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I used to cycle past Vittoria Dock on my way to school in Birkenhead. Along with some of my school mates, we would loiter round the locks watching them sail, or dock, and we all wanted to be part of that.
I think there were actually six of us in my year who did join Blueys. I only ever saw one of them again, Mike Elliott who was AB with me on a few ships some years later, (his mother was manager in The Pacific in Price St just up the road from the docks). As to the rest, I have no idea if they lasted long, it was a hard life for the first year or so, and many fell by the wayside.
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