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Class Photos Gravesend Sea School/College



From Dave Livermore who writes: These are the catering trainees 27^th June - 5^th August 1960. I am the fine looking lad sitting left of the instructor (as you look at the photo). I have forgotten his name but I do remember marching early mornings on the Prom. Subsequently joined the ss Chusan. *But Colin Bryant writes (31.1.06) to advise that the Instructor's name was Mr Lawrence and adds " he was a very nice man".*
	*Class of 1960 in Piss Jackets*	*Class of 1960 with signatures.*

*Sent in by Pete Wright GSS 1960.*
	*From Peter Steele Gravesend 1956*	*From Peter Steele. Gravesend 1956*

Where are they now? Peter Steele asks if anyone recognises other class mates in these photos of 12.11.56 to 21.12.56 with Mr Plumb as Catering Instructor. Photos kindly forwarded by Bill Young of the All At Sea website - W. Australia
	*From Bart Findlay - Australia.* *Gravesend Oct-Nov 1958*	*From Mike Fruin. Gravesend March-May 1957*

Bart Findlay writes: I am seated second from right alongside 'Jock' from Glasgow on my left, and 'Ginger' from Solihull on my right. Tommy Naughton is stood at rear, second from left and on his left is Bob Allan from Manchester. The guy on his right was from Portsmouth but I can't recall his name. This was Catering Class Oct-Nov 1958. We had a great time there although the marches and exercises on the Prom we could have done without! Bart can be contacted at *whitelabel@optusnet.com.au* Mike Fruin sends in ths photo of Deck Trainees March-May 1957. Mike is in the centre, front row. He also shows the way to a very interesting site displaying Shell Tankers built after 1945. www.helderline.nl
	From James Smith - Aberdeenshire. Gravesend 1952	*Signed photo from Melvin (Nick) Bragg. Class of 1952*

*James Smith from Aberdeenshire sends this class photo of 1952*
	*Melvin (Nick) Bragg is seated front row next to Instructor*	*Melvin (Nick) Bragg is in middle row 4th from left*

*James Smith from Aberdeenshire sends this class photo of 1952*
	*From Michael May - USA. Michael is in middle row, 2nd left.*	*From Barry Palmer who writes: This is the class of November 1971. That's me bottom row 2^nd from right. Have great memories of 'short back and sides' and the dentist-all free.*
		taBarry

	*GSS Class 1957*	*Sent in by John Ives*

*James Smith from Aberdeenshire sends this class photo of 1952*
	*Sent in by Derrek Johnson GSS/C January to March 1973. Derrek is front row, right.*	*Sent in by Charles Morton*.

Charles Morton writes: Herewith the class photo. I don't remember the month, but recall that it was summer 1946. ( I sailed in October 1946 on the MV Antar, a wartime built Doxford diesel tramp owned by the New Egypt and Levant shipping Co. )After a voyage to Vancouver, South Africa, Mozambique and Brazil, I paid off sick in Rio Grande do Sul and had my appendix removed. I was three months on the beach in Rio de Janeiro and returned to London on the Fort Wedderburn in September 1947. On the photo I am 2nd from the right, front row. The only name I can remember is the boy standing at the extreme right end of the back row. He was a scouse called McEwen (or McEwan) who was a boiler scaler in Liverpool before joining. I remember that he had a very florid complexion through working inside ship's boilers before they had fully cooled! I think the chap third from the right, front row, came from Bournemouth. I stayed at sea after various voyage in an Esso tanker and numerous tramps, mostly between Manchester and American ports with a couple of interludes on the Carnarvon Castle. to the Cape. My favourite voyage was in the Fort Vermilion, which was being returned to the US Maritime Commission in New Orleans. After arriving there. the crew went by train (3 days) to New York and had a 10 day stay in the Rex Hotel on West 48th, just off Broadway, before returning passenger on an American ship, the Marine Runner. Our meal allowance in New York was $4 per day, on which we were able to eat very well! From 1949, I sailed with Manchester Liners on most of their ships until 1954, when I left to live in Montreal . I also recall that the captain at Gravesend used to wear his cap at a very rakish angle and was known among the boys as "Lord Louis".