I ,ve noticed the odd remark that makes me think the poster had been to sea !!! I know a couple of lads who took up lorry driving after a stint in the MN myself included !! I think it must have been the relative freedom of the job !!..I just wonder how many of us regulars here fit that bill ■■
I guess "deckboypeggy " was one anyway !!
s going to register here as ship ahoytheresheblowsfishfingerkippers,but I thought it would make me stand out a bit.,anyhoooo looks like the cats over the yardarm and its after 8 bells now,so best go and get ■■■■■■■■■■■■ ■■■■■■■■ when I was in the war, actually I think it would be good if someone told some war tales…it would make a change from the usual drivvle,is this legal,i saw an angry truckie,whats agency work like,etc. come on Sinbad,gives some gossip.did you see any u boats? were you in the Baltic sea hammering ice off the focsle before you capsized,or were you in Australia steaming into Sidney.a pic or 3 of the more interesting stuff would be class…even a list of bag houses you got flung out of,or caught something nasty in would do for a start?? …slabber over. your turn now mate…ey 
I was in the sas. Then drove for astrans. Then missed the herald at Zeebrugge. Then got drunk and married a ■■■■■■■ the Bilbao ferry. Then sold me spare. Then fiddled the Dkv for baccy. Then nicked a customs stamp in IRUN. Then went to Prato (one hit). Then bish boshed back to Macon. Then married a bird in the cabbage patch. Then got me washing done at victors. Then dumped the motor in dover. Sold another spare. Then had me own chair on the Pompey boat. Then knew the mush at st Omer (let me go).
Yep, 15 years in the Merchant Navy. Pantry Boy to Purser / Catering Officer. 1955 - 1970. Happy Days.
dieseldog999:
s going to register here as ship ahoytheresheblowsfishfingerkippers,but I thought it would make me stand out a bit.,anyhoooo looks like the cats over the yardarm and its after 8 bells now,so best go and get ■■■■■■■■■■■■ ■■■■■■■■ when I was in the war, actually I think it would be good if someone told some war tales…it would make a change from the usual drivvle,is this legal,i saw an angry truckie,whats agency work like,etc. come on Sinbad,gives some gossip.did you see any u boats? were you in the Baltic sea hammering ice off the focsle before you capsized,or were you in Australia steaming into Sidney.a pic or 3 of the more interesting stuff would be class…even a list of bag houses you got flung out of,or caught something nasty in would do for a start?? …slabber over. your turn now mate…ey
Its been a while since we had a post like this! 
…I love alcohol
bullitt:
dieseldog999:
s going to register here as ship ahoytheresheblowsfishfingerkippers,but I thought it would make me stand out a bit.,anyhoooo looks like the cats over the yardarm and its after 8 bells now,so best go and get ■■■■■■■■■■■■ ■■■■■■■■ when I was in the war, actually I think it would be good if someone told some war tales…it would make a change from the usual drivvle,is this legal,i saw an angry truckie,whats agency work like,etc. come on Sinbad,gives some gossip.did you see any u boats? were you in the Baltic sea hammering ice off the focsle before you capsized,or were you in Australia steaming into Sidney.a pic or 3 of the more interesting stuff would be class…even a list of bag houses you got flung out of,or caught something nasty in would do for a start?? …slabber over. your turn now mate…eyIts been a while since we had a post like this!
im actually stone cold sober,but it would have been a good excuse if the reply went down the wrong way…
Tubbysboy:
I was in the sas. Then drove for astrans. Then missed the herald at Zeebrugge. Then got drunk and married a ■■■■■■■ the Bilbao ferry. Then sold me spare. Then fiddled the Dkv for baccy. Then nicked a customs stamp in IRUN. Then went to Prato (one hit). Then bish boshed back to Macon. Then married a bird in the cabbage patch. Then got me washing done at victors. Then dumped the motor in dover. Sold another spare. Then had me own chair on the Pompey boat. Then knew the mush at st Omer (let me go).
were you one of the guys on the embassy job along with me? I might not recognise you without the gasmask though…ps im the one in the skirt.i was travelling incognito that day. 
dieseldog999:
Tubbysboy:
I was in the sas. Then drove for astrans. Then missed the herald at Zeebrugge. Then got drunk and married a ■■■■■■■ the Bilbao ferry. Then sold me spare. Then fiddled the Dkv for baccy. Then nicked a customs stamp in IRUN. Then went to Prato (one hit). Then bish boshed back to Macon. Then married a bird in the cabbage patch. Then got me washing done at victors. Then dumped the motor in dover. Sold another spare. Then had me own chair on the Pompey boat. Then knew the mush at st Omer (let me go).were you one of the guys on the embassy job along with me? I might not recognise you without the gasmask though…ps im the one in the skirt.i was travelling incognito that day.
