Elders of Elders

[Louis the fly]

Very strange post from Mr. Smith. Cryptic code of Caterham ????

[Graham Smith]

Hello Graham, you wouldn't be Graham the Pipe ex Ships Nostalgia site by any chance? Notice you signed off on #7 GTP. If you are welcome to this site.
Regards
John

Hi John,

Yes, that's me, GTP! Thanks for the welcome and I'll try to be 'a good boy' so that I don't get 'banned' from this site too!

Cheers, for now.

GTP

[Gregor Morcom]

Graham,

Following your lead (also after not visiting the site for a while), Brian's update and your post prompt my offering as follows:

I joined EofE last year, having previously been unaware of the organisation. The years pass so rapidly that the 'Elders of Elders' must shortly become the 'Ancients of Elders' - ancient mariners even!

Since attending the EofE lunch in June '13 I've spoken by phone to the 2/E I sailed with on the Forcados in '66 and the Burmese deck cadet I sailed with on the Yoma, in '65. It was interesting, trying out the Burmese 'phone system, but I was finally successful on about the tenth attempt, dialling up via Skype, as the lowest per minute cost offering. He finished his sea time as skipper with a Japanese line. It is not impossible that we meet in the future since I have spoken also to his daughter, who runs a couple of businesses for him in Worcestershire!

Having also posted items on Ships Nostalgia, I was contacted by another ED engineer cadet from my year of intake, which has resulted in a couple of meet ups, with spouses; another potential EofE member.

Joining EDL was a good decision and EofE has rounded off the thing nicely with a few more layers of other members nostalgia and memories.

Gregor

(also known as 'Cornish' during my time at Riversdale).

[Evan Lewis]

Little morbid!
But anyone out there,aboard the ,either Apapa or Accra,early fifties.
When a young Q.M. Henry Owen Jones,went missing?

[Denis O'Shea]

Haven't been on this site for a very long time, so as Brian, the administrator, send me a little 'update' on same, thought I'd take this opportunity to say there doesn't appear to be any Es of Es activity. How's about we 'start some' before escalating bar crossings negate any possibility of us so doing? Here's your 'starter for ten'. Yours, in eager anticipation of a deluge of replies, GTP

hi shipmate ere Denis O'Shea R/O ED'S in the 60's does anyone on site remember me? Rgds Den

[Joan Thomson]

Hello Brian, what years did you work on the Corrales and the Matina? My husband, Alex Thomson, also worked on those two banana boats.

[Red Lead Ted]

Hi John,

Yes, that's me, GTP! Thanks for the welcome and I'll try to be 'a good boy' so that I don't get 'banned' from this site too!

Cheers, for now.

GTP

Graham, Welcome to the club mate, I once accused a skipper of not having the knowledge to skipper a kipper and got kicked before I could type another post, He didn't know his A@E in my opinion. A*se from his Elbow, Welcome aboard the good ship lollypop mate Terry.

[john sutton]

I was on the accra in 50 for 5 trips as a peggy.big pal was scouser billie leatherbarrow who lived in Norris green and introduced me to ma carrols dance school where I met my first love(briefly until her parents found out I was a seafarer
ther was an aussie printer at the time

[Captain Kong]

Hello Brian, what years did you work on the Corrales and the Matina? My husband, Alex Thomson, also worked on those two banana boats
Joan

I was on the CORRALES April to May 1956 to TIKO Cameroons West Africa.

MATINA January to February 1958 to Jamaica.
I was an Able Seaman at that time.
Cheers
Brian

[Charlie Hannah]

I was on a few of Elder dempsters( M.V Deido,Aug 1953.)(M.V.Apapa Jan 54 to May 54 four trips) (M.V. Degema,around about 1968)Elderer Dempster had just changed over to Ocean Fleets.Blue Flu Paddy Henderson's &
Elder Dempster's.