Women at sea

[happy daze john in oz]

As FAR as I know all the major shipping companies had a nurse on their liners.
Some of them may have run to two, such as maybe Cunard.
On UCL one doc and one nurse, but the nurse was kept very busy after stops in ports such as Las Palmas.
The ladies who frequented Doris's bar were so generous with the gifts they gave to the lads.
See the queue outside her office about three days later.

[j.sabourn]

Another carry on for nicknames especially if had the surname grey ? Would it be Shark. “ Like where are you going to Bonny lad ? “ reply “ I’m just off to see the shark !” . JS

[Valerie Pratt]

Hi Valerie.
I never sailed with a woman on board except for twice the skippers wifes accompanied us. Good to hear your seagoing views or any short excerpts, to give us all an insight to the women who went to sea.
Cheers Des

Thankyou Des, where do I start, will it be the telling of the attempted murder on my first voyage , or of the people I met. There were many women onboard,!all the Officers wives were nice no problems and some I still hear from. The stewardesses Waitresses and Purserettes, again fine people. there were women amongst tge entertainment staff, and a few “Divas” around .

[Des Taff Jenkins]

Hi Valarie.
I had sixteen years at sea and had to leave, we had two kids and I didn't want to miss the fun of their growing up. The trouble with many families today is the lack of togetherness.

Cheers Des

[j.sabourn]

#14 Dirty nappies didn’t put you off Des then ? Although today don’t think they are re-usable as just throw them away. Unheard of in our day. They certainly are all aware of recycling of other commodities , but silence when it comes to the likes of nappies which are a reusable quality. cheers JS

[happy daze john in oz]

I have heard that the contents of such in some countries is recycled.
Just check where your frozen veg is from.

[j.sabourn]

Well going to a Japan in the 50”s it was a well known fact that human excrement was used as fertiliser by the average Japanese citizen , open sewers in many places ran outside their homes. Their homes were immaculate inside but in public spaces outside was a different story. However food poisoning was never a big problem as far as I know. Although the Japanese whiskey Suntory was known to give one a headache the following day in its early years . JS

[Tony Taylor]

Well going to a Japan in the 50”s it was a well known fact that human excrement was used as fertiliser by the average Japanese citizen , open sewers in many places ran outside their homes. Their homes were immaculate inside but in public spaces outside was a different story. However food poisoning was never a big problem as far as I know. Although the Japanese whiskey Suntory was known to give one a headache the following day in its early years . JS

ha ha , I recall going into Sasebo drydock in 74, first thing the deck storekeeper did was to go ashore and buy a gallon bottle of that stuff.

[j.sabourn]

Did he go back next day for a refill Tony ? If he did he had a problem ! JS

[Tony Taylor]

Did he go back next day for a refill Tony ? If he did he had a problem ! JS

it was just for liveners at smoko, he seemed intoxicated most of the time, we all lived ashore so dunno what he drank on a night time