Hi There, Have just joined the site

[Lou Barron]

Wear a fundosh

[j.sabourn]

Hard hats and safety boots. In the North Sea in my day if you were sighted from the rig or platform on deck without you were reported. If working on a rig and disregarded such, were fired and in the next chopper ashore. Heard of one smart ass out here in Australia who was member of boat crew and refused to wear the specified gear and was sacked on the spot. The maritime union unable to do anything for him. You obey instructions or join the dole queue there was always plenty ready to jump in your shoes. Cheers JS Or should say safety boots JS

[cappy]

seppy kincaid a shields bosn .........shorts vest and flip flops from sailing in dec from the tyne to 9 month later in hot and cold same gear ....washed every day

[j.sabourn]

That name sounds familiar, was he in Runcimans any time . Cheers John S

[cappy]

That name sounds familiar, was he in Runcimans any time . Cheers John S

#####bosun and company man for runcimans john one of the nicest men i ever met at sea and ashore ...long gone now....but never forgotten......a great man ....regards cappy

[j.sabourn]

Think it was the 50"s I sailed with him. I was just a boy so he must be dead by now, or near 100 if not over. Cheers JS

[cappy]

john about 15 years ago i rang his wife he lived on horsley hill ......iguess he would have been in his 80s then his wife answered the phone and when i asked to speak to him she gently cried and said i have lost my lovely seppy ....it was sad ......i know old roberts would spend time talking to him ....which was a true accolade......i think there are not many now ....the likes of him a different breed......the epitome of a old time bosn......always had a big droopy tash........didnt go ashore much and never drunkregards cappy

[Red Lead Ted]

Think it was the 50"s I sailed with him. I was just a boy so he must be dead by now, or near 100 if not over. Cheers JS

John, Your post got me thinking how many we sailed with have passed, But one guy I will never forget as a young deck boy I sailed with a guy from Liverpool his name was Joe Dalzele he was 75yrs young and can only ever remember him mixing paint in the focsl,e head. His official capacity was lamp trimmer. We young lads would wined him up you daft old bugger, You are passed your sell by date I can remember him sneaking up behind one lad and tipping a can of oil base mix all over his golden locks, He was a character alright. Obviously long gone know but I wouldn't change a thing happy days John Terry.

[robpage]

That made me think Terry , that a lot of the Engineers that I knew cross channel and deep sea to a slightly lesser extent , never made it past seventy years old , their livers wore out . I knew a few bottle a day men , who sadly faded into the mist

[Jack Jenkins]

Torch in the side pocket,wheel valve spanner in the back pocket.