Mal Boocock
After leaving PWSTS I shipped out on the MV Essex as deck boy arrived in NZ a few months later where I stayed ashore for 6 months. I thought the PWSTS was a great experience, it's a shame it closed down I have have many fond memories of the place. I resumed my seagoing career, staying at sea for 13 years shipped out with Blue Star then spent 7 years with Scottish Ship Management which was a great company tramped all over the world and even went to KiwiLand several times. Missed out on joining the Derbyshire-lucky me I did one trip with Bibby's before SSM ,it was crewed with all us guys who had committees. I loved being at sea and had a great time I loved those foreign lands, still have the travel bugand like to visit Asian countries-Thailand and Bali my favourite.
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