stanmass wrote:
I was also on the Egret from 04 - 01 - 1963, until 08 - 04 -1963, I remember it being a very cold winter and the river up to Rotterdam was frozen, they were 10 day trips and as I lived out of town I was the night watchman while the ship was docked in Liverpool and spent most of the time in the Devils, ie, The Coburg Dock Hotel, It was a good number for me, as I used to get my 4 hours a day overtime and pissed every night, also I used to light the galley stove in the morning and start cooking the breakfast for when the cook and the rest of lads came off the No 1 bus, it saved the cook leaving home early, and if I remember right the only other person who slept aboard in Liverpool was a ginger bearded second engineer and as he was always pissed as well we did a good job of looking after the ship between the two of us, -- what magical days. stan.
Remember it well, Stan, I was 3rd Mate on her, the old man was Cpt Cowie, the Mate was called Beeman, I think, and the 2nd Mate was a Dane called Nielsen (Niel) the 2nd Eng you are reffering to, I think was Joe Whelan. I was always going up to the Devils or the Angels looking for the crowd prior to sailing, always made sure I had a few wets myself though! Great times, Cheers, Glyn.