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Forum: Wartime Memories 6th September 2023, 13:10
Replies: 9
Views: 12,615
Posted By Biggles Wader
My Grandad was also a competent horseman and was...

My Grandad was also a competent horseman and was also put into the Horse Artillery. None of his mates who went into the infantry survived the war. Do I detect a common theme here?
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 23rd March 2023, 20:45
Replies: 23
Views: 6,360
Posted By Biggles Wader
Best wishes for your speedy recovery. Your pics...

Best wishes for your speedy recovery. Your pics are much appreciated by me and many others.
Forum: Bank Line 16th December 2022, 21:44
Replies: 8
Views: 6,737
Posted By Biggles Wader
Who owns Hadley Shipping? It's a private family...

Who owns Hadley Shipping? It's a private family business but I didnt think the Weirs had anything to do with it.. I assume they own Foreland Shipping too.
Forum: Bank Line 14th December 2022, 13:54
Replies: 8
Views: 6,737
Posted By Biggles Wader
I just assumed there was a management buyout and...

I just assumed there was a management buyout and the Weir family bailed out of shipping but basic ownership of shipping interests is always a bit of a minefield.They might have been better off to...
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 25th July 2022, 21:09
Replies: 6
Views: 3,930
Posted By Biggles Wader
I thought it was the name on the beer cans.

I thought it was the name on the beer cans.
Forum: Bank Line 24th March 2022, 12:36
Replies: 2
Views: 5,218
Posted By Biggles Wader
They all looked pretty compared to the monsters...

They all looked pretty compared to the monsters that ply the seas now. There is a photo on SN that still comes up on google of the Olivebank fully loaded on a buoy at Gravesend. Thats my favourite...
Forum: P & O 18th March 2022, 14:14
Replies: 5
Views: 9,969
Posted By Biggles Wader
P&O have got form for this sort of thing even...

P&O have got form for this sort of thing even back in the "good old days" when they were part of Trafalgar House. In 1998 they provoked a strike at Dover by imposing a new longer hours shorter money...
Forum: Places, People & Events of Maritime Interest 28th September 2021, 21:07
Replies: 3
Views: 5,683
Posted By Biggles Wader
Those dolphins at Balboa were a real delight....

Those dolphins at Balboa were a real delight. There used to be a pod which would follow the ship as we slowly approached the anchorage and gather around the bow as we stopped waiting for the anchor...
Forum: Container Vessels 21st September 2021, 09:01
Replies: 233
Views: 99,715
Posted By Biggles Wader
Whatever you call it dont say "transitioning the...

Whatever you call it dont say "transitioning the canal" or you will get hate mail and threats from the cut and shut brigade.
Forum: Computers and The Internet 11th June 2021, 12:24
Replies: 9
Views: 7,336
Posted By Biggles Wader
No mouse shortages in Oz just now?

No mouse shortages in Oz just now?
Forum: The Engine Room 19th October 2020, 13:13
Replies: 29
Views: 19,079
Posted By Biggles Wader
There used to be a single cylinder working...

There used to be a single cylinder working Doxford at South Shields Martec college. I wonder what happened to that?
Forum: The Radio Room 22nd August 2018, 13:06
Replies: 31
Views: 21,811
Posted By Biggles Wader
We managed to convince one first tripper that...

We managed to convince one first tripper that Sunday at sea meant we all gathered for a church service held by the Old Man and then we did square dancing for an hour afterwards.Full uniform to be...
Forum: Nostalgia - Days Gone Bye 21st July 2017, 19:01
Replies: 9
Views: 10,436
Posted By Biggles Wader
I bought a leather coat in Montevideo from Casa...

I bought a leather coat in Montevideo from Casa Marios back in the 70s and they took a cheque.The guy there said they often did business that way with Brits and almost never got scammed.
I dont...
Forum: Bank Line 4th May 2017, 21:42
Replies: 7
Views: 14,221
Posted By Biggles Wader
No,but Ive got an original,complete with "do it...

No,but Ive got an original,complete with "do it worldwide "on the back and sadly motheaten everywhere.
It should be in a museum really,or the bin,but I couldnt part with it.
Forum: Bank Line 3rd May 2017, 18:52
Replies: 15
Views: 22,953
Posted By Biggles Wader
I remember a wire sounding system with big lead...

I remember a wire sounding system with big lead weights on the Olivebank but never saw it used.We did have,and used, a Walker log on ocean passages though.One ship even had a working repeater on the...
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 28th April 2017, 19:19
Replies: 39
Views: 18,661
Posted By Biggles Wader
Newhaven East Sussex?

Newhaven East Sussex?
Forum: Aviation 18th April 2017, 18:10
Replies: 15
Views: 12,081
Posted By Biggles Wader
I have an old motheaten photo of my son sitting...

I have an old motheaten photo of my son sitting in the cockpit of the yellow prototype De Havilland Mosquito at the Salisbury Hall museum.I wonder if they still allow kids to do that?
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 18th April 2017, 18:06
Replies: 10
Views: 6,754
Posted By Biggles Wader
Well she was a "remainer" until politics...

Well she was a "remainer" until politics intervened and she became a "leaver" and she was set firm on "no snap election" until errr today when she became set firm on "we need an election"

Anything...
Forum: Say Hello 18th April 2017, 16:30
Replies: 3
Views: 3,676
Posted By Biggles Wader
Full Away

Good to be aboard.'Ears to a great voyage.
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