Harry Chamberlain
Harry belongs to: The Coble and Keelboat Society
Harry grew up on the Lawe Top in South Shields. He served an apprenticeship on the tugboats and worked on the Titan Crane. Harry is a member of the Coble and Keelboat Society.
Harry was interviewed by Carl Greenwood on 31 January 2006. The interview took place at South Shields Museum and lasted 1 hour, 20 minutes and 15 seconds.
The Titan Crane
Photograph of the Titan Crane. Harry is standing on the right.
Visitor Comments
Tynesider
I served my apprenticeship at "Smiths Dock's" North Shields as a fitter/turner and had often seen the tug "Tynesider" traveling up & down the river. My wife Ann & I emigrated to Canada in 1977 & started sailing as a hobby. Our present yacht is a Corbin 39ft & has a registered name of "Tynesider" of which we are very proud. We have cruised the Great Lakes from our base in Ontario, Canada and have travelled down the eastern coast of the USA to Florida & crossed over to the Bahamas. This web site brings lots of good memories, thank you
By Brian Burdon On 18 June 2007
Harry has 24 memories in the memorynet:
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Harry's other memories:
Joining the tug boats- The role of the tug boats
- Cabin boy's routine
- The galley
- Progress through the tug boats
- Value of the tug boat apprenticeship
- Routines on the tug boats
- Leaving the tug boats and moving to the Titan Crane
- Working on the Titan Crane
- Coble smells – black varnish
Foy boatmen- Sculling a foy boat
- The Tynesider
- The Joffre
- The crew of the Tynesider
- The Titan crane
- The Titan crane at work
- Loading coal
- The crew of the Titan crane
- The Titan Crane
- The Mary Young
- The Royal Diadem II
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Work
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