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I had an aging Steam Queen off the Dunnotar Castle in Cape Town, while on a Star boat. chase me and get me in my cabin, she was rampant but I got away from her and got the old Bosun to `fix` her up, she was older than my mother. So obviously she had the same intent on going ashore,
hi lads. anyone remember dawn in the florida milk bar wellington?. she was very persistant so i said get a dozen (beer in bottles and in a brown paper sack) and i'll come home with you. next day beer was there when i walked in so when she finished work we jumped on a tram to her house, which was on a corner next to a field. go down the field to the bottom of the garden and i'll let you in she said. she let me in through a chicken run, ( three wire doors) and into a big shed. double bed, wire across a corner with a curtain(wardrobe) two orange boxes on end with dividers in the middle(chests of drawers) and another box to support a bedside light. Where's the opener? i said, i haven't got one, so i had to turn one bottle upside down to use as an opener. no glasses drink out of the bottle. finally gets in bed lights out do the buisness. light on whats the matter? beds wet, change sheet, back to bed, later, light on ,beds wet change sheet, last sheet no more problem. morning. six am late for sign on,i'm not going back through the chicken run, so i go up to the house to go round to the front. suddenly the door opens an this little bloke starts ranting at me and dawn. i stared him down (humpfrey bogart look ciggy in mouth) then runs like mad to catch the tram. ah memories of the kiwi coast. alf
Did anyone ever meet Kanimbla, she was like an OXO Cube on legs, real hard case, she had more sea time in on the coastal ferry, KANIMBLA, than the seamen did. She was on the SUEVIC, in Sydney, in 1955 and we had just gone to bed, when the Firemen heard there was a woman on board. They were hammering on the cabin door, `Lets us in for a go.`
Kanimbla climbed out of bed, opened the door and dropped the first one, then the second and third, the other three legged it down the allyway.
She got back into bed and had a little weep, she was a little softy at heart, then said `Where were we up to` and carried on. She lived on top of the bluff on the Rocks. by a little park in the last street overlooking Miller Point. I found her in the Lord Nelson.
Lovely girl.
all girls are loverly captain kong except my first wife###i went out with a girl in sydney named flure and have since found three over guys who also enjoyed her company happy days cheers clancy;):rolleyes:
Not THE Flure Clancy, I still have nightmares over her. With a little bad luck I might bump into her in March
C heers
Brian.
The cages Bombay had to be the pits lads. 2 for the price of one.:confused::confused: Did we enter some places in our quests.:eek: Regards all Terry.
Oh Boy
What about the great times at the "Les Catacombs" in Cape Town,Booze ,Babes and Brandy haha!:)
Cheers
Dangerous Minds | Extraordinary photographs of Cape Town nightclubs from 1967-1969
cape town nightclubs, the catacombs, 14 october,... - midnight martinis Looks like me after a few Bottles haha!:)
Billy Monk: Escaping the gulag of fixations | SLiP
Similar Pics to the first Link,but a good read!
Were you in one of these Shots LOL!
Michael Stevenson - Billy Monk
And of course so many others worldwide,they were just Dens of Eniquity!:eek:
Vernon mate, they were not as you put in dens of eniquity, they were for most of us the essentials of life ashore. Can you imagine what it would have been like without them??
No Chics, No Brandy Squares, no hangover! Imagine waking up in Cape Town after a night of nothing knowing that was the best you were going to feel all day?
Hi John
Possibly not for us old Seadogs,but they sure were for many others that fell by the wayside,many of whom i knew personally,and for the Grace of God, i too was nearly one !
Cheers
I remember with horror now? the Cages in Grant Road Bombay.Quote:
Originally Posted by red lead ted
I wonder if they are still there, stinking.