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Sandy Kinghorn
Sandy belongs to: Cullercoats RNLI & The Coble and Keelboat Society
Sandy was born in North Shields. At the age of 16 he began his maritime training and went to sea at 18. He is Lifeboat Visits Officer for Cullercoats RNLI and a member of the Coble and Keelboat Society.
Sandy was interviewed by Carl Greenwood on 9 December 2005. The interview took place at Discovery Museum People's Gallery and lasted 46 minutes and 7 seconds.
Chooky the Rooster
Chooky the Rooster
Chooky the Rooster on the bow of the ship. It was given to Sandy as a good luck charm during the Chinese year of the rooster.
Sandy has 19 memories in the memorynet:
Training school for the merchant navy- Adjusting to life at sea
- Progress through the merchant navy
- A day at sea
- Taking the family to sea
- Ships in bottles
- Smells
- Chooky the rooster
- The RNLI and the Coble and Keelboat Society
- The Doxford Song
Continuous Certificate of Discharge- Notebooks and diaries of flights and voyages
- Master's certificate
- The Panama Canal
- Loading cargo in Ghana
- Taking the family on ship
- Teaching knotting skills
- Chooky the Rooster
- The Golden Bear
This memory has these themes:
Traditions | Travel | Work
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