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Hi Hugh,
I did some digging around Google and discovered an article in the Daily Record from two years ago that spoke about people who worked in the John Brown Shipyards as electricians (of all vocations) and I've emailed the journalist to see if there's more to unpick from this thread. A sister of mine recalled a story about dad doing his apprenticeship in the JB shipyards so this could be a useful lead. The other lead I've reached for is dad's time in the NZ Shipping Company working on the Rangitata, post-war, which seems to be held in the UK and owned by P&O. That may have fuller details as I would imagine they didn't simply hire staff off the strength of a verbal interview, there could be a record of ships etc etc. I also contacted the researcher you mentioned and will see what that yields. Once again thanks for your help.
Gordon
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