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Forum: Books, Magazines, TV, Video & Publications 16th February 2024, 10:04
Replies: 7
Views: 5,647
Posted By Harry Nicholson
Hello, Phil. The figures for my first book of sea...

Hello, Phil. The figures for my first book of sea memoir, 'The Best of Days', are 2184 copies since 2010. Two later titles: 'You'll See Wonders" and "When Are You Going Back" bring the total up to...
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 5th February 2024, 20:47
Replies: 6
Views: 1,173
Posted By Harry Nicholson
Thanks, Dave. I appreciate the correction and...

Thanks, Dave. I appreciate the correction and will put it right whenever I do a reissue. I take pains to check such details, but errors slip through. Age doth take the edge off a fellow.
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 4th February 2024, 17:42
Replies: 6
Views: 1,173
Posted By Harry Nicholson
One Year On

To mark the publication anniversary of "When Are You Going Back?" Here's part of the first chapter (in which I hope to remind us of the atmosphere of those days):

From “When Are You Going Back?”...
Forum: The Arts & Entertainment forum 28th December 2023, 23:47
Replies: 29
Views: 6,411
Posted By Harry Nicholson
CHRISTMAS AT SEA Robert Louis Stevenson...

CHRISTMAS AT SEA
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)

The sheets were frozen hard, and they cut the naked hand;
The decks were like a slide, where a seaman could hardly stand;
The wind was a...
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 16th December 2023, 20:08
Replies: 1,836
Views: 583,951
Posted By Harry Nicholson
A guy is driving around the back woods of Montana...

A guy is driving around the back woods of Montana and he sees a sign in front of a broken down shanty-style house: 'Talking Dog For Sale.'
He rings the bell and the owner appears and tells him the...
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 5th October 2023, 12:45
Replies: 1
Views: 761
Posted By Harry Nicholson
Low sea-level south of India

https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/indian-ocean-gravity-hole/?fbclid=IwAR1gSyVVG940GxF-1imjTG8x6bxxT35s2CnIZgJbsshI46oeGBLXxyuxuC4

We sailed down the slope, and then climbed out of the basin....
Forum: Historic Shipping Lines & Ships 4th October 2023, 10:02
Replies: 0
Views: 801
Posted By Harry Nicholson
Ancient Wrecks

Lost in the Baltic:
...
Forum: Mess Deck 29th September 2023, 23:14
Replies: 16
Views: 2,602
Posted By Harry Nicholson
rabbit verse

During the last war my dad's rabbits kept meat on the table. I wrote this in honour of their sacrifice:


A Rabbit's Part in Hitler's Downfall

We did our bit as well, you know
– me and my...
Forum: Wartime Memories 6th September 2023, 09:11
Replies: 9
Views: 4,735
Posted By Harry Nicholson
My dad joined up one month after the opening in...

My dad joined up one month after the opening in 1914. He was a ship rivetter, so they put him in the horse artillery. He was the battle of Ypres. Was wounded on the Somme. After recovery, he was...
Forum: Health Issues 1st August 2023, 20:29
Replies: 15
Views: 9,193
Posted By Harry Nicholson
Best wishes for that, Greg. I needed an eyepatch...

Best wishes for that, Greg. I needed an eyepatch on day 1. Today, Day 2, The slight ache is gone. The glare much less. Mostly get along with sun glasses - but am typing this without, though the glare...
Forum: Health Issues 1st August 2023, 15:02
Replies: 15
Views: 9,193
Posted By Harry Nicholson
Yesterday I had my first cataract removed and...

Yesterday I had my first cataract removed and the lens replaced with with an artificial (I'm having trouble typing this as I recover).
The new lens shows me that I've been missing the shorter...
Forum: The Arts & Entertainment forum 15th May 2023, 14:44
Replies: 34
Views: 3,620
Posted By Harry Nicholson
Whirry might mean 'hurry'. Whin in N Yorks (and...