I’d have to kill you if I answered. No name no gain. Secret squirrel stuff. Sure you understand breaker.
roger d doger good buddy,actually this is a better picture of me,to be honest the courts didn’t believe my story when I got arrested for peeping tomming into the embassy massage parlour as my excuse was that I got the addresses mixed up…but there you go…to be honest I don’t like bag houses,i prefer dogging… 
I recognize that fella in the gasmask !!! he was one of our security men when I was working for SARAMAT in Saudi ■■?
backsplice:
I recognize that fella in the gasmask !!! he was one of our security men when I was working for SARAMAT in Saudi ■■?
I was never off that ferry there… but loose lips…
Hello Archie …I,ve seen some posts elsewhere we have some thing in common and it was,nt picking up a load in “Sharpness” !!! how many spans on that bridge ■■?
backsplice:
Hello Archie …I,ve seen some posts elsewhere we have some thing in common and it was,nt picking up a load in “Sharpness” !!! how many spans on that bridge ■■?
Hullo ‘backsplice’
Spans to the Bridge ? Do you know I can’t remember, or most likely never ever looked, it is after all a bit of a specialised subject, counting Bridga Spans, a bit like Train Spotting if you know what I mean. I will take a guess and say there were three. I should’ve counted them then, It would have been easy as I was in the nearest hut to the top of the Bank B2, and of course spent the last week there, as everybody did, sleeping on the Bed Deck of the Ship. With old Popeye in charge of things. While you were there picking up your load there, probably on the Docks, did you call into the Seamans Mission (Flying ■■■■■) to see Mark.
Well when i got there I was asked to count the spans …there was 21 at my time …the sneer was thats how many days I have left …new boy !!!
never loaded there but did deliver machinery many years later …it was all gone ■■?..I was in the hut at the top of the stairs it was C3 then
all the best … ps founder member of the TSVA (NSW)
Before, during and after.
David
YES, the clue is in the name, blue funnel for a while, i cannot tell you too much as it looks as if you’re serious post has been high jacked by walter mittys, it is probably because some of the contributors are to young to remember what the MN was…I did used to call driving the merchant navy on wheels and that was what it was and still is ,you just go around and around but in Europe,well for us anyway…i suspect you may have been a jumper.DBS…?
DBP …sorry not DBS been here 33 years …just thought I would throw the question in the ring because I had met loads of blokes on the road that had been to sea before getting behind the steering wheel … had a few beers aboard a Bluie in Kobe 1971 rec room in mast house could.,nt hear for winches thumping !!..I was with the opposition … Ben Line !!.. great days though
backsplice:
DBP …sorry not DBS been here 33 years …just thought I would throw the question in the ring because I had met loads of blokes on the road that had been to sea before getting behind the steering wheel … had a few beers aboard a Bluie in Kobe 1971 rec room in mast house could.,nt hear for winches thumping !!..I was with the opposition … Ben Line !!.. great days though
They were always really tidy looking Ships were the Leith Navy.
Hi, i think driving gave me the same sense of freedom,as sort of being at sea ,if you f-cked up you faced it, in both jobs no hiding,i finished at sea in 1965 dizzy AB.MESSED AROUND A lot jack of all trades ,lol and drifted in to driving.
yes KOBE THE MOTTO MACHIE then 1000yen £1 £3 ALL NIGHT what a bargain cherry boy special…at lest i did all the noughties at sea and never bothered after ashore…i still tell people the university of sea that was my school …
now i am 70 and writing my driving history, for me really i started posting on here just to see if anyone would be interested, as you ex MN MEN know there was a book in every trip…and now i post regular. it is MY DRIVING HISTORY,FIRST POSTS ON PAGE 8/9 then 1…are you both on SHIPS NOSTALGIA very good site for all ex MN.and all the companies that were .and looking for old mates…
must crack on ,big sEarnie to deal with…
i well remember Montys sydney 3 weeks over CHRISTMAS 1963/4 engine prob.we were all worn out ,sat in the peacock fountain,kings cross new years eve with others…
DBP … to much information !!!. I too remember the 1000 yen note …especially new year 59/60 Osaka !!! what a NY that was …Anyway had a steak in Montys not so long ago while a day in town its changed a little bit since your day ■■ Keep’er off the knuckle 'arry
also a member of SN by the way