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Please note that the hard copy newsletter differs from this one in which, for reasons of security unless otherwise requested, personal contact details are not shown on the web edition. NEWSLETTER NO 5 - SEPTEMBER 2004 First of all I must apologise for going to press behind schedule. This was due to both family commitments and social engagements. Life is tough being retired and not in command of time. During May and June, Carol and I along with Carol’s sister and her husband, who were visiting from South Africa, toured extensively in both Portugal and Southern Ireland. In July, August and early September we were heavily in demand for school holiday duties – what else are grand parents meant for. And so finally now we have a bit of time to ourselves to pull together all the contributions received for the Newsletter. Many thanks to all who have sent in articles. If you don’t see your contribution this time then we are probably holding it back for the next edition to keep within the weight limit for 2nd class postage. Please keep them coming. If you have a story to tell, or a past you don’t mind sharing with others, please send it in. Without your contributions and news there is no newsletter. SUBSCRIPTIONS Members are respectfully reminded to check if their
subscriptions to the Association are up to date. The subscription year
runs from 1st June each year to the 31st May the following year, and
currently there are 24 members who are in arrears for 2004/5. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Changes to the Crew List May I please remind members who change their email addresses to let us know. Also for anyone who has a service provider which requires incoming emails to be “passed” by its “white list” – please remember that unless you add Hon Sec, Hon Treas, and Hon Web to your list you are in danger of missing communications. There are one or two members in far corners of the world who we have been unable to contact owing to the above problems. Sorry, but we really have tried!
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The full membership list is now too large to include with the Newsletter, but if anyone would like an up-to-date copy please either drop me a line, send me an e-mail or phone me, and I will be happy to put one in the post for you.. PS If anyone should find an error or omission in the membership list, please inform the Hon Sec of the correct details. It is also helpful to have wife’s/husband’s/spouse’s/partner’s first names on the membership list. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ DATES FOR YOUR DIARYDIDSBURY 2004 By now everyone should be aware that our 2004 meeting
at Didsbury Gold club is on Anyone who has not already booked and wishes to attend please contact Capt Peter Cullen as soon as possible. At the time of going to press there are 70 people attending – not to be missed. ST ANNE’S 2005 The annual Reunion Weekend
and Dinner at the Lindum Hotel, St Anne’s-on-Sea, is to be held over the weekend of the
Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th MAY 2005. This is the weekend after the
bank holiday. DIDSBURY 2005 Please pencil in your diary
Thursday 27th October 2005 for next year’s Didsbury Lunch Meeting. _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ST ANNES’S REUNION - 2004 We had a very good reunion in May of this year with 40 members & wives for dinner, of which 32 stayed for the weekend, which as always was excellent. The catering was A1 along with the service. Full marks to the hotel. After the meal we were all well entertained by Jim Illingworth giving us an insight into his life story or “why I never took my driving test”. Then the evening was rounded off with jokes and anecdotes from Derek Clulow who, as always, had everyone rolling with laughter. A big thank you to both Jim and to Derek who I hope has the memory bank recharged with some more anecdotes for 2005. A raffle was held for which some prizes had been purchased and many had been donated. This raised £46 for the Association funds – a big thank you to Peter and Kath for running the raffle. The weather was cool but it stayed fine and allowed a number of us to walk the prom on Sunday morning to blow away the residue of the night before. Colin Stangroom sent the following e-mail after last year’s St Anne’s reunion: I would like to make a suggestion. In addition to including photos of the St Annes reunion which is a very good idea, why not also include a roll call of all who attended. This would be particularly interesting to somebody like me who cannot always turn up due to winter holiday commitments in Spain. Also, it may spur others to attend in the hope of meeting up with old shipmates. Thank you Colin. And the members and partners who were there were:
Rod Gregson – Grace was due to come with him but as she was not quite recovered from her recent operation Rod was accompanied by his lovely daughter. We are looking forward to seeing both Grace and Rod at next year’s event! Overheard at St Annes this year A few other guests were gathered
in the hotel foyer around the “Welcome” board and two ladies were overheard
