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31st October 2020, 12:26 PM
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Introducing myself
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.
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31st October 2020, 03:39 PM
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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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31st October 2020, 05:26 PM
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Originally Posted by
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.
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
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1st November 2020, 04:59 AM
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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
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1st November 2020, 11:42 AM
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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
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1st November 2020, 11:48 AM
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Tony Taylor
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.
Last edited by Michael Black; 1st November 2020 at 12:16 PM.
Reason: spelling
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1st November 2020, 11:50 AM
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nice to see proper seamen coming aboard.....welcome cappy
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1st November 2020, 12:07 PM
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Michael Black
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).
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1st November 2020, 12:35 PM
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did you ship out the tyne at all michael if so what ships regards cappy
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1st November 2020, 01:25 PM
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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.
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