31
Dec 2006
Recruitment
Drive 2007 page addedUpdated list
of Club Branches and contactsUpdated Diary
Page
Added Gulf
Oil, Salveson of Leith, Kingston Trawlers and ASP shipping to
list of shipping lines (352 now) and Chief Officer Greater Manchester
Ambulance Service, Olympic sailor 68 Olympics and President Society
of Marine Painters to other achievements |
Recruitment
Drive 2007Branch DetailsDiary Page for 2007
A
Career At Sea? |
12
Nov 2006
Added a new Notable OCs entry for
Douglas V Duff.Updated Solent Branch contact detailsUpdated the Conway Song page to correct the Hullaballoo,
add "2-6-heave" and revise the Original Conway Song.Added a new section in the Bibliography for Commander
Douglas V Duff (14-15) who wrote over 100 novels and short stories.
His heroes were often naval cadets or apprentices. Also a reference
to his The Sea Whelps - his equivalent of The New Chum.Various minor corrections to the A Career At Sea
page. 348 lines now. Added a few more Notable Achievements ie
First (UK) Prisons' Ombudsman, Chief of Police Jerusalem in Palestine
Police Force, Flotilla
Vice Commander, 1st Southern District, U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary and Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic
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NotablesSolent BranchConway
Songs & ChantsHMS Conway
A
Career At Sea?. |
7
Nov 2006
Updated
details of other vesels named Conway.Added lots
of book cover images and some new books to the Bibliography pages.Added Smith
Line (Warrington Baden Powell's first company after Conway) 345
lines now. Completely
revised the Notable OCs pages with lots of new entries.
Moved "Medals
and Awards presented to Conways" from the Notables page to
the "A Career At Sea?" page. Also added a small new
section "Conway Commodores Of Cunard Line". |
Other ConwaysBibliographyShipping
lines etc.Notables
A
Career At Sea?. |
27
Oct 2006
Updated
the list of OCs with web sites or mentioned on web sites, now
only 43. Several removed and added to yesterday's list If you
know of others let me know!
Added a new
book by George Shearing (years not known) to Hot Off The Presses |
OCs'
Sites
Hot
Off The Presses |
26
Oct 2006
Major
revision to the Friends page including a list of the new Trustees
and photos of the chapel windows.Updated stuff
For Sale by the Friends including a fantastic new commemorative
plate and copies of Masefields' The Conway and New Chum. Get them
before they go.
Added a few
new finds to the list of OCs with web sites or mentioned on web
sites, 51 now. If you know of others let me know! |
FriendsFor
Sale
OCs'
Sites |
6
Oct 2006
Updated
Conway Club page with new address for the Hon Sec.Added some
new slang terms and an explanation of the motto.Removed list
of links as modern search engines can find things much more quickly
and keep them up to date.
Added Trident
Tankers, The Wholesale Society ( of Tarawa, former Gilbert &
Ellice Islands), Gray McKenzie, Dubai, Pilot - Jebel Dhanna, U.A.E,
Pilot - Sidon, Lebanon to list of lines, removed duplicates -
344 now. |
Club
pageSlangLinks
pageShipping
lines etc
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5
Oct 2006
How
could I miss someone from my own term? Mea culpa. Four books by
Michael Howorth and his wife Francis added to the Bibliography (Books
By Conways) |
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4
Oct 2006
More
shipping lines - 341 nowUpdated list
of Trustees for the HMS Conway TrustBibliograph: Added two new "Hot Off The Presses" by
OCs.Bibliography: 17 new books added taking the total to wel over
100.
Bibliography: added an analysis of the editons of Masefield's
New Chum |
shipping
lines etcTrustHot Off The PressesNew Additions
Masefield's Books |
20
Sep 2006
Add
more shipping lines in which OCs have served - only 336 now (unless
you know different), plus a few more notable achievements and
other jobsRemoved old
entries from the Notice Board
Updated Trust
Committee members |
shipping lines etcNoticeboard
& Diary
Trust |
19
Sep 2006
Apologies
for the long gap since the last update. The webmaster has been flat
on his back ill for the best part of the year. Firing on all cylinders
now though! Lots of updates in the pipeline for the next couple
of weeks. First update is to the Club Shop which has some new items
for sale (marked NEW in red). |
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