See link for plenty shipping news. Click on link MNA Circular The Pulse 2016-02 Dated 16th January
News
Ben K’s birthday on the 14th, he will be 93 years young. Only received a short note before Christmas that his mobility is diminishing. (Click on pictures to enlarge)
Happy Birthday – Ben Killeen – 93
MNA Circular The Pulse 2016-01 Dated 4th January Above is the Merchant Navy Associations News Letter which is very informative. The file is quite large (around 2Mb) so may take some time to download. This is the first time I’ve tried to export a pdf file onto this page. See […]
MCA Circular
Apologies, as usual we are away for our winter break, therefor any cards received after 15th December will not have been replied too. It is always sad at the end of the year to remember our friends who passed away this year. Connie and I wish all our LOF friends […]
Seasons Greetings
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 […]
Hello Bob Fullagar
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 […]