Whirry might mean 'hurry'. Whin in N Yorks (and likely Scots) is the gorse (a prickly sort of bush). To claw: to hold onto?
But, still a mystery.
Forum: The Arts & Entertainment forum 13th May 2023, 17:58
Replies: 34
Views: 3,620
Posted By Harry Nicholson
Well, I'll go to Shields! is another hoary...

Well, I'll go to Shields!

is another hoary old quip.
Forum: The Arts & Entertainment forum 11th May 2023, 09:48
Replies: 34
Views: 3,620
Posted By Harry Nicholson
My dad used to advise me: 'At the end of the day,...

My dad used to advise me: 'At the end of the day, always look after your horse before you see to yourself.'
But he was in the horse artillery - and I've never owned a horse.
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 7th May 2023, 20:44
Replies: 500
Views: 230,681
Posted By Harry Nicholson
I cannot get that strange device to function. But...

I cannot get that strange device to function. But I have to tell you that the cuckoo arrived in Eskdale, near Whitby, two days back. He seems to have a rival on the other side of the river.
Forum: The Arts & Entertainment forum 1st May 2023, 15:20
Replies: 34
Views: 3,620
Posted By Harry Nicholson
1956. On a draughty West Hartlepool railway...

1956. On a draughty West Hartlepool railway station, Dad saw me off to my first ship (aged 17) with the words: 'Don't play cards on railway trains, son - and don't go with women who want your money.'...
Forum: The Arts & Entertainment forum 1st May 2023, 08:06
Replies: 34
Views: 3,620
Posted By Harry Nicholson
The Wreck of the Hesperus BY HENRY WADSWORTH...

The Wreck of the Hesperus
BY HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW

It was the schooner Hesperus,
That sailed the wintry sea;
And the skipper had taken his little daughtèr,
To bear him...
Forum: The Arts & Entertainment forum 30th April 2023, 16:11
Replies: 34
Views: 3,620
Posted By Harry Nicholson
Born in a terrace, 1938, Hartlepool headland, but...

Born in a terrace, 1938, Hartlepool headland, but moved aged one to the new council estate. They were semis with gardens for racing pigeons, rabbit hutches, and leeks.
Mam would also say: 'You look...
Forum: The Arts & Entertainment forum 30th April 2023, 15:35
Replies: 34
Views: 3,620
Posted By Harry Nicholson
Mother's sayings

I've ridged the potatoes and cleared out the mess under the potting bench. Then took it easy and brought to mind Mam's sayings (she was born 1899).
If I walked back from the dance on a wild night,...
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 26th March 2023, 14:48
Replies: 1,836
Views: 583,951
Posted By Harry Nicholson
https://www.facebook.com/Sebastian.Wydr/videos/155...

https://www.facebook.com/Sebastian.Wydr/videos/1558575084568412

Strange humour perhaps . . .
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 24th February 2023, 15:53
Replies: 6
Views: 1,325
Posted By Harry Nicholson
Cures for the lurgy.

This should keep us going - but where to get the goose fat? https://fb.watch/iUy0NZwGEI/
Forum: Places, People & Events of Maritime Interest 4th February 2023, 10:04
Replies: 1
Views: 883
Posted By Harry Nicholson
Lego Forever

A thousand years, at least:

...
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 28th January 2023, 16:57
Replies: 1,836
Views: 583,951
Posted By Harry Nicholson
They didn't tell us about this. I'd have stayed...

They didn't tell us about this. I'd have stayed...
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 27th January 2023, 16:36
Replies: 6
Views: 1,173
Posted By Harry Nicholson
When Are You Going Back?

'When Are You Going Back' is the title of a memoir I've placed on Amazon today: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0BSVDJXVT/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0

It's taken two years - at 84 I don't...
Forum: Mess Deck 2nd January 2023, 12:29
Replies: 9
Views: 1,876
Posted By Harry Nicholson
And to all you gentlemen. May all happiness be...

And to all you gentlemen. May all happiness be yours.
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