It is said that the granite used to build the original docks was from Dalbeattie in SW Scotland. Also the footings of Sydney Harbour Bridge, and London Embankment.. Aberdeen might be known as Granite City - but Dalbeattie is the Granite Town. Have a look at the houses.
I have a map from the era the two historians in the wonderful video.are talking about. We spent last Christmas at a hotel by the Albert Dock.and enjoyed a great week.along the Watrrfront and a walk at Otterspool
This is an excellent tutorial video! Thank you. How can I modify the 5 bight board to allow for long knots, say 5 bights by 21 leads? That has me puzzled.
Verry Very Good....so sad nearly all gone....I love the docks area.....my job took me in all the docks from the 1990s.....south docks gone then......loved to building ect.
Pretty special, I’d say. I would have liked to have seen a Welsh flag there ha ha! Maybe Albie will make one for me? I can fly it on Dai’s Day. A lovely vid, I did enjoy it. Thank you.
Tom from South Carolina here. You boys across the pond are pretty sharpe. Just wanted to say thank you for taking the time to make and share this video with us. I’m definitely gonna try this. Tom
This is two reverse half hitches inverted,there are other knots which are very much like this one and can be used like this one one of these is made by middling your rope and make a foot rope knot but instead of tying a crown and a wall is made with 2crowns or 2 wall knots one on top and one underneath ,you can also make one from a constrictor knot and one can also be made from a reef knot.
Great job. I’m going to make my jig tonight. Have to make four Turks heads. Your method will make short work of the job. The best part is being able to see your mistakes before you get very far down the road
I was at Indefatigable between 1963 and 1964. In 1964 Prize Day 1964 was attended by HRH Prince Philip The Duke of Edinburgh for the Centenary of the School.
My old dad was Blu Flu. Many a time in the 60's me and Mum waved him off from the Wallasey side of the Mersey. I was only a kid but when I got older I realised that I had witnessed the death of a way of life. He was RN in WW2 and served on HMS Hector a former Blu Flu ship - an Armed Merchant Vessel. She was put out of action by the Japs in Columbo harbour with loss of life - many of his ship mates, being from the Hebrides, perished. In the 50's/60's he sailed on the new Hector. He was a short arse but good at boxing and talk had it that he had a skirmish with another sailor on a voyage and knocked some of his his teeth out. The brother of the bloke in question lived down the road from us and (much to my Mum's horror) my Dad always used to whistle "All I Want For Xmas is my Two Front Teeth" (check it out) when ever he walked past their house - normally on his way back from the pub.
