Coasting vid
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Poignard
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I was an engineer in Coe-Metcalfe coasters for a while. Old ships and hard work, 5 hours on, 5 hours off watch keeping system.
On the whole, I preferred deep sea work. Big ships, long passages and seeing the world.
On the whole, I preferred deep sea work. Big ships, long passages and seeing the world.
Wansworth
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I was on smaller coasters normally three crew sometimes four with a cook
38mess
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A lovely video of a bygone era. I nearly went down this route as a boy in 72. My mother's fancy man was an engineer on a tug and he got me a job as deckhand to get me out of the house 
but I joined the grey funnel fleet because I liked the uniform and I thought it might attract more girls.
but I joined the grey funnel fleet because I liked the uniform and I thought it might attract more girls.
Sandy
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Lovely to see Exmouth before the marina was built.
Wansworth
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Did you do a comparison testA lovely video of a bygone era. I nearly went down this route as a boy in 72. My mother's fancy man was an engineer on a tug and he got me a job as deckhand to get me out of the house
but I joined the grey funnel fleet because I liked the uniform and I thought it might attract more girls.
