My great-grandfather served on tankers between 1919-1924. He worked on ESSO's SS Suwanee, BTC's British Earl & British Sovereign, and Eagle Oil Co's Santa Aurora & San Gregorio. He passed away long before I was born, but I would have loved to hear his stories of his voyages to Texas and the Gulf of Mexico, exotic for a young Englishman at that time!
You had to be particularly thick to fail to fail any exam at the National Sea Training College at Gravesend.. I know!.. X Class June 77 to October 77 .. From memory..
Went from Birmingham to Tywyn in 1961 and from there to Aberystwyth and Porthmadog on following days, wonderful memories, all stations manned in those days. Also that holiday rode the TR, FR and the V of R. Unforgettable holiday when I was 20 years old.😊
I LOVE this workout and it brings back so many memories! It was my absolute favorite, and I’ve been looking for it for quite a while. I’m doing it now and swear I know every move! 😂🙏 It is just so awesome at combining really great arm work with such a variety of controlled moves and stretches. She’s so great at moving the whole body, just one of my all-time favorites.
My first tanker was the mv Bedford of the Blandford shipping co the skipper was a complete idiot best skipper i ever new the next i was on was the shell boat Hemmimactra the first mate had us painting the decks in snow in Sweden and painting the centre castle in a sand storm in the red sea how daft can you get.
Was expecting to see Jack Hargreaves from "Old Country" at 51:05. I remember the "H" class Shell Tankers in Australia in the late 1960's when I was a lad, HEMIGLYPTA was one I remember and SOLEN, then came CELLANA in 1968, a products tanker built in Australia for Shell. Others were ESSO GIPPSLAND, MOBIL AUSTRALIS, BP ENTERPRISE, AMANDA MILLER, R. W. MILLER, NANCY HEATH, EXPRESS and JOHN HUNTER, all Australian owned and crewed, all gone now. All fuel products in Australia imported from Malaysia and Singapore now, no Australian flagged tankers either, utter disgrace.
The good old days, carefree, hard work, respect and a pride in ones self and ship. Sadly all gone now, foreign crewed ships and containers. Dunedin was my favourite port in New Zealand. Very enjoyable one hour that was, thank you, much appreciated.
Great video, really enjoyed it. As a boy I built an Airfix kit of the "M/V Benledi" in the early 1970's. Going to look back and see if you have done a series on the Blue Star Line, Bank Line and BP tankers.
Does anyone have the timestamps for the beginner sections of each of the sections? So when im done with beginner aerobics I can go to beginner sculpting, etc?
I have a major spinal problem and find it difficult to walk more than a few steps before the pain totally stops me, I started to complete all the AW fells back in the late 90s, I started with the tallest first, and managed 74 of them, but now I am so annoyed at not being able to be up there on the tops, it really hurts me, and now I am nearly 70 I don't think it will happen, I feel just like AW. So having all the pictorial Guides, I suppose I will read them and try to imagine being there, and I am sure that is what AW would have wanted.
As a New Zealand HF coast radio station operator from late 1964 onwards, I remember Otaio and Haparangi, also Brasil Star. Otaio and sister Piako were both were cadet training ships.
Have you got Euro Cops 96? I think it was on the BBC? Saw it once but never again and never saw it on RU-vid but had good footage from the England Scotland game especially.
Man, I have been in love with ships and maritime history in general for the last 34 years of my life, and I have had MANY jobs in my lifetime, but I have always wanted to serve on a big beautiful ship. Reading the stories of those who have served is really good to read. Thank you for posting this video for the world to see what life was like onboard these merchant vessels!
It’s never too late mate. I joined the merchant navy here in Greece at 43 yrs old. It was my childhood dream but I never managed to fulfill it. This year though I took this great decision
I was rather young when I travelled in steam trains and those who were close to the engine generally looked worse for wear. Hence I wasn't very keen on steam engine. And was rather glad to travel in diesel and later electric. However now looking back I feel so foolish, at not realising those last few years of steam engine that will never come back. Similarly I remember those propeller planes hovering around before landing, yet all I wanted to see was the latest jets and above all the Concord, yet today I really miss those good days. I have hopefully learnt my lesson and today I value things which have served us well, instead of being eager to see the next new thing
of course not a problem when fighting for king and country , always justified , inevitable then that generations of working class fighting around the world has bred the best armed forces in the world , aggression is hard wired to our brain 🥊
