Forum: Books, Magazines, TV, Video & Publications
24th October 2021, 13:09
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Bank Line
There are several books about life in the Bank Line during the 1950's. The titles are: " Any Budding Sailors". ( A memoir of a life which includes 10 years in the Bank Line); Merchant Navy...
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Forum: Books, Magazines, TV, Video & Publications
24th October 2021, 13:05
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Replies: 2
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Bank Line enthusiasts - see " Merchant Navy...
Bank Line enthusiasts - see " Merchant Navy Apprentice 1951-1955" which is an account of 4 years plus travelling the world in post war Bank Line ships including a Liberty ship;a coal burning war...
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Forum: Bank Line
15th April 2021, 17:55
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Replies: 8
Views: 16,560
Exchanges
Oops! Sorry Mike, I should have remembered. Thanks for your contribution.
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Forum: Bank Line
5th April 2021, 09:30
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Views: 16,560
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Forum: Bank Line
11th March 2021, 17:51
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Bank Line sites
Sorry to see this site is rarely used. I guess there are quite a few now and I list them for folk to see.....
This site. (1)
MeWe ( ex bankline...
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Forum: Bank Line
11th March 2021, 17:43
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Replies: 15
Views: 22,950
Interesting post. I wondered how the change...
Interesting post. I wondered how the change over from Celestial navigation happened and this helps to see how things changed. Me?, I was stuck back in the 50's but thoroughly enjoyed taking star...
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Forum: Bank Line
13th November 2020, 20:32
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Replies: 15
Views: 22,950
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Forum: Bank Line
15th June 2020, 19:28
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Replies: 15
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Attention all Bank Line folk.... There is a...
Attention all Bank Line folk.... There is a dedicated site with 1800 pages of ship photos, articles, memoirs and lots more like history of the sailing fleet, motorships,steamers,twin screw ships...
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Forum: Bank Line
20th December 2019, 17:53
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Captain Harold Barber
Captain Harold Barber recently ' crossed the bar' . He is fondly remembered by Bank Line colleagues as he served from 1953 when he joined the company as 3/0 on the 'old' Ernebank and went on to...
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Forum: Bank Line
19th May 2019, 07:52
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Replies: 3
Views: 11,111
shipmates
Hi Roger,
Joe was senior App on the Irisbank when I was 3/0 and we slugged it out around the world for nearly 2 years. We were friends post Bank Line, and socialised early on when Joe married, and...
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Forum: Bank Line
11th January 2018, 11:04
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Replies: 15
Views: 22,950
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Forum: Bank Line
10th January 2018, 10:40
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Replies: 3
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Passing of Joe Coghill
Lost an old shipmate last year - Joe Coghill who sadly passed away after falling victim to melanoma . We sailed together on the Irisbank and later became friends ashore.
RIP Joe.
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Forum: Bank Line
10th January 2018, 10:35
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Replies: 15
Views: 22,950
Inchang
Hi Ron
Had to split the article to accommodate the site limits. Here are the missing lines / cheers.....
In the traditional way of apprentice boys we carried out a variety of tasks around...
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Forum: Bank Line
1st December 2017, 09:40
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Replies: 15
Views: 22,950
Part 2 Of Inchanga days article
On the African coast, we usually had a leisurely stop in Mombasa, where the pace of life in the port was slow and measured. It was the days when B.I's lovely Kampala and Karanja were often in port...
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Forum: Bank Line
1st December 2017, 09:33
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Replies: 15
Views: 22,950
Inchanga days part 1
Here is an article published earlier
Bank Line ' White Ships '
Memories of the M.V. Inchanga,1952
Andrew Weir, the great shipping entrepreneur, and his board ordered 3...
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Forum: Bank Line
18th May 2017, 12:24
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Replies: 15
Views: 22,950
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Forum: Bank Line
6th May 2017, 07:33
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Bank Line " White Ships"
Anyone interested in the Bank Line " White Ships", I.e. The Inchanga, Isipingo, and Incomati, might like to read my article in the June issue (due out soon) of the magazine "Shipping Today and...
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Forum: Bank Line
3rd May 2017, 09:12
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Replies: 15
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Bank Line in the 1950's
Wood decks, open rails, serene quiet progress across the oceans...
stifling heat in the cabins, lucky to have an oscillating fan, or a wind cowel to stick out of the port
steam winches, cracking...
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Forum: Bank Line
2nd May 2017, 07:45
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Replies: 8
Views: 16,560
Avatars
Nice one Alistair! I think we should all use our youthful pics - when we were young, eager, and innocent. Well, maybe not always!
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Forum: Bank Line
1st May 2017, 08:26
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Replies: 0
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Welcome ex Bank Line - what an experience!
Welcome all ex Bank Line - we are a shrinking band!
I had the privilege of sailing with Andrew Weir's Bank Line for 10 years from 1951 to 1961 at a time when the ships were still being replaced...
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