commenting on the “Welcome to Manchester Liners”. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________WE HAVE HEARD FROM John Regan from Sunbury, Australia ______________________________________________ John & Jane Cryer have been away in Australia and Singapore earlier this year – and that was their reason for not attending St Anne’s this year. We look forward to seeing them at St Anne’s next year and hearing all about their trip. ______________________________________________ David Ardern sent an e-mail, hewas 3rd Engineer with Liners. David is currently still sailing, last heard of in Canada on a survey ship due to dock in Glasgow on Monday the 11th October. David hopes to make it to Didsbury to join our merry band. Whilst in St Johns, Newfoundland, having repairs done he met John Mouatt, electrician with Liners in the late 60’s-early 70’s. John wonders if anyone knows of, or knew of, the whereabouts of a Polish 3rd Engineer Henry, nick named Stacker Truck, Polish surname not known! ______________________________________________ Peter Friar MEMORIES OF THE SHORE GANG In 1960 Captain J.F.Whitby became Marine Superintendent and I was Chief Officer of the "Manchester Port" and the post of looking after the Shore Gang became vacant. I agreed to take it on for six months and twenty years later I was still doing just that!! Younger members of the Association will probably wonder what the Shore Gang was all about; it was a group of seamen variously known as Black's Gang or The Riggers or the Shore Gang or others that are not printable and in 1960 was about thirty strong made up of bosun's, lamptrimmers and AB's. Requirement was to be at least an AB though occasionally an EDH crept in. These men literally took over from the sea-going crew of an incoming Manchester Liner, cleaned, painted, stored and shifted ship until the sea-going crew rejoined and took her outward. There were two Foremen - Jim 'Wilmslow' Mouat based at No 8 Dock Head Office and Jim 'Corky' Mowat (whose real name was William Mowat) based at the messroom on No 9 Dock. Both these men were experts in their field and very reliable and, of course, were not relatedOn the ships the Officers learned that holding the palms of the hand up, thumbs touching and forefinger extended made a 'W' and when Jim Mouat appeared on the Dock this meant Whitby was not far behind and the Chief Officer would look busy and the Officers would appear on deck!! Jim was also well known to the Chief Stewards and could often be seen at their cabin door on sailing day!! Chippy Len McDermott was the in-house carpenter and Tommy Gresty the Messman; Erik Kall was the excellent storekeeper. Hours were long but this Happy Band didn't seem to mind and generally it was 'do a job and argue about it later'; we did have one man who kept niggling at the Union so I made him a chargehand and that stopped Union interference quite effectively. One day the "Manchester Shipper" ran an engine test and the wash sank the steel painting scow moored under her quarter. We hired the floating 60-ton crane and Jim in a dinghy got a line on her and the crane lifted her out; thiscaused a row because the scow was safely on the quay before the Dock Company realised they had lost a salvage job!! In the early days, when ships used to shut down their generators at night and leave a watchman in chargewith oil lamp and stove, the port would be quiet - at least in 9 Dock - and once a year the Riggers had a party. We would hire a bus (later two buses) and descend on the 'Jolly Thresher' at Lymm where with stomach lined with milk we would have a drink or two. We allowed guests (as long as they paid) of Masters, Mates, Chief Stewards and Dock Office staff but never, under any circumstances staff from the City Office!! These were the Good Old Days. With the coming of the Lakers and the inevitable container ships the work load changed somewhat. One of the larger jobs was that of puddling the bulk lard from Chicago which was a very hot, sweaty and strenuous affair with long hours (24 hours a day) digging out the lard to road tankers. Then the tanks had to be cleaned and all the time pressure was on from the Superintendents waiting to load outward. With the container ships came less work and a reduction in numbers and when the larger ships, unable to transit the Canal became the future the writing was on the wall and the end of the Shore Gang became inevitable. It was a different world in those days and one which could not exist into today's high-tech lifestyle but it contributed to the success of the Company and thus, ultimately, to the big Chinese Take-Away. Thanks to Peter Frier Memories of the past! ______________________________________________ John Wilkinson Manchester Clipper at Malta
Thanks to John Wilkinson ______________________________________________ Pat Humphry We Are Survivors We were born before television, before penicillin, polio shots, frozen foods, Xerox, plastic, contact lenses, videos, frisbees and The Pill. We were before radar, credit cards, electric blankets, air conditioners, drip dry clothing . . . and before man walked on the moon. We got married first and then lived together, how quaint can you be. We thought 'fast food' was what you ate during Lent, a 'Big Mac' was an oversize raincoat, and 'crumpet' was eaten for tea. We existed before house husbands, computer dating, two car families, and when a 'meaningful relationship' meant getting along with cousins while 'sheltered accommodation' was where you waited in the rain for a bus. We were before bay centres, group homes and disposable nappies. We never heard of FM radio, tape decks, electric typewriters, artificial hearts, word processors, yoghurt, or young men wearing earrings. For us 'time sharing' meant togetherness, a 'chip' was a piece of wood or a fried potato, 'hardware' meant nuts and bolts, and 'software' wasn't a word. Before 1940, 'Made in Japan' meant junk, the term 'making out' referred to how you did in exams, a 'stud' was a thing to fasten a collar to a shirt, and 'going all the way' meant staying on bus until the depot. Pizzas, McDonalds and Doner Kebabs were unheard of. To us, cigarette smoking was 'fashionable', 'grass' was mown at weekends, ‘coke’ was kept in a coalhouse, a 'joint' was a piece of meat you ate on Sundays, and 'pot' was what you cooked in. 'Rock music' was a fond mother's lullaby, 'Eldorado' was an ice cream, a 'gay person’ was the universally-popular life and soul of the party - nothing more - while 'aids' meant beauty treatment, or help for someone in trouble. We who were born before 1940 must be a hardy bunch, considering the way the world has changed, and the adjustments we have had to make. Little wonder we are sceptical of much that is described as 'new' - we have probably seen it all before – and there is a generation gap . . . . BUT .…………. By the grace of God . . . . . . . we have survived!! Hallelujah!!
