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[Major Catastrophe]

Little Ship

My Boat

Would have been better if the tide was in

 

[sarabande]

Obviously a very shy and retiring owner, still fast asleep on a bright sunny morning.

BTW, that new transparent anti-fouling on the boat in the cradle works a treat, doesn't it ?

 

[Major Catastrophe]

Obviously a very shy and retiring owner, still fast asleep on a bright sunny morning.

BTW, that new transparent anti-fouling on the boat in the cradle works a treat, doesn't it ?

It's a ghost ship.

 

[Searush]

They've been sneaking round our way too;

But some pictures seem to have been taken a little while earlier . . .

I told 'em not to mess around in the Swellies.

 

[Major Catastrophe]

That's one picture of the Conway I have never seen before.

 

[Searush]

That's one picture of the Conway I have never seen before.

I have never seen the tide so low in the Swellies. Do you think Kwacka was there? Perhaps as Pilot?

Thinks, I must be careful, he now owes me a dozen sarky comments. I should not be throwing stones inside this glasshouse!

I've forgotten where I nicked the pic from - I googled conway images some time ago & liked that one. I'm pretty sure it was a public archive somewhere (Council owned?)

 

[JKay]

I thought you took it

 

[Searush]

I thought you took it

I could have done, had I been there with my Box Brownie, but I was busy elsewhere M'lud. I shall now have to make sure my alibi still holds.

Where the piccy came from

Sadly the source site (Irish Sea Shipping) is no longer active - which is jolly annoying since I have only just found it! But it is being maintained as an archive.

 

[JKay]

Its a cracking shot and really shows up the size of the ship

I think the tides low due to "TTWCT"(The thing we can't talk about)everyway travelled by farty horse with a high hay content

 

[sarabande]

I am intrigued by the Anglesey Mafia pics. What is the story behind the stranded ship please ?



EDIT


Did a websearch and found what looks like the answer.

HMS Conway ?

I now remember as a sprog at prep school seeing the pictures pinned up on the General Knowledge board ! Thank you Mr Currey

 

[epervier]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Conway_(school_ship))

for those who care, interesting read.

 

[Searush]

I believe John Masefield was schooled on her when she was off Eastham in the Mersey.

 

[Major Catastrophe]

I have never seen the tide so low in the Swellies.

The extreme spring tide was carefully chosen for the move of the Conway, the disadvantage being that the low tide would be as extreme as the high tide.

I took this picture the last time there was a very low tide.

You can clearly see The Platters on the far side where the Conway caught fire and broke up.

 

[AndieMac]

But some pictures seem to have been taken a little while earlier . . .

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I thought she may have been involved in transporting our ancestors to down-under!

 

[Major Catastrophe]

£10 poms.

I thought she may have been involved in transporting our ancestors to down-under!

No, nothing that luxurious.

My mum and dad were on one of the last assisted passages in 1974, but it cost a lot more than £10, which realistically ended in 1972. They described it as a hell ship. My brother still tells of the water that dripped onto his bunk every day for the entire voyage.

 

[Searush]

No, nothing that luxurious.

My mum and dad were on one of the last assisted passages in 1974, but it cost a lot more than £10, which realistically ended in 1972. They described it as a hell ship. My brother still tells of the water that dripped onto his bunk every day for the entire voyage.

I think AndieMac was thinking of the earlier "assisted passages" which were entirely at the expense of the Govt (& the pleasure of the reigning Monarch).

One needed to be specially selected by the constabulary & recommended by a Judge.

 

[Major Catastrophe]

I think AndieMac was thinking of the earlier "assisted passages"

Yes, I know. Are you saying that my parents weren't worthy of transportation?

 

[Searush]

Yes, I know. Are you saying that my parents weren't worthy of transportation?

I didn't even know that you had ever had parents . . .

 

[Major Catastrophe]

I didn't even know that you had ever had parents . . .

I did have parents. But they are both dead now, my Mother quite recently, thanks for asking.

 

[Searush]

I did have parents. But they are both dead now, my Mother quite recently, thanks for asking.

Sorry, no offence meant. I lost my Mum last year too.






I know, damned careless of me But as I am over 60, I don't think I can realistically call myself an orphan.

Seriously though, I do understand, despite the silly comments. I was lucky, Mum had lived a good life - at least until the last 5 years or so after Dad died. In the end it was a blessed relief that she was released.