I am loving this thread, all the old pics and tales, my dad was a merchant seaman and would tell us of his travels when we were kids, sadly though my memory is really shot and i cant recall most of them, apart from him bringing back monkeys and parrots and stuff, and teasets from india and places, my dad was born in 39 and went to sea when he was 17 about 1955, i wish i could ask him about his seafaring days now that im older and more interested but he sadly passed away in 2003

so thanks for this thread i will be keeping an eye on it to see more briliant pictures and to read others stories