______________________________________________ Peter Cullen SEATRAIN TRENTON" GOES TO AID OF STRICKEN YACHT The following Incident at Sea came from Capt. Peter Cullen’s archives: Dear Steve, Some time ago I mentioned to you that when I was on the Seatrain Trenton we went to the assistance of a yacht which was in trouble in mid Pacific. The following is an extract from our house magazine relating the events. Extract From House Journal December 1978 "SEATRAIN TRENTON" GOES TO AID OF STRICKEN YACHT The prosaic account of an exciting rescue at sea is contained in the following letter received by the "M.L News" Secretary Mrs F.M. Taylor, from the ship's Master, Captain P. D. Cullen, coupled with the letter of commendation from the U.S. Coastguards paints a very vivid picture of a gallant act. 25' August, 1978 Dear Mrs Taylor, It was whilst on passage between Tokyo and Los Angeles on the evening of Monday the 21st August that we received a distress call to the effect that a 26 foot yacht was stranded with two persons on board, also with little food and water remaining. On receipt of the W/T distress, contact was made with a Starmaster U.S. coastguard reconnaissance aircraft, who reported that the yacht "Desert Princess” was only 40 miles from our vessel in position 34 47N 148 33W and could we be of assistance. We proceeded to the indicated position and as the sun was setting radar contact was made with the yacht at 7.5 miles. We brought up some 2 cables from the yacht and with the aid of his outboard engine he managed to get under our lee. We found he was disabled with smashed steering gear, and had been drifting for four days. The "Desert Princess” was a 26 foot fibreglass yacht made by Chryslers of Detroit, and was on passage from Hawaii to San Diego, a distance of some 2,600 miles. The Boatswain R. Whipp together B/mate N. Marshall descended to the stricken boat and assisted with great proficiency in assisting to rescue the two survivors a Mr & Mrs R Eis, who were from Phoenix, Arizona. After getting them on board, and ably victualled by Mr Ray Camilleri the Catering Officer, the yacht was quickly stripped of its top hamper, two strops passed on its hull and lifted clear of the water. Fortunately it had a drop keel which enabled us to sit the yacht directly on deck, after which we proceeded on passage to Los Angeles where their son met us with car and trailer. Later with the yacht safely secured to the trailer off they all went back to Phoenix. Yours sincerely 1st, September 1978 Gentlemen, On 21st August 1978, the SEATRAIN TRENTON diverted to assist the DESERT PRINCESS approximately 1,000 miles northeast of Honolulu. Subsequently, the SEATRAIN TRENTON found and took on board the DESERT PRINCESS and her two crew members. This humanitarian action alleviated a potentially dangerous situation, for the DESERT PRINCESS had a damaged rudder and was running low on food and water. Please relay my personal thanks to the Captain and
crew of the SEATRAIN TRENTON. Sincerely Captain, U.S. Coast Guard Peter continues: I might just add that of course any event such as these always happen at night and there is always a funny side to any story. Picture the scene, this poor woman is faced with climbing up a lengthy Jacobs ladder to reach our main deck level. By this time some of the stewards were hovering around in white jackets and as the woman eventually reached deck level and flopped her arms over the gunwale, one of the bright young stewards said to her, "Good evening madam, would you like an early morning call?” Regards, Peter Cullen ____________________________________________________________________________________________ SHIPS MONTHLY Interesting article of the month comes again from Ships Monthly, this time all about Liners on the Canal by G.Barratt. Anyone who is interested in taking out a subscription
to this very interesting and informative magazine can do so by contacting: Thanks to Ted Boden for sending it in. I wish to thank everyone who has sent in items for inclusion in this Newsletter. If any contribution has not yet appeared rest assured it will in future editions. Please keep the contributions coming in. The next Newsletter will be due out in January 05. If you would like to volunteer – or wish to volunteer someone else – for a Personal Profile, please contact me. New members – dig out the old photos, write an article about life and times with Manchester Liners or just send an e-mail letting us know where you are or what you are up to. I hope you have found this Newsletter interesting – and look forward to seeing you at Didsbury in October and St. Annes in May. NEWSLETTER NO 4 - January 2004 As I start to write this the fourth Newsletter I am in Portugal having just visited Cape St Vincent and watched numerous vessels north- and south-bound altering course off this very famous landfall. It brought back many memories but I prefer to see it from the land where I know I am only a few miles from a good restaurant. At least the weather is better than the U.K. with sunshine and temperatures up to 24degC. Thought I would just slip that one in. Before we start the Newsletter there are a numbers of items for members' attention. SUBSCRIPTIONS Members are respectfully
