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Old 28th April 2017, 13:01
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Originally Posted by jmilcon View Post
Hi Richard
Didn't they have any deck apprentices to do the bridge clean up. Spent too many mornings, as the junior sprog on the 8-12, scrubbing-out, soogeeing bridge-wing dodgers, hanging out of bridge front windows and polishing metres of brass. Character building(?).
I don't recall apprentices doing bridge cleaning on BP. That's not to say they didn't of course, but if they did, it was never part of their regular routine when I was on the 4-8. They did muck in with the daily routine of the ship on many occasions though. Tank Cleaning etc. Often to give them a taste of the hard and dirty work that the crowd did. The "You can't be expected to give orders to do something you haven't/can't do yourself." Example.
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