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    That must have been the Mellowood Brandy talking!
    That stuff always made me want to pick a Barney haha!
    Mind you never always came out on top! haha!
    More than once got taken back to the Ship by the local Cops,thrown in the back (and i mean thrown) of the Black Maria Head First! Ouchhh! Damn !! Thought we were just pieces of Meat i reckon!
    Oh well i suppose i asked for it! Grrrrr!
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    Now why would they have called it Mellowood! Far from Mellow!
    I call it Mellow Yellow!! haha!
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    Vernon, those little coins were made so the bloods on the ships could leave a tip at the end of the voyage. All we ever got were Tikis under the side plate, not even enough to go to the Tiki Hoc bar. But the Mellowood, and the Oudemister, and the KWV as well as a few others made up for that.
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    Well John
    The time must have changed quite a bit from 1958,as i have said before i was always well Tipped (no not Tipsy)by my Bloods,and in actual fact got enough from them on each and every trip to have a realy good time,Buy some clobber and have some over for other Ports!
    My actual Wages most of it was sent home to my dear Mum,who was on her own with my baby Sister
    I personally could not complain about the Tips!
    No Tick's under my plates! haha!
    I used to on average get an Envelope from nearly each person (Family) at the end of whatever sector they did of around 20 Quid,thus if you worked that out if i had two sittings of say 14 Bloods and an average of say 4 to a Family ,that gave me about 6 to 7 Envelopes,making it around the 120/140 Quid .and there were occasions that i got even more!
    That was well above my actual wages! Of then only about 33 Quid a Month!!
    Boy i was in Heavan,each time i took Shore leave i was loaded in more ways than one LOL!
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    Hi Vernon,
    No tips for us poor old deck crew, if i had known you were on that much dosh on the Stirling, i would have looked you up for a beer , Ha ha Keith

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    You and many others Keith
    And believe me would all have been Welcome!
    As they say here in Aus! My Shout!! That was what i would have said,as i did to many others!
    Yes great times with lots of dosh in the Skyrocket!
    Posh clothes,fine Food and the best in Sheilas! haha!
    Wish i had had the insight to save some though! Would have been rich Today!
    Oh well at least we get by!And are Happy!
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    Nothing left of the pier now Vern. Destroyed by fire several years ago.The rather imposing domed entrance building is now an Indian restaurant.Pricy but very good value for money I'm told. Guess I'll have to check it out sometime.

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    Hi Vernon,
    Just looking through old posts, and in one you asked the name of the Captain?, just looked in my discharge book and it was Captain Oakley, i think thats how its spelt, he was Captain for the three trips i was on her, my cousin was Captains tiger for at least one of those trips , regards Keith Tindell

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    Keith, Captain Oakley, often refered to as 'Annie Oakley'. Had him as skipper on the Windsor, think he took her on maiden voyage and stayed on for about a dozen or so. Only logged me once, but was a fair man I found.What was the name of his tiger at the time you knew him, I did some time as officers steward.
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    ---------- Post added at 10:46 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:44 AM ----------

    Hi John, Sorry about the last post, still getting used to the new system!!!, Captains Tiger would have been Sydney, and would have come from the Gosport area

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    Quote Originally Posted by Keith Tindell View Post
    Captains Tiger would have been Sydney
    Not the guy I am thinking of, maybe he came along abit later around about voyage 10 or so. Young lad by the name of Paul.
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