reminded the subscription year runs from 1 st June each year to the
3 1 st May the following year. It was agreed at the last Didsbury meeting
that subscriptions would be held at £5 per annum for as long
as the reserves allow. In this newsletter Jim Illingworth has sent in his
own personal horror story of life at the sharp end. Don't forget - if you have a story to tell, or a past you don't mind sharing with others, please send it in. We all have plenty of tales to relate - let's have some of them in print. THE LADIES Some members may not be aware that the club sends Christmas
flowers to the wives who are now alone at this sensitive time of the
year. We have received sincere letters of thanks from the ladies who
received flowers this past Christmas thanking us not only for the kind
gesture but more to the point that they were remembered. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Changes to the Crew List May I please remind members who change their email addresses to let us know. Also for anyone who has a service provider which requires incoming emails to be “passed” by its “white list” – please remember that unless you add Hon Sec, Hon Treas, and Hon Web to your list you are in danger of missing communications. There are one or two members in far corners of the world who we have been unable to contact owing to the above problems. Sorry, but we really have tried!
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FUTURE DATES FOR YOUR DIARY ST ANNE'S 2004 DIDSBURY 2004 ______________________________________________ DIDSBURY
2003 A NOTE OF THE ANNUAL MEETING AND LUNCHEON HELD We had an excellent turnout for this meeting with 62
members and partners gathering at 1200 hrs for lunch at 1300 hrs. Affter an excellent meal the Hon Sec addressed the members: 1.) The proposal put forward
in the Newsletter No 3 that all subsidies cease and that any remaining
balances be used to peg the annual subscription at £5 for as long
as the fund allow, was agreed. The Hon Treasurer gave his report stating that the Association's finances are on a sound footing. A collection was made for the staff at Didsbury The meeting ended at 1530 hrs approx. It has been suggested that a full list of those who were able to attend might of interest to those who were not able to able to be there. The final list was as follows:
*Doug Pimlott only arrived back from Japan early that morning – total 62 _____________________________________________________________________________________________ WE HAVE HEARD FROM Ernie Moore Ernie sends his best wishes to everyone and hopes to be with us at St Ame's in 2004. Emie is currently sailing as Chief Engineer on a supply vessel working the oil fields off the Brazilian coast. ______________________________________________ Gerry Patchet We have heard from Gerry Patchett who sadly lost his wife in early September. I am sure that everyone joins me in offering our condolences to him ______________________________________________ Ivor Roe Ivor apologizes for not being at Didsbury due to being called away to Canada. He generously declined to take back his Didsbury attendance fee and donated it to the club fimds - thank you, Ivor. ______________________________________________ Brian & Dorothy Whitby Brian and Dorothy celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary on the 5th September last year. We wish them well for the future with many more anniversaries to come. ______________________________________________ Ted Rimmer I had a very amusing letter from Ted in response mainly to the article by Eric Askew in the September Newsletter. Hi Steve, And that's one I still remember! ______________________________________________ Neil Howard At age 62 Neil is still a very keen long distance cyclist and is this year entering the London to Brighton Charity Bike Ride. He wonders if any other ex-Liners people would like to enter and make up a team. If you are interested please contact Neilon address or phone number in the members' list. ______________________________________________ Bob Bowen Bob's wife Marjorie tripped and broke her leg two
weeks before the last Didsbury meeting. ______________________________________________ Rod Gregson Rod & Grace were unable to attend Didsbury. He tells us he is now getting better and hopes to be with us at both St. Annes and Didsbury in 2004. ______________________________________________ Edmond Eccles Edmond phoned from Montreal recently and sends his good wishes to all. ______________________________________________ Jim Illingworth A VOYAGE HORRIBILIS We sailed from Montreal Sunday 30th December 1973
in the Manchester Courage; Blake Nelson was the Chief Officer. Some four
miles above Sorel we came to a grinding halt in thick ice and remained
there until next morning. Later that morning I received a message from Liners
office asking me to proceed home on one engine due to the fuel crisis.
