A seaman's memories of life in the British Merchant Navy during and after WW2, told with vivid detail and humour. His 50 years of service included time in Bristol on a mud dredger and its hoppers and as lock-keeper keeping the city from flooding. The book sparkles with stories of seamen's lives and misadventures, as well as being a historical record of a lost world.
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A seaman's memories of life in the British Merchant Navy during and after WW2, told with vivid detail and humour. His 50 years of service included time in Bristol on a mud dredger and its hoppers and as lock-keeper keeping the city from flooding. The book sparkles with stories of seamen's lives and misadventures, as well as being a historical record of a lost world.
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