mike1949 (a photo of)

[mike1949]

Bearing in mind this was in 1971, about 40 years ago.

I'm second from left.

We used to go ashore with my mate on the left and he was built like a viking warrior and nobody used to argue with us.

[Airhead]

you look like Dudley Moore and yer man looks like a haggis muncher

Great pic mike

[drewpy]

picture looks great, I went on a submarine in about 1978, it was docked at Port Salford.

Great fun even managed to get to see a porno calender in the sleeping quarters (it was soon whisked away)

[mike1949]

This is me when on the "Ark" in a beetle. (1969)

This is me now.

Only joking.

[mike1949]

Seriously, this is me know. Albeit 40 years on.

[DirtyDT]

Come on Mike, stop posting pictures of your Granddad and put a real one up!

[mike1949]

Come on Mike, stop posting pictures of your Granddad and put a real one up!

Cheers Mr N. And that photo was taken about four years ago. Would you believe that I will be drawing my pension next year?

And, believe it or not, even at my age, I still have to pole vault out of bed most mornings!!

[DirtyDT]

Cheers Mr N. And that photo was taken about four years ago. Would you believe that I will be drawing my pension next year?

And, believe it or not, even at my age, I still have to pole vault out of bed most mornings!!

The way they keep pushing the pensions back, I wouldn't be too sure mate.

And somethings I just don't really (really) want to know!!

[mike1949]

picture looks great, I went on a submarine in about 1978, it was docked at Port Salford.

Great fun even managed to get to see a porno calender in the sleeping quarters (it was soon whisked away)

Drewps,

can you remember when four boats called into Manchester about 1971?

I have been trying to get a photo of them (one was mine, "Porpoise") I'm sure your local press would have archive photos of them

One of the boats was an "A class" boat which was being decommissioned and they fired toilet rolls from their deck guns.

I would be ever so grateful if you could make enquirers for me.

I did try about four or five years ago but to no avail.

I remember we had a party for a local orphanage and each boat had two celebrities from Coronation Street, we had Stan Ogden and Alan Browning.

If you can help Drewps I would be in your debt for ever more.

[mike1949]

The way they keep pushing the pensions back, I wouldn't be too sure mate.

I know I'm ok to retire next year aged 65, but anybody younger than me I'm not so sure.

My missus is nine years younger than me (that's why I have to pole vault out of bed in the morning) so we don't know when she will be drawing her pension yet.

She is self employed so we don't know if that complicates things.

[DirtyDT]

Have you tried searching google images Mike? On the standard google page, top left there is a link to search just images.

As for pensions, they can't get rid of us old'ens in most cases due to age discrimination. At the moment my retirement age has shifted to 66 but I have a work pension set to kick in at 60. I will have to defer it as they will take a big chunk in tax and they get enough off me already.

Oh, and my partner, GF, other half, person is 10 years younger than be, so there :-)

[mike1949]

Oh, and my partner, GF, other half, person is 10 years younger than be, so there :-)

Yer but, no but,

When I met my missus I was 26 and she was only 17

Her parents (and mine) tried to advise each of us not to pursue each other.

Anyway, nearly forty years later we are the only ones on both sides to be still together, as in married and to have been 100% faithful.

Sometimes I wonder why, because we are like chalk and cheese. (maybe that's true that opposites attract)

She don't like Sailors, tattoos, and people who drink and skinheads, all of which I am.

The worst thing of all is she won't come on the back of the bike with me, although she did encourage the kids to. Strange!

[mike1949]

Have you tried searching google images Mike? On the standard google page, top left there is a link to search just images.

You might have to help me here Mr N,

I do not understand, bearing in mind I have been watching my local football team loose 7 nil, and not in too good a mood.

Also I am slightly inebriate. Only slightly mind you.

[drewpy]

Drewps,

can you remember when four boats called into Manchester about 1971?

I have been trying to get a photo of them (one was mine, "Porpoise") I'm sure your local press would have archive photos of them

One of the boats was an "A class" boat which was being decommissioned and they fired toilet rolls from their deck guns.

I would be ever so grateful if you could make enquirers for me.

I did try about four or five years ago but to no avail.

I remember we had a party for a local orphanage and each boat had two celebrities from Coronation Street, we had Stan Ogden and Alan Browning.

If you can help Drewps I would be in your debt for ever more.

I'll ask at Salford online, they have some historical stuff on there

[mike1949]

I'll ask at Salford online, they have some historical stuff on there

Cheers Drewps, I very nearly got somewhere about six or seven years ago and the very, very, nice man produced some images for me to print off, but, due to lack of technology in them days I couldn't because the modern technology we have today we didn't have then.

One thing I do remember was that after the party about 8/9pm when we were seeing the kids onto the coaches to take them back to the orphanage one little girl (about six years old) came up to me crying because she had no presents to take back. On looking around I noticed a small red haired boy (Mick Hucknell? I doubt it) with about four boxes of presents so I said to him, can you give this girl one or two?

He replied. NO!! If I can't have them then nobody else will, to which he chucked them all into the Manchester Ship Canal.

Them kids must be about 45 years old by now.

[drewpy]

just to confirm "A class" is a sub?

I'll go into Salford Library on Monday, can you remember which dock it was in Salford

update;

is this them?

H.M.S. Submarines "Opossum", "Porpoise", "Otus" & "Auriga" at Manchester Docks b10101/5/15/16-19 October, 1971

Greater Manchester County Record Office

I have emailed them for access

update 2;

who is Bill Cannell b10101/5/15/20-22 October, 1971, same date

[drewpy]

some pictures of subs near where I live circa 1975

prob the ones I went on

http://www.transportarchive.org.uk/table.php?searchitem=%25submarines%25&mtv=T1&pnum=1

[mike1949]

just to confirm "A class" is a sub?

update;

is this them?

H.M.S. Submarines "Opossum", "Porpoise", "Otus" & "Auriga" at Manchester Docks b10101/5/15/16-19 October, 1971

Greater Manchester County Record Office

who is Bill Cannell b10101/5/15/20-22 October, 1971, same date

Your a star Drewpy, that's the ones.

The Auriga was the "A class" boat with us. Their called "A class" because all the boats in squadron all begin with A

As for Bill Cannell I haven't a clue who he is.

[drewpy]

[mike1949]

Cheers Drewpy, "That's my old boat"

Believe it or not that photo was taken the same time as my first post pic.

If you notice it has got some probes sticking out of the conning tower and down the side of the boat, if you look at my photo you can see them closer up. What they are for is when we got to a certain position in that loch (for obvious I can't reveal which one) in Scotland we were tied to three buoys and sunk to a specific depth, then from a torpedo tube situated off shore they fired fish (torpedos) at us. The aim was not to hit us but to get the fish under us and the probes registered the accuracy of them.

By the way submariners never call submarines subs, they are always referred to as boats and torpedos as fish. In WW2 they were were called tin fish but now are only called fish.

To show my appreciation of what you are doing would you like a submariners cap tally in gold braid? (see photos) If you do, and I hope you do, PM me with your address and I will post it to you.

And yes, that is me.