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7th September 2021, 09:03 PM
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Very disheartening when we try and assist , and also after sending Email to Original Poster, that there is no reply! At times (Not always ) one feels that we are wasting our time here!??
But having said that there could be other reasons ! Lets hope all is well.
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8th September 2021, 01:19 AM
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Hi Vernon.
Don't be disheartened, she did say she was dyslexic, she maybe having trouble with the comp. You do to great a job to be put off .
Des
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8th September 2021, 06:22 AM
#43
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Vernon, you tried and can do no more than that.
Your efforts are always sincere and I think well appreciated by the recipient.
There are times when thing fail for no reason, maybe this is one such occasion.
Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
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15th September 2021, 08:10 AM
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Re: Parents
When were they on the Rangitoto?.
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15th September 2021, 09:30 AM
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Re: Parents
Originally Posted by
Tracey magee
Hello all, my parents were both in the merchant navy, mum joined in 1950, she faked her age as she was only 20 at the time, I know she sailed on the Winchester Castle, The Rangitiki and Rangitoto as a laundress.
Dad joined shortly after when he left the Royal Navy, I know he sailed on both of the Rangi ships, but I’m not sure of his others, he I believe was an electrician, although I seem to recall him also working in the engine room. They married in East Ham in 1956. Their names were Michael Magee and Daphne Bluck
Tracy its a first for me hun i have never known Mum and Dad at sea, Passed like ships in the night LITERALLY Terry.
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15th September 2021, 12:59 PM
#46
Re: Parents
Hi Doc
Unfortunately I haven’t received an email from you, otherwise I would have replied
Regards
Tracey
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That’s a shame Terry, I would have loved to hear of someone who remembers them , I was born across the river from you in Wallasey
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It would have been mid 50’s possibly 56
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That is indeed dad, thank you again for everything doc x
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15th September 2021, 01:11 PM
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I’m a bit confused, have you possibly mixed me up with someone else as i don’t have dyslexia lol
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15th September 2021, 01:57 PM
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I was just looking through the gallery (unfortunately I couldn’t see either of them) when one ship in particular caught my attention and reminded me that dad also sailed on the REINA DEL MAR, would have been possibly 53-54
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