Nice to get a contact from Bob, who inform me he is ‘Fully retired’, wife Elsie has also taken retirement. Bob called to see me last in 2002, and we met at one of the LOF reunions. He informs me that he was 46 years at sea….not many of […]
News
Seems nearly all the news we seem to get is of one of our LOF friends passing away. . Extract from LOF News December 2005 I joined the Merchant Navy in 1965 Ulster Steamship Co. Came ashore in 1967 to be at home for the birth of my son. Joined LOF in 1969 – […]
More Sad News – Norman Neill
It has been good to hear from our ex owner/MD & CEO Miles Kulukundis, who is very supportive of this website. Miles still lives near Boston MA and has a cottage in the UK – visits his daughter and grandchildren. Happy Birthday – Keith Cederholm 65 today and glad you’ve […]
Sorry, not a lot of News at present
It was interesting to read the story of Derek Panagakis, but you are so right, there can be very few of the old Counties men still treading this earth. I commenced my apprenticeship on the 21st May 1947, joining the Samneagh, in Hull, She had just arrived from the Far East […]
Counties Man – Geoff Baskerville still going strong in Australia
What a nice meet up with LOF friends, Roger & Lindsay Bancroft, who live just up the road from the Holiday Inn, Ron & Audrey Todd – who just came back from Torquay and live in Barton-on-Humber, Adrian & Wendy Cook who live in Middlesborough, Myself and Connie. (Click on […]
Pleasant meet up – Harrogate
During our break in Harrogate, we shall have a small meet up with LOF friends on Tuesday 25th August at the Holiday Inn, Kings Road, Harrogate HG1 1XX – we will meet in the Bar area around 17:00 and have a dinner at 19:00 – since I don’t know exactly […]
Harrogate Meet Up….
There are now only a ‘few’ Ex – Counties Ship Management – Men left after the passing on of Capt Rodman Tarbuck, here is Derek Panagakis history, and is still going strong! (Click on Photo to enlarge) Allen & Appleyard Tel: 01925 748466 Email: [email protected] Counties Ship Management 1950 […]
‘The Last’ – Few – Counties – Men….
Hi Roy, Found your great web site by accident. I Sailed with LOF 1956-60, last trip London Tradition 3rd Engineer. Mike Annett was a first trip cadet, Polly Morton was C/Eng,Tom McCann Ch/Stw. Jobs were hard to find so I came to the US to sail but did not do my […]
Bill G William
Connie and I are staying at the Holiday Inn Harrogate from the 24th to 28th August. Part of my visiting will be to hopefully spend some time with Ex Radio Officer and later E&EO Dick Cunningham, who is still recovering from a ‘serious’ stroke he had some 18th months ago. […]
Meet Up – Harrogate 25th & 26th August
(Click on Pictures to enlarge) LOF Personnel (l-r) Bob Blake, Bob Mayman, Gwen Cartwright, Paul Cartwright, Roy Gerstner, Charles Cornish, Connie Gerstner, Bob Stinchcombe, Margaret Stinchcombe, Mick Howells, Gwyn Howells, Keith Cederholm, Barbara Cederholm. We exchanged a ‘few’ salty stories at the Black Horse across the road from the […]