Introducing myself

[Michael Black]

Hello, hope you are all keeping safe and well.
Been lurking for a while and thought I would join.
I sailed with Shaw Savill in the late 60s, early 70s on the Aussie and Kiwi runs. A great experience, the like of which are never forgotten
I was on deck and coming from Northumberland was always known as Geordie.
Hope I can contribute to this great site, many thanks to the admin and mods.

[Bill Morrison]

Welcome to the site Michael. I was with SS&A around the same time, in the engine room. The good times to be at sea were just coming to an end but we did see them.
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[Tony Taylor]

Hello, hope you are all keeping safe and well.
Been lurking for a while and thought I would join.
I sailed with Shaw Savill in the late 60s, early 70s on the Aussie and Kiwi runs. A great experience, the like of which are never forgotten
I was on deck and coming from Northumberland was always known as Geordie.
Hope I can contribute to this great site, many thanks to the admin and mods.

Michael, welcome on board, during your time with Shaw Saville, did you ever come across either of the Earle brothers, Terry and Peter engineers from Rowlands Gill

[Doc Vernon]

Hello Michael
Thank you for your intro, good to have you with us all here.
Hope that you will enjoy the site and find it interesting.
Will be good if you can contribute to a few Yarns, which adds to our long and most interesting Stories
Cheers

[Michael Black]

Thanks for the welcomes. They were certainly good times to be on those runs.
I hope that I can contribute to this site, it certainly seems a very good site for info and swinging the lamp

[Michael Black]

Michael, welcome on board, during your time with Shaw Saville, did you ever come across either of the Earle brothers, Terry and Peter engineers from Rowlands Gill

Hello Tony
I can't recall ever meeting these brothers, can only remember a C/E from up here on the Icenic, he had his wife and 2 kids one board on trip.

[cappy]

nice to see proper seamen coming aboard.....welcome cappy

[Tony Taylor]

Hello Tony
I can't recall ever meeting these brothers, can only remember a C/E from up here on the Icenic, he had his wife and 2 kids on board on trip.

Thanks Michael, also was eng apprentice from Ashington, Matty Black, fell off a cliff in DARWIN 1970 (survived fortunately).

[cappy]

did you ship out the tyne at all michael if so what ships regards cappy

[Michael Black]

did you ship out the tyne at all michael if so what ships regards cappy

Never sailed out of the Tyne cappy. The first ship I was offered as a young deck boy, from the pool was a Houlders Bros ship from the Tyne going to China. My dad, ex MN himself, wouldn't let me go. So they said there was nothing for me up here, get yourself down to London.