We kept on both engines until we dropped the pilot at Escoumains at eight
that evening then went down to one engine. I decided to go via Belle Isle,
not recommended at that time of the year, but I knew there would be no
ice and it would shorten the distance thus saving fuel. Unfortunately the depression hadn't moved as fast
as we expected and next morning at eight o'clock we hove to in a strong
gale force northerly wind - the best laid plans of mice and men etc sadly
true. We were progressing nicely with a following gale force
eight wind astern until we passed thirty west. At eight o'clock in the
evening Sparks received a message from a vessel, no name, just the signal
letters which said they had a fire in the engine room and required a vessel
to stand by. Unfortunately the message had come through Le Havre and due
to atmospherics Sparks couldn't be sure of the position. I decided to keep
going until we could confirm the position. At about eleven o'clock that night we picked up a
message from an Italian ship to Halifax Control to say they would be at
the position at around one thirty in the morning. Halifax asked them to
stay at the position until daylight when an aircraft would arrive to do
a visual and radar search. They also gave the aircraft's call sign and
said the aircraft would listen out on Channel 16. I asked Sparks to contact
the vessel but had no luck. Within half an hour of the emergency being cancelled three ships called up to ask if it was off - we hadn’t heard a squawk from them before. In fact we never did have any explanation of the event, it was just one of those mysteries one can speculate about for ages. Eventually we arrived off Point Lynas on a Friday evening at nine o'clock to board the pilot Ernie M and make the early morning tide at Eastham. Half an hour after he boarded we were told we had been cancelled on that tide. The weather forecast was southerly Force 10 gales so we decided not to anchor at the Bar but to anchor off Moelfre with some twenty plus other vessels. At midnight I told Emie to get his head down and I would stay on the bridge until the wind eased. Around one o'clock the wind seemed to be dying down but decided to give it another hour. At around one thirty the Second
Officer drew my attention to the radar, a small vessel that had been
anchored some two and a half miles ahead of us seemed to be adrift. We
flashed the coaster on the Aldis but no reply and by this time we knew
he was heading our way. I sent the Second Officer to call the Pilot then
collect the Bosun and spare hand and go for’d and put the windlass
in gear ready to heave the anchor. Meantime 1 informed the engine room
I would be using the engines shortly. The pilot was on the bridge when
we got the windlass in gear and started to weigh anchor but by this time
the coaster was bearing down on us rapidly so we put the engines to slow
ahead and gave the vessel a shear to starboard. At nine next morning we weighed anchor and headed
for the Bar only to be told that we were cancelled for the afternoon tide. As we approached the berth, which was full of people meeting the ship as we had been two weeks on our way, we touched a shallow patch and the vessel sheered and was suddenly heading straight for the quay. The scattering of bodies on the quay was something to behold. Fortunately the tugs regained control and we berthed safely. The skipper of the stern tug told me that when the vessel touched the shallow patch the stern draft dropped one foot. Thank goodness it was only mud. So, is this an unenviable record for a Liner's containership, two weeks from Montreal to Manchester? 1 know one thing - it's a voyage I never want to repeat, but it was just another episode in the life of the Manchester Courage. Just as a matter of interest if anyone hasn't noticed we arrived back on Sunday 13th. Jim Illingworth ______________________________________________ Alan Wilde The Wilde's go Native in Spain or "Viva España" Letter from Alan Wilde, now living in Northern Alicante, Spain - an account of their experiences whilst emigrating to Spain First of all let me reassure you that there was no connection with the excellent St. Anne's dinner a little earlier that month and the reasons that caused us to flee the country on May 3 1'. We had followed the 'House Doctor' routine of depersonalising our house in Winterley and it worked. Mie first people to view bought and the target for completion was May 30th but for various reasons, all connected with the legal profession, it was not until June 13th. Regardless of this we left all the papers signed and departed as planned. Our two cats had decided to come with us (actually they did not have a choice) and they had left for a Spanish cattery the week before as our last week in England had been doing the grand tour of family and friends. We did not know where we were going to live apart from the general area of 