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    The people caught trafficking drugs are bringing...

    The people caught trafficking drugs are bringing them into the country and they are executed, those caught with a small amount get strokes of the Rattan and they tend to stay away from drugs in the...
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    I disagree Pablo, I spent my 5 days R&R there...

    I disagree Pablo, I spent my 5 days R&R there when picking up ships or delivering them back and in the
    80?s/90?s I was Ch/Officer on the Singaporean vessel
    Selco 2.
    On a number of occasions I...
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    Hardly a drug scene, I sailed out of there for...

    Hardly a drug scene, I sailed out of there for years.:)
    The following is an extract from the student website, ?Generation?, the full article can be seen by following this hyper-link:...
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    How come there's no drug problem in Singapore? I...

    How come there's no drug problem in Singapore?
    I think if the decision makers started executing those who deal in drugs the problem would soon go away; however, that would be too much for the...
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    Very sad Chris but it's a sign of the times! ...

    Very sad Chris but it's a sign of the times!

    This may sound a bit clich? but it has been my belief for many years that the increase in crime and moral decay is due to drug taking and the lack of...
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    Safety is now part of ISM (International Safety...

    Safety is now part of ISM (International Safety Management) and if a shipping company is not signatory to the convention they will have trouble finding work; if signatory to the convention a shipping...
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    St Vinnies-Bettis e Coed

    An Echo of The past

    Capel Curig Training Camp is a place of much interest, especially to my peer group, of 70 years plus, who spent part of their childhood there.
    Until the late forties the camp...
  8. Thread: Sir Joe Dwyer

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    Sir Joe Dwyer

    Sir Joe Dwyer studied Civil Engineering at Liverpool John Moores University. His career started with George Wimpey Plc in 1955 as a Junior Engineer, and progressed through to his retirement in June...
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    No mention of the thousands of Irish immigrants...

    No mention of the thousands of Irish immigrants to Liverpool mid 19century and shame, shame, shame not even a whisper to acknowledge the erection, pardon the pun, of the Lewis’s statue in 1952/53’ …...
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    No mention of the thousands of Irish immigrants...

    No mention of the thousands of Irish immigrants to Liverpool mid 19century and shame, shame, shame not even a whisper to acknowledge the erection, pardon the pun, of the Lewis’s statue in 1952/53’ …...
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    I think it is, I've been out of the country for...

    I think it is, I've been out of the country for 50 years?
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    The Pearson’s subsidiary, Sunnybrook Coaches had...

    The Pearson’s subsidiary, Sunnybrook Coaches had their office and garage in Shaw Street
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    Pearson’s was my first job on leaving school in...

    Pearson’s was my first job on leaving school in 49’ I was the office-boy/messenger or in today’s parlance “The Gofor”; it was on the left hand side of Smithdown Lane, a stone-mason, monument works on...
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    Thanks Chris for explaining intricacies of the...

    Thanks Chris for explaining intricacies of the software, it is all so understandable when you know.

    I agree Ged, recognition is not only a motivator it is also a compliment.
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    Was my post censored? The show we used to race...

    Was my post censored?
    The show we used to race home to watch was, “D-ick Barton Special Agent”.
    “That’s incredible” he thinks, “as he walks away shaking his head, the world really has changed!”
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    The Ghost of Liverpool Past

    Dovecot was a wonderful concept in public housing, built during the great depression of the thirties, mainly three bedroom houses with bathroom and inside toilet; a big change from two up two down...
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    The Liverpool City Council or whoever made the...

    The Liverpool City Council or whoever made the decision to demolish all of those wonderful buildings should be brought to task, that is vandalism of the worst kind; losing the Sailor’s Home was bad...
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    I'm sorry you didn't get to sea and I'm sorry the...

    I'm sorry you didn't get to sea and I'm sorry the youth of today don’t have the opportunity, it’s all gone now, my generation were the last to experience those halcyon days of the Merch Boys … as...
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    I'm sorry you didn't get to sea and I'm sorry the...

    I'm sorry you didn't get to sea and I'm sorry the youth of today don’t have the opportunity, it’s all gone now, my generation were the last to experience those halcyon days of the Merch Boys … as...
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    They Left School and Sailed The Ships!

    Liverpool was built on its association with the sea, the Mersey was the gateway to the rest of the world and generations of Liverpudlians sailed through that gate, ploughing the oceans of the world...
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    I was an evacuee at Gresford, North Wales but I...

    I was an evacuee at Gresford, North Wales but I was extremely lucky to be billeted with a caring loving family who accepted me as their own. Every day was a new adventure and I soon became very fond...
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    Thanks for the photo Dave. The Coach & Horses has...

    Thanks for the photo Dave. The Coach & Horses has changed quite a bit, at the time I'm talking about there were very few private cars,most people traveled on trams, so the pub was a "local' in the...
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    Thanks ar Shy and thanks for telling me about...

    Thanks ar Shy and thanks for telling me about YoLiverpool, I'll catch you at The Sailor's Home:)
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    Memories of Liverpool Past ... Continued

    I was about to turn five and living in Holborn Street, Low Hill with me Mam and two sisters, like the majority of families in Liverpool we were poor but didn’t realize it, we were too busy, too young...
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    Memories of Liverpool Past.

    If you come from Liverpool chances are you have passed the pub, in Low Hill, on the corner of Holborn Street, the Coach & Horses an old Victorian establishment, now closed and showing its age,...
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