Wolfdog91 6,303 Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 Pretty cool out here at this lil ship yard. Few of welders have been cool to talk with.... basically need a translator though our tankerman for most of the conversation but still. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 23,860 Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 24 minutes ago, Wolfdog91 said: Pretty cool out here at this lil ship yard. Few of welders have been cool to talk with.... basically need a translator though our tankerman for most of the conversation but still. I was brought up in a town that at one time was the biggest ship building town in the world,over 400 registered shipbuilders in its history. 2 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Welsh_red 4,313 Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 What does that ship yard do exactly? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wolfdog91 6,303 Posted February 6 Author Report Share Posted February 6 4 minutes ago, Welsh_red said: What does that ship yard do exactly? These guys specialize in tow boats so about anything they need , rebuilding the engines , repainting welding on additions ect. I know we just had our engines rebuilt, valley re done , drains snaked , more electrical stuff in the wheel house , just stripped the bilge, whole lotta stuff 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wolfdog91 6,303 Posted February 6 Author Report Share Posted February 6 12 minutes ago, mackem said: I was brought up in a town that at one time was the biggest ship building town in the world,over 400 registered shipbuilders in its history. Damn thats pretty cool ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 23,860 Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 2 minutes ago, Wolfdog91 said: Damn thats pretty cool ! The town died on its feet when the shipyards closed Wolfie,industry stopped,hasn’t been a ship built there for maybe 35 years?Place is a ghost town. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
THE STIFFMEISTER 14,577 Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 3 hours ago, Wolfdog91 said: Damn thats pretty cool ! Just don’t , just f***ing don’t 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 24,911 Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 Funnily enough I've just spent the last two days working in that city....was looking for the pier where all the southern puffs were driven in to the North sea by men in donkey jackets and pit boots..lol 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wolfdog91 6,303 Posted February 6 Author Report Share Posted February 6 21 minutes ago, THE STIFFMEISTER said: Just don’t , just f***ing don’t Ummmmm ? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 23,860 Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 5 minutes ago, Wolfdog91 said: Ummmmm ? It's a standing joke Wolfie, long story, Weez keys a these like? And all that lol. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lenmcharristar 9,184 Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 3 hours ago, Wolfdog91 said: Damn thats pretty cool ! My family go back over 100 years in one of the best in the world too, Harland and Wolff, pity our most notorious boat lays 3800 metres below the north arlantic and still fascinates to this day. Ive worked in it myself, itr seems to be making a come back after almost complete closure, all thanks to maggie thatcher killing off our industry 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chartpolski 20,507 Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 4 hours ago, mackem said: The town died on its feet when the shipyards closed Wolfie,industry stopped,hasn’t been a ship built there for maybe 35 years?Place is a ghost town. Austin & Pickersgill SD14 shipyard in Southwick, Sunderland. My dad, brother, uncle and cousin worked on building the covered dry docks. A little bit of information that may appeal to Wolfie; my brother was labouring to the welders, who, for some strange reason, were all native Americans! Cheers. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 44,390 Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 36 minutes ago, Lenmcharristar said: My family go back over 100 years in one of the best in the world too, Harland and Wolff, pity our most notorious boat lays 3800 metres below the north arlantic and still fascinates to this day. Ive worked in it myself, itr seems to be making a come back after almost complete closure, all thanks to maggie thatcher killing off our industry The exhibition is decent mate, you been ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pesky1972 4,931 Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 “If it wasn’t for the nips, being so good at building ships, the yards would still be open on the Clyde”. I’ve worked with a few old welders who remember the Japs coming into yards on the Clyde and in Leith in the 60’s with their clip-boards, taking notes and going home to build them cheaper and quicker. Sad to see big industry die, be it ship building, coal mining, steel works, fishing etc., and take with it the heart and soul of community. We’ve definitely lost something as a society and a nation as a result. Oil will be next and I dread to think what Aberdeen will look like in a decade or two. Whether we like it or not, we’re all Maggie’s children now. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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