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[David Fox]

I presume it was photographed through a rose tinted filter??

Not quite Fraser, film in the camera too long subject to too much heat in the cabin of America Star for several months. Scanned to a jpeg. Passed through the Red Sea at the height of the summer. But the knob at the bottom worked and we got the first picture on.
DCF

[David Fox]

What I did learn which stood me in better stead than any university degree or formal paper qualification was the willingness to see a job through to the end and give value for money, traits which, while very common in the Merchant Navy seem to be missing in today's working world, which is why the country is in the mess it is today. OK, sorry, rant over, I'm back in me box!

I certainly aggree with you there Jim.
You only have to look at some of the recent maritime disasters. Did any Blue Star ship become total losses or have ER fires and have to blow for a tow in our day? I don't think so. But in those days we had well trained Engineers and Mates, not the Simulator trained of today.

DCF

[Jim Blake]

One of the best photographed from the worst of the ENNA boats. PCO Lottie(Micheal Harman?) told me once that the best view you will ever get of a ship is through the back window of a taxi. Yet to prove him wrong.

But I also heard that the best trip you ever had was the one you just finished....

Cheers

Jim

[David Fox]

You (and indeed all users) could help me by suggesting/requesting/demanding changes: I may not be able to make all of them, but I will know what is liked and what is disliked, and can push things in the right direction (and the first thing is to get the distorted house-flag at the top sorted...you would think a simple thing like that would be easy, but its hidden on the innards of the program )

Cheers

Jim Blake

Jim, how about having sections like BRIDGE/CARGO, ER, GALLEY, RADIO SHACK, FOC'SL, readers coastal wives as other MN website's have, if people want talk shop in their own discipline, plus the General and Reunions. Just a thought, let's see what people think.
You have done a good job so far.
DCF

[Niggle]

Nice to see the forum open again in a new edition, Thanks Fraser and Jim, look forward to forthcoming posts
Regards to all

[David Lorimer]

Hi Fraser and thanks/congratulations to you and Jim for getting this (re) started.

Just a comment: the "Logbook" is what elsewhere would be called a "Forum". May I suggest "Logbook forum" which might lead casual readers more readily here?

Also, I've looked for a way to contact you via the site and found zilch. How does one contribute photos etc? Yes I know, I've sent you stuff before but it was years ago and I've forgotten; the site needs a "contact us".

On another subject, an old friend of mine, Tony Morrison, has been interviewing Trevor Stephenson, who was sent out by Booth Line to the Amazon in the '30s. Trevor's now in his late nineties, totally lucid; he kept good diaries and remembers it all well. Cunard Building, Belem, Sao Luis, Manaus, Iquitos, names, dates.

They're into the third chapter now and more to come. Check out http://www.nonesuchexpeditions.com/none ... -intro.htm

[Fraser Darrah]

Also, I've looked for a way to contact you via the site and found zilch. How does one contribute photos etc? Yes I know, I've sent you stuff before but it was years ago and I've forgotten; the site needs a "contact us".

Somewhere hidden away on some page is an email address at the bottom of the Gangway page, but is deliberatly not a hyperlinked to stop spamming. I also have an upload form on the website so that photographs can be directly uploaded to my server. But I need to be contacted first, otherwise just about anything could be uploaded! ~ Fraser

[Redtaff]

Re - Problems opening new Log Book
The link works fine for me when Logged in
I must say that I would prefer the format to stay as it is, so that we can see everything about BSL etc once it has been posted.
John Cullen

[tom sommerville]

Is there any way we can keep the logbook (forum) to one page? It is going to end up being a chore sifting through the boxes........or is it?

[Jimbo]

Just had a quick butchers through the Gangway members list that Fraser sent out on Monday and saw that Eric Usher is one of the members. Eric was the Personnel Manager (HR if you like) for Engineer cadets and interviewed my mate and me in his office in Leadenhall St, back in April 1972. We had both got the overnight train down to London ready for an early start. We left the Sleeper train at Euston about 8:30am, had brekkers then navigated our way through the Underground to Leadenhall St. with surprising ease. We arrived at the office dressed to the nines and ready for our interview. After a while the tea lady came into the office offering us tea and biscuits. That was the cue for my mate to get his cigarettes out and offer them round. Eric said he didn't smoke, but I took one and there we were, two fresh faced 16 year olds, being interviewed by Eric Usher, smoking their heads off. Unbelievable!!!! I'm amazed he even considered me for a job after that, but thankfully he did. Sadly for my friend, he wasn't so lucky. Talk about being young and naive!! Jim C