Forum: Bank Line
12th April 2013, 18:17
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As a later Senior Apprentice on the Fleetbank I...
As a later Senior Apprentice on the Fleetbank I remember the Study....Not for the purpose that it was intended but more as a place to have our morning tea and toast before a hard days work and also...
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Forum: Bank Line
3rd April 2013, 20:54
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From whenever I was a little boy in Glenarm Co...
From whenever I was a little boy in Glenarm Co Antrim I always wanted to go to sea....My uncles were all at sea and my Uncle Billy was Skipper on the Kerrymore in the mid fifties. This was a Kellys...
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Forum: Bank Line
22nd March 2013, 03:04
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Forum: Bank Line
17th March 2013, 18:23
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Forum: Bank Line
17th March 2013, 18:01
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Forum: Bank Line
14th March 2013, 06:59
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Replies: 44
Views: 2,705
Catching Rats on the Streambank.....Captain...
Catching Rats on the Streambank.....Captain Williamson gave me a cartoon of cigarettes for every ten rats I caught........
If memory serves me right......
I once held a very large Rat over the side...
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Forum: Bank Line
13th March 2013, 02:25
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Replies: 44
Views: 2,705
Here you...
Here you go.....
http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/02/10/flying-cockroaches-in-india-american-cockroach/
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Forum: Bank Line
9th March 2013, 22:39
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Forum: Bank Line
5th March 2013, 03:25
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Looking forward to the photos Natasha....
It...
Looking forward to the photos Natasha....
It would be interesting for you to know that most of old Fellas on here were sailing round the South Sea Islands (Fiji, Samoa and Tonga) as First Trip...
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Forum: Bank Line
8th February 2013, 05:13
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Forum: Bank Line
6th February 2013, 23:54
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Replies: 33
Views: 3,408
Alistair
Not too sure why Bank line. There were...
Alistair
Not too sure why Bank line. There were 16 of us at Navigation School in Belfast and quite a few went with Head Line which was a local company who only seemed to monotonously trek the North...
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Forum: Bank Line
23rd January 2013, 03:14
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Replies: 195
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I think our Old Man took the contract money for...
I think our Old Man took the contract money for himself...No Names Mentioned...and had me paint every hold on the Fleetbank with the Aluminium Paint (Or at least it seemed that way)...LOL
One thing...
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Forum: Bank Line
27th December 2012, 02:00
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Forum: Bank Line
23rd December 2012, 02:02
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Forum: Bank Line
21st October 2012, 22:36
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Replies: 48
Views: 7,002
Thank you Alistair for you update. I for one am...
Thank you Alistair for you update. I for one am glad that you enjoyed yourself and I agree that bygones should be bygones at this late stage of our lives.
Which brings me to ask the question. Why do...
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Forum: Bank Line
10th October 2012, 22:30
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Forum: Bank Line
24th September 2012, 02:50
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Forum: Bank Line
12th September 2012, 01:19
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Forum: Bank Line
2nd August 2012, 19:22
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Replies: 95
Views: 12,898
Bank Line Voyages and Old Memories
Hi Guys
On reading this thread I noticed that some of us cannot remember all the details of our trips when we were young. I had this problem a few years ago when I started to write a book about my...
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Forum: Bank Line
30th July 2012, 15:48
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Replies: 95
Views: 12,898
I think we were....
Logbook says we arrived at...
I think we were....
Logbook says we arrived at Southend on the 21st August 1960 and departed London on the 30th August 1960...
I guess Arrival at Southend was the Arrival at London.
I remember we...
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Forum: Bank Line
29th July 2012, 23:23
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Replies: 95
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Forum: Bank Line
29th July 2012, 21:53
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Even in the early sixties John we had these...
Even in the early sixties John we had these smells...
On the Eastbank we carried Limes in crates on top of the hatches through the Suez Canal.
It was late July and I slept on top of the hatch just...
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Forum: Bank Line
29th July 2012, 17:51
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Replies: 95
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Hi Ray
I enjoyed your story of your 2 year trip...
Hi Ray
I enjoyed your story of your 2 year trip around the world on the Eastbank.
I joined the Eastbank as a first tripper in 1960, a few years after you.
I looked at your profile and opened up your...
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Forum: Bank Line
7th July 2012, 23:10
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Views: 42,676
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Forum: Bank Line
13th May 2012, 15:59
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Replies: 72
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