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 Work theme:
Growing up in a family of pilots- Pilot apprenticeship
- Sea time
- Routines and changes
- Role of the pilot
- The pilot cutter
- Boarding the ship
- The pilot uniform
- Relationship between pilots and masters
- The Bonga
- The future for piloting on the Tyne
The Tertia- The pilot ladder
- Pilots and cobles
- Car carriers
- Boarding a ship by helicopter
- Pilot's certificates
- The Bonga
- The pilot ladder
- John's father
- Pilot's Handbook
- Pilot's notebook
John's other memories:
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