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UPDATES IN 2006

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

 

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

 

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)
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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