Post by Administrator on Feb 23, 2014 15:03:36 GMT
Alf Thomas:
It is with deep regret that I have to inform you of the passing of an MN man. a friend and shipmate to many.
Alf was at sea between 1948 and 1958 and served as a Deck Officer in Ramillies, Ravenshoe, African Prince, Ocean Monarch, Queen of Bermuda and others. He joined the Merchant Navy Association (Wales) in March 1999 and until recently held the post of Membership Secretary.
Will let you have further information when it becomes available.
I did not realise how soon, I would add these words.
This time for Alf.
The old sailor
A sailor lay dying in an old sailors home
no family around him as they had long gone
and he cast his mind back to the days he had seen
and tried to remember the places he'd been
From the cold northern seas
to the South Seas so warm
and the sea there like glass
and the beauty of dawn
He remembered the tramp ships that went for so long
and the islands so green and filled with birdsong
of shipmates some good
and shipmates some bad
and all of the wonderful times that he’d had
Of loves that were gone and promises made
to be lost like a breeze in a southerly trade
he heard a voice whisper
I think that he’s gone
but he knew in his mind that his memories live on
For the pull of the sea will never let go
and the old sailor sighed and just went with the flow
By Cappy
It is with deep regret that I have to inform you of the passing of an MN man. a friend and shipmate to many.
Alf was at sea between 1948 and 1958 and served as a Deck Officer in Ramillies, Ravenshoe, African Prince, Ocean Monarch, Queen of Bermuda and others. He joined the Merchant Navy Association (Wales) in March 1999 and until recently held the post of Membership Secretary.
Will let you have further information when it becomes available.
I did not realise how soon, I would add these words.
This time for Alf.
The old sailor
A sailor lay dying in an old sailors home
no family around him as they had long gone
and he cast his mind back to the days he had seen
and tried to remember the places he'd been
From the cold northern seas
to the South Seas so warm
and the sea there like glass
and the beauty of dawn
He remembered the tramp ships that went for so long
and the islands so green and filled with birdsong
of shipmates some good
and shipmates some bad
and all of the wonderful times that he’d had
Of loves that were gone and promises made
to be lost like a breeze in a southerly trade
he heard a voice whisper
I think that he’s gone
but he knew in his mind that his memories live on
For the pull of the sea will never let go
and the old sailor sighed and just went with the flow
By Cappy