Anybody about from the fifties?

[alf corbyn]

hi glan. yes i got your message and replied. get that sticker moving mate. i'll send you another when you come back to wales alf

[Stuart Henderson]

First trip LOCH GARTH of Royal Mail January 1948 as Galley Boy. Fantastic trip. Wanted to see rest of world so for next ten years swopped about a lot,one trip,one ship most of time. Second trip BTC tanker not so good but all experience, loads of great times,great mates and thirty years total at sea.
Stuart Henderson

[Pete Leonard (Bruno)]

tsell
did you ever hear that poem "and I learned about women from her"

[Trader]

First ship m.v. Bellerophon" Blue Funnel 1952 as deck boy. Did four years with them and went to Manchester Liners for a few years and various other companies, Prince Line, Robertsons of Glasgow, W.H. Muller & Co. of Rotterdam, Richard Jones (Newport), Monroe Bros., United Baltic, Fred Olsen, Metcalf motor coasters, Seaspeed Hovercraft, Townsends Car Ferries later P&O. Finished in 1989.

[Colin Hawken]

Vindi March-June 1949. First ship Stirling Castle. Stayed with Union Castle for about a year.Then on various Esso tankers.A spell on Joe Shell's Singapore pool. Then a year or two Home trade.Enjoyed that. In the pub almost every night.Finally came ashore in 1958.Did one or two different jobs before becoming a Bus Driver.Did that for nearly 27 years.Now a widower but otherwise happily retired.Quite glad I'm not a young man starting out nowadays.They haven't got the opportunities we had. I think we certainly had the best years. Glad there seems to be a fair number of us still around.Keep battling on Boys. D L T B G Y D.

[Barry Turrell]

I was around in the late 1950s . Does that count old timer ? Basic training at Vindicatrix , Sharpness . 1st ship the M.v. Alaric , home trade out of Tilbury dry dock to Hamburg and back . Rejoined for Aussie run docking at Melbourne , midday Christmas Eve 1958 . about 4 more years service left to see, prior to leaving . Varied ships served on various runs. Met John Prescott when signing on 1 ship !

[Des Taff Jenkins]

It's on here somewhere. Des Taff Jenkins, Vindi, April to June 49, first ship Trevose July 49 Cardiff to Galveston then Hamburg with wheat.
Des