Don Grannell

[Don Grannell]

Good morning

Don Grannell from Western Australia.
I am trying to get in touch with an old shipmate of mine named Terry Cox he hails from the Tdibury (I think) area. We sailed on together for Weston Shipping in the late seventies/early eighties.
I would appreciate if anyone could help.

VMT

Don

[Doc Vernon]

Hello Don,
Welcome to one of the best MN Sites around mate!
Lots of good Lads and a few Lassise too,with a mine of info !
I am sorry i dont know of the T Cox you are looking for,but with a bit of time i am sure someone may come up with some good info!
There is a Cox registered here on site,but that would be asking too much haha!
Anyway i hope that you get some info on your old mate soon!
All the best
Enjoy!

[Geoff Anderson]

Hi DON .
Just another Welcome to you from the other side of the ditch, i hope you are lucky in your quest.
GEoff

[Hedley Williams]

Hello Don
Hedley Williams here, we were on the Alannah Weston together 30 years ago,I can't believe where the time has gone. I'm back in West Wales now, having lived all over the country and did a spell out in Western Australia' working out of Broome back in '81/82. Terry Cox was living in Cardiff when we were in Westons, he was married to a Cardiff girl, last time I saw him was outside the Shipping office in Mount Stuart square, that must have been about 1980 and I haven't heard of him since.
I remember meeting your family, when we were in Westons, I stayed in your house and we went to a birthday party or some kind of do, we had a good drink anyway.
Keep in touch and if I hear anything about Terry I'll let you know.

All regards Hedley

[Doc Vernon]

Now there you go Don,see this site does work!
Isnt it just amazing how a lot find old Friends here!
Great news for you i am sure!
Cheers

[Hedley Williams]

Hello again Don
I got it wrong as usual yesterday, it was a 2/mate called Ricky Cox I was thinking about, he was a Londoner lived in Cardiff, I was on the Sarah Weston with him if I remember rightly, old brain is a bit confused these days, it never was in good condition anyway. Apologies for the misinformation.
Regards Hedley

[R58484956]

Welcome Don to the MN site, enjoy what yousee and join in. Bon voyage.

[Don Grannell]

G'day Hedley

Hope you are well.
Don't worry about getting things mixed up I often do these days, it must be a thing about old sailors and age.
Anyway I was on both the Allanah Weston and the Sarah Weston. I was second Mate on the Allanah Weston, the Masters name was John and he drank a lot. I was Mate on the Sarah Weston for a short time relieving the then Mate who came from London somewhere.
I am now in Western Australia, been here since April 1982 and doing a job as a Master/Manager working with the RAN.
It's good to hear from you and I hope to hear from you again.

Stay safe

Regards

Don

[Don Grannell]

Thanks Vernon

It's good to speak to MN people again. Shore still don't and never did understand our mentality/thinking and sometimes it's hard to get through to them.

Regards

Don

[Jeff Sigurdsson]

Hi Don

We were old shipmates in Westons on the Jana Weston, if I remember right.
Remember when we ran aground in Glasson Dock?

I'm still with Lady Kathleen a good Bootle girl you might recall

Anyway I have just joined the site tonight and put in Weston Shipping and you came up

All the best

Siggy