Admiral Graf Spee

[John F Collier]

There must be a container dock to replace the old docks, just another example of the disappearing world that we once knew, our
our memories are all getting to be history now, there is one building in BA that stays in my mind, if I remember rightly it was in the main
part of town it was painted pink and had a fountain with figurines around it, I think it was Plaza something?. I was on Houlder Bros
Hornby Grange at that time, when I joined the ship they were still talking about an Argy docker hho had been killed in a winch accident
the trip before, years later when I was working for BT a bloke transferred from London and they put him om on my group, as we got to
know each other it came out that we were both ex MN and then he said he was on the Hornby Grange and it had been his job to hose
down the winch after the accident, what a sight that must have been, as they say "Small World" cheers

[Captain Kong]

Hi John
The Building you are on about is the PINK PALACE, where Evita and Peron lived.
on the Plaza across the road every Thursday thousands of people assemble, surrounded by troops and police, SEE PHOTO, in protest of the Deschemisados, [ the shirtless ones,] 15,000 were killed and disappeared in mass graves by the Junta many years ago.
The container berths are outside the city on the banks of the Rio Del Plata.
In the Recolletta is the grave of Evita, there had been many attempts to dig her up in the past so she is now buried over Five metres down, covered in concrete in her brother in laws grave,
cheers
Brian

[vic mcclymont]

My only trip to B.A. was in 1972, we went the mission, got you know what and decided to walk back (a bright idea) to the ship. There was a long straight road with city on onside and the port on the other.
We approached this large building, when a soldier came from nowhere pointed hi gun at us, signalled for us to cross the road which we did, he followed us so far. Then another soldier from the opposite end of the building arrived and watched us from the opposite side of the road.
Next day the agent was taking us to a ranch, we asked what the building was he wouldn't discuss it with us. We told him of the situation of the previous night, he stared at us, and told us never to go near it again.
Ranch was brilliant, eat as much as you want, drink as much as you want.
Our Sparkie made a fool of himself (nothing unusual) he decided in his drunken stupor that he would show the locals how to mount a horse, he took a running jump shot over the horse and landed in a heap.
The Tuesday after we arrived the some group blew up the 14th storey of an hotel, we were advised from that point on not to go ashore.
Vic

[John F Collier]

Thanks Brian after all those years I finally know what it was, I didn't have a clue Peron lived there, I was there about 59 and at that time there
was armed guards at the doorways of all the banks etc, on board we had a cadet named Perry, one day he was down a hatch supervising the
stowage when another cadet shouted down to him "Perry lunch time" we were told after that the Argy dockers went mad and beat him up badly,
an ambulance was called and we never saw him again, it seems they thought the name Perry was a dig at Peron, with what Vic said and what I
saw, maybe we were walking on eggshells at times, cheers

[Frank Thorp]

Hello all.

I did a few trips to B.A. and Montevideo in the mid 60's. I am fairly sure that the top of the Graf Spey was still visible then.
As for the steaks in B.A. as mentioned elsewhere in this thread, the "Beefy Completo", (don't forget the fried egg on top) is still something I tell people of.
I have never tasted steak like it since.

I went back in 2016 to visit the Royston Grange grave and then on to B.A. where I was really looking forward to my steak, but by the time we arrived in B.A. quite a few of us were ill and I
was just not able to make it, so, it is back to my memories.

Regards.

Frank.