Hello, newbie here

[Wendy Cooke]

I've joined the forum hoping to find some stories.
For the last few years I have been a friend to an elderly seaman, pretty much the only person he saw.
Unfortunately he left us last week.
I've been sorting paperwork etc found his books from his working days and that's led me here, and
now I've spent a couple of hours reading I thought I would join and see if anyone here knew him.
I'll post his ship records/dates etc over the next few days.
His name was Ivor Michael Ryan born Liverpool 1930.

[gray_marian]

How sad Wendy, Thank you for posting R.I.P. Ivor Michael Ryan

[happy daze john in oz]

Wendy it is always sad to see another seaman goes to Fiddlers Green, may he forever sail on calm waters.

If you can post any information on site I am sure someone will be able to assist you.

[cappy]

hi wendy it will be interesting to see the name and dates of his ships ....someone may have sailed and remember him ......regards cappy

[Wendy Cooke]

Thank you all for your kind words.
I've put a rather large list in the Crew Logs from the discharge books I've found.
He told me some stories but his memory was already having a few problems by the time I got to know him.
He was married to Ethel (Trixie) in 1974, sadly she passed away in 2009.
Hope this might help someone rember him and maybe tell me a few tales :-)

[Ron B Manderson]

Sad news that.
But the good thing is that you have joined the band of Seamen.
I'm sure your friend would be fair Chuffed that you joined.
I hope you feel welcome by the merry band here.
Ron the batcave

[Wendy Cooke]

You may have known Ivor as Mike/Mick as this is what I've always known him as.
His cremation is next week, then as per his wishes, to be scattered to the four winds.
So, as many times he joked that I should push him over a cliff, he's going to get his
wish, I'm going to throw him over a cliff! in Cornwall where he spent his last years.

[cappy]

wendy hear is a poem for an old sailor
a sailor lay dying in an old sailors home
no family around him as they had long gone
and he cast his mind back to the days he had seen
and tried to remember the places he,d been
from the cold northern seas
to the south seas so warm
and the sea there like glass
and the beuty of dawn
he remembered the tramp ships that went for so long
and the islands so green and filled with birdsong
of shipmates some good
and shipmates some bad
and all of the wonderful times that he,d had
of loves that were gone and promises made
to be lost like a breeze in a southerly trade
he heard a voice whisper
i think that he,s gone
but he knew in his mind his memories lived on
for the pull of the sea will never let go
and the old sailor sighed and justwent with the flow ....
regards to you for looking after the old lad
cappy from shields

[Richard Quartermaine]

Wendy, what a good, kind lady you have been to Mick. He will have been born some months before me and I am interested to learn the ships he sailed on. Post the information you have to this site and as aforesaid help is nigh. Say bon voyage to Mick from us all.
Richard

[cappy]

hi richard the ships were listed 2 or 3 days ago .......some list as well a proper seaman ...regards cappy