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Tag Archives: HMS Cockade
The Good Old Days
This morning I had Linda help me upload a copy of my book to a site on the internet “The Royal Navy & Me”. While looking over the fourteen chapters it took me back in time. I guess that is … Continue reading
Posted in HMS Cockade, veterans
Tagged 1956, brass fittings, good old days, HMS Cockade, Hong Kong, junior sailors, polish, working hard
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Books are Great Christmas Gifts
The Royal Navy & Me, This is a story told through the eyes of a young sailor who joined the Royal Navy in 1955 as a Boy Seaman 2nd class, the absolute lowest rank in the Navy. Follow his induction … Continue reading
Posted in family
Tagged Bookmark, Confederation Court Mall, Ebooks, HMS Cockade, HMS Ganges, royal navy, smashwords, what to buy
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A Hard Working Sailor (2nd Attempt)
I realized as soon as I posted the last ‘Hard Working Sailor’ and no photo showed, you would all think I was BS’ing. Well here is the proof. I really did work in the Navy and more than some I … Continue reading
Posted in HMS Cockade, military, veterans
Tagged hard worker, HMS Cockade, polish, Sailor, sunglasses, voice pipe
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The Back Cover – The Royal Navy & Me
Now that you’ve seen the front and the back, its time you bought a copy so you can read what is inside! you wont be disappointed. Available at www.amazon.com or directly from me.
Front Cover of my Second Book "The Royal Navy & Me.
Hi Folks I have decided the first attempt at a book cover posted below is just too busy. I’m going to make it simple and similiar to my first book cover “Lily & Me”. I haven’t decided which of the … Continue reading
Eat at Joe's
Something else remembered from the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, on the wharf where the Cockade was tied up we had a regular visit from a mobile canteen. He sold sandwiches and such but what I recall best was his … Continue reading
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Tagged 1956, Add new tag, Australia, HMS Cockade, Melbourne, mobile canteen, Olympic Games
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