'north of Alicante', as last year whilst on holiday we had looked at the southern Costa Blanca region and decided that was not for us. We had been in contact with numerous Spanish Property Agents over the previous 12 months and one that we had met at an exhibition in Manchester proved to be very helpful. They had arranged rented accommodation for us on a golf complex at Bonalba, just north of Alicante, and once we had settled in were going to devote 2 - 3 days to showing us around the northern Costa Blanca region. When we had decided on an area they would then look into available housing. Within a couple of days off we went, out for the day seeing the area in general and eventually we came to realise that whilst further north was greener the northern Alicante area was far better suited to us and our requirements so the search began in earnest for a house around the El Campello area, this being the largest town in the area. Whilst all this was taking place in the first two weeks, Yvonne who had been diagnosed as suffering from asthma prior to leaving England had not been responding to treatment and was becoming worse. There was the odd day when I would go out on my own to view houses taking my digital camera and showing Yvonne the results on my laptop. Yvonne's condition worsened and a trip to the hospital emergency department was necessary. They confirmed it was asthma and continued the treatment. However next day we both agreed to seek a third opinion and we found an English doctor whose diagnosis was heart trouble in the form of angina and an overnight stay in hospital on a drip led to a remarkable improvement in Yvonne's condition. She continued seeing the Specialist every month and last week he signed her off as her heart rate and rhythm were back to normal. After hospitalisation Yvonne could now come out on the house search and in fact two days later we found our 'Des. Res.' here in Busot a little village in the mountains inland from El Campello. Having signed a contract to buy a house meant we could work our way into the Spanish residency system and apply for our N.I.E. numbers without this number I was not able to buy a car and so had to keep extending the rented car at reassuringly expensive summer rates. That was an expense less when we collected our own set of wheels. We had to wait two months for the Spanish occupants to move out so our time was spent choosing furniture etc for our new abode. We had made the decision not to bring any furniture with us from England as we had no idea what our new house would be like. Moving in day came, the Spanish furniture was delivered on the day and we began to settle in. The English removers appeared a week later and whilst we had no major furniture items we had 83 packages to open which proved to be very exciting as we could not remember what was in them. The job list expanded as job lists do - it will never be completed, as we all know. The house is almost 20 years old but is just what we wanted. Enough rooms for all the family to visit at once, as they are at Christmas and most importantly two lemon trees in the garden which as we all know are vital to the production of a decent gin and tonic. Not many can say 'lemon ? - just pop out and choose your own'. We have English neighbours next door and across the road so we are not totally isolated. My Spanish lessons are, let us say 'progressing' and the true spirit of Spain has struck us. We no longer war watches, meals
are when we feel like and in all honesty “manaña is really
too soon. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Fleets Manchester Liners Ltd.
A list of the Manchester Liners fleet over the years
and what happened to the various vessels can be obtained by accessing the
following The Ships List website ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SHIPS MONTHLY There is a very interesting article in the December issue of Ships Monthly titled SUPERIOR St. LAWRENCE by Dennis Littler. The Editor Mr Iain Wakefield and the author Mr Dennis Littler have very kindly given permission to reproduce the article. ( We are seeking their permission to publish it on the web site) Anyone who is interested in taking out a subscription
to this very interesting and informative magazine can do so by contacting: Thank you to SHIPS MONTIHLY - the reproduced article
is enclosed with this Newsletter. I wish to thank everyone who has sent in items for inclusion in this Newsletter. If any contribution has not yet appeared rest assured it will in future editions. Please keep the contributions coming in. I need a Personal Profile for the next Newsletter due out in September 04. If you would like to volunteer or wish to volunteer someone else - please contact me. I hope you have found this Newsletter interesting - and look forward to seeing you at St. Annes in May and Didsbury in October.
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