Comments on: Fishing Memories by John Bradshaw http://www.fleetwood-fishing-industry.co.uk/2008/11/fishing-memories-john-bradshaw/ Part of Fleetwood Maritime Heritage Trust Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: tony mccullagh http://www.fleetwood-fishing-industry.co.uk/2008/11/fishing-memories-john-bradshaw/comment-page-1/#comment-14603 tony mccullagh Mon, 14 Feb 2011 11:32:09 +0000 http://www.fleetwood-fishing-industry.co.uk/?p=2217#comment-14603 I WAS AT THE SCHOOL 1961 CAPTAIN CARRUTHERS AND MR STONE WERE ARE TEACHERS GREAT TIMES LEFT 1965 I WAS AT THE SCHOOL 1961 CAPTAIN CARRUTHERS AND MR STONE WERE ARE TEACHERS GREAT TIMES LEFT 1965

]]> By: ron spencer http://www.fleetwood-fishing-industry.co.uk/2008/11/fishing-memories-john-bradshaw/comment-page-1/#comment-1099 ron spencer Fri, 13 Feb 2009 22:49:26 +0000 http://www.fleetwood-fishing-industry.co.uk/?p=2217#comment-1099 Is this the John Bradshaw who also worked for Computervison in the '80's? If so this is Ron Spencer who was not a trawlweman but a CV'er! Now retired after a five year secondment with SUN Microsystems in the US. Is this the John Bradshaw who also worked for Computervison in the ’80′s? If so this is Ron Spencer who was not a trawlweman but a CV’er! Now retired after a five year secondment with SUN Microsystems in the US.

]]> By: glyn jones http://www.fleetwood-fishing-industry.co.uk/2008/11/fishing-memories-john-bradshaw/comment-page-1/#comment-451 glyn jones Sun, 14 Dec 2008 21:01:01 +0000 http://www.fleetwood-fishing-industry.co.uk/?p=2217#comment-451 Aye Aye John,I was only at the school for pre-sea training prior to joining MN,I did'nt go fishing as such, so we never got any kit or gutting knives,probably we were'nt to be trusted with a knife at 15! I remember that Bill Caruthers had an old boat moored on the mud over at Knott End, which we had to go and caulk,paint etc as part of our training or so he said. It seems ironic that I went in the MN first, then ended my seagoing days trawling down in Cornwall. I was in digs in Fleetwood for 12 months while at the Navigation school, then moved to Larkholme in '69 until the floods in '76, still have a soft spot for the old town.Cheers, Glyn. Aye Aye John,I was only at the school for pre-sea training prior to joining MN,I did’nt go fishing as such, so we never got any kit or gutting knives,probably we were’nt to be trusted with a knife at 15! I remember that Bill Caruthers had an old boat moored on the mud over at Knott End, which we had to go and caulk,paint etc as part of our training or so he said. It seems ironic that I went in the MN first, then ended my seagoing days trawling down in Cornwall. I was in digs in Fleetwood for 12 months while at the Navigation school, then moved to Larkholme in ’69 until the floods in ’76, still have a soft spot for the old town.Cheers, Glyn.

]]> By: John Bradshaw http://www.fleetwood-fishing-industry.co.uk/2008/11/fishing-memories-john-bradshaw/comment-page-1/#comment-440 John Bradshaw Thu, 11 Dec 2008 08:03:47 +0000 http://www.fleetwood-fishing-industry.co.uk/?p=2217#comment-440 Hi Glyn...Thats interesting, and I'm pleased someone remembers capt Caruthers. Do you remember at the end of training you went to the Chandlers for your kit and gutting knife that they knocked out of your wages later? How did you feel moving from fishing to MN? I found it an absolute treat, like being on holidays, and not much use of the seamanship we had learned !! Best Regards Hi Glyn…Thats interesting, and I’m pleased someone remembers capt Caruthers. Do you remember at the end of training you went to the Chandlers for your kit and gutting knife that they knocked out of your wages later?

How did you feel moving from fishing to MN? I found it an absolute treat, like being on holidays, and not much use of the seamanship we had learned !!

Best Regards

]]> By: glyn jones http://www.fleetwood-fishing-industry.co.uk/2008/11/fishing-memories-john-bradshaw/comment-page-1/#comment-432 glyn jones Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:21:23 +0000 http://www.fleetwood-fishing-industry.co.uk/?p=2217#comment-432 Hello John, I was at the Navigation school, Station Rd in 1957 doing my pre-sea training prior to joining the MN in '58. The school was then mainly for those sitting fishing tickets, myself and two others where the only cadets enrolled at that time. Cpt McFarlane was the principal,Cpt Caruthers was teaching seamanship & shiphandling and Cpt Trickett was teaching signals & ship construction. We cadets had to make tea for the lads sitting tickets and as Cpt Mc was a bit tight with money for milk(but not for Woodbines)a pint had to make about 30 cups twice a day! needless to say it was well watered down? Happy times. As a footnote, my son who now work offshore in the oil industry now attends the new college for his sea survival courses. Hello John, I was at the Navigation school, Station Rd in 1957 doing my pre-sea training prior to joining the MN in ’58. The school was then mainly for those sitting fishing tickets, myself and two others where the only cadets enrolled at that time. Cpt McFarlane was the principal,Cpt Caruthers was teaching seamanship & shiphandling and Cpt Trickett was teaching signals & ship construction.
We cadets had to make tea for the lads sitting tickets and as Cpt Mc was a bit tight with money for milk(but not for Woodbines)a pint had to make about 30 cups twice a day! needless to say it was well watered down? Happy times. As a footnote, my son who now work offshore in the oil industry now attends the new college for his sea survival courses.

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