....
Yes Richard, Port Said Bibles, an introduction for the naive to the wonders of the world. Some of the stuff available there in the early days would make a pro blush. But as you say by the time it was your turn to read it half was missing or the pages all stuck together.
Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
John Strange R737787
World Traveller
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14th July 2013, 07:10 PM
#12
I find the greatest thing about retirement is,you don't need to be too concerned about time. It's all yours,you don't have to give any of it to an Employer. A mate of mine spent most of his working life as a Bus Driver.When he retired he took off his watch saying "I don't need this anymore.Instinct will tell me when the Pub is open" To the best of my knowledge he still doesn't wear a watch.
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14th July 2013, 10:40 PM
#13
Originally Posted by
Colin Pook
Excuse me Richard, but what's your thread got to do with /tick-tocks?
Colin
Good point, Colin. Must watch this. Memories of my times in Port Said got in the way.
Regards
Richard
Our Ship was our Home
Our Shipmates our Family
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14th July 2013, 11:19 PM
#14
Port Said
Port Said Since its opening in 1869, Port Said, at the north end of the Suez Canal, had acquired a reputation as a den of iniquity and vice, which both repelled and fascinated the late 19th Century imagination.
Indeed this was a Port to remember,with all its sometimes amazing things going on,the sale of those Lurid Books,and somewhat facinating but open Pictures!
Took a lot of that stuff back to Cape Town where i did a roaring trade with the Lads there, that were to say the least astonished at such stuff,they couldnt believe their eyes!
Never had trouble selling anything there,from Porn,to Flick Knives,oh the days of our Youth,what we got up to,but all in good fun really!
Those were the good times!
Cheers
This is about time! haha!
Senior Site Moderator-Member and Friend of this Website
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15th July 2013, 03:55 AM
#15
Hi Colin.
It wasn't to do with tic tocks, Lady Chatterley's lover was to do with dick tock timing.
Cheers Des
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17th July 2013, 08:50 AM
#16
My rolexxx??? is still the same
Hi Shipmates, Port Said a great place for a bargain? Watches' , trinkets and dirty postcards. Glad I got a few shipmates remembering the old times as Doc Vernon posted...
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17th July 2013, 01:46 PM
#17
Port Said
What an education this site is for me......... My father spent part of his National Service in the Scots Guards in Egypt around 1953, no wonder he never wanted us [four daughters] to replace THAT watch......'Fond memories' said he.......indeed! RIP Ronnie Dalgleish. We still have it too.
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17th July 2013, 04:25 PM
#18
Treasure it
Originally Posted by
gray_marian
What an education this site is for me......... My father spent part of his National Service in the Scots Guards in Egypt around 1953, no wonder he never wanted us [four daughters] to replace THAT watch......'Fond memories' said he.......indeed! RIP Ronnie Dalgleish. We still have it too.
Hi Marian, the watch would have brought back memories spent with squaddie mates (crew mates for us) of the good times, bad times and 'interesting' times, the latter of which you perhaps did not partake in various parts of the world and Egypt was certainly an eye-opener for even the most experienced of men who had never been there before, some too lurid for delicate ears. We all have our little something that reminds us of these times and sometimes we look at them and say 'Thank Christ I never did!'
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17th July 2013, 05:31 PM
#19
Port Said
Phew, thank you Ivan for that, my dad was always very shy and protective towards us [as are most father's.] We were extremely
fortunate to grow up knowing his squaddie friends' so as you say
perhaps it was their friendship and bygone memories that held the most significance with the watch.
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17th July 2013, 05:55 PM
#20
Time - keeping
[QUOTE=happy daze john in oz;132614]Yes Richard, Port Said Bibles, an introduction for the naive to the wonders of the world. Some of the stuff available there in the early days would make a pro blush. But as you say by the time it was your turn to read it half was missing or the pages all stuck together.[/QUOT
Oh Matron.!!!!!
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