by Fimac » Sun Dec 18, 2022 11:36 am
Hiya, my interest here is from my grandfather and granduncle who crewed and then skippered the ICI ships in the 30's and 40's. We have some great family stories from these times , such as run-ins with U boats , near mutinies, and photographs of sorts. The ships were Lady Dorothy, Gertrude cochrane and Anstruther. We have stories about crewmates like Bobby Bond, Monty MacFadyen, Lachlan Macdonald, and James Macdonald.
My own father is getting on, and I want to take him over to Hamburg to see where most of his fathers trips seemed to be, so I will be checking over there and try to link up with folk over there who may have known these ships. My father did write a book of his funny memoirs (as well as being a mad dentist in the gorbals), with a chapter on the Irvine 'Dynamite boats'. He did it for posterity - not for money (I don't think he even knows if he ever had any money from amazon !).
Search on amazon - 'Dunfillin - tales from the enamel face' (its not in Gaelic, just the odd poem)
Anyway - I will have a search on here for info , dig out the old photos, and plan my trip to Hamburg.
If anyone knew any of these folks - get in touch !
Hiya, my interest here is from my grandfather and granduncle who crewed and then skippered the ICI ships in the 30's and 40's. We have some great family stories from these times , such as run-ins with U boats , near mutinies, and photographs of sorts. The ships were Lady Dorothy, Gertrude cochrane and Anstruther. We have stories about crewmates like Bobby Bond, Monty MacFadyen, Lachlan Macdonald, and James Macdonald.
My own father is getting on, and I want to take him over to Hamburg to see where most of his fathers trips seemed to be, so I will be checking over there and try to link up with folk over there who may have known these ships. My father did write a book of his funny memoirs (as well as being a mad dentist in the gorbals), with a chapter on the Irvine 'Dynamite boats'. He did it for posterity - not for money (I don't think he even knows if he ever had any money from amazon !).
Search on amazon - 'Dunfillin - tales from the enamel face' (its not in Gaelic, just the odd poem)
Anyway - I will have a search on here for info , dig out the old photos, and plan my trip to Hamburg.
If anyone knew any of these folks - get in touch !