John Marshall
John belongs to: Souter Lighthouse
John was born in South Shields. He is the fifth generation of Tyne pilots in his family.
John was interviewed by Carl Greenwood on 12 April 2006. The interview took place at Discovery Museum and lasted 28 minutes and 26 seconds.
Pilot apprenticeship
"Yes, well, my apprenticeship was for four years"
Yes, well, my apprenticeship was for four years. I left school and I had to have so many O levels to get into the apprenticeship, then the, most of the time we were operating the pilot launches, we crewed the pilot launches which took the pilots out to sea and to board the ships, and we had two days a week when we would go to South Shields Marine and Technical College, and we, we trained up to what was then, what, second mate’s standard, and also we used to go onboard with pilots to understudy them so that at the end of the four years we’d had a good grounding in not just the river work but also in being, in the work of ships and the work of an officer on a ship.
John has 24 memories in the memorynet:
John's memories with a Roles and Routines theme:
Routines and changes- Role of the pilot
- Boarding the ship
- Relationship between pilots and masters
The pilot ladder- Boarding a ship by helicopter
- The pilot ladder
John's other memories:
- Growing up in a family of pilots
- Pilot apprenticeship
- Sea time
- The pilot cutter
- Climbing the pilot ladder
- The pilot uniform
- The Bonga
- The future for piloting on the Tyne
- The Tertia
- Pilots and cobles
- Car carriers
- Master's Certificate
- Pilot's certificates
- The Bonga
- John's father
- Pilot's Handbook
- Pilot's notebook
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