A Tugman's Tale: Life Aboard Thames Steam Tugs in the 1960's - Couverture souple

Edwards, Anthony

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 2956327909 ISBN 13 : 9782956327905

Editeur : 9782956327905, 2018

Synopsis

(Please note that this book is extracted from part 1 of 'Paid to Live the Dream'

Anthony spent his days wishing for a different life. At fifteen he came up with the perfect way out. The hidden dangers that could be involved didn’t even enter his mind.

He was born in the riverside town of Gravesend, which was a base for the steam tugs which operated from London docks to the mouth of the river Thames. A flash of inspiration had prompted him to apply for a job. Chance would have it that there was a vacancy on the very day that he plucked up the courage to walk down the Terrace Pier and timidly enquire.

So, life at sea began on a Thames tug boat in the last days of steam. Like all new recruits he was assigned the duties of cook and chief bottle washer – and on board were 8 burly tugmen who weren’t used to culinary failures.

It was dangerous work with long hours and only rudimentary comforts. The story is told with candid honesty – from his feelings of inadequacy and fear, to the heart breaking story of an intense first love affair and its ensuing sadness.

This story has a universal appeal, whether or not you have ever stepped onto a heaving deck. It is the inspiring story of a young man rising above a difficult upbringing and putting behind him his dubious childhood friends.

In the next book, ‘Voyaging to the Sun’, he is gripped by the desire to sail. He set himself the new goal of combining yachting with his craving to travel. He ended up skippering Charter yachts in the Mediterranean, but nothing could have prepared him for the outlandish characters that he met and the astonishing events! Although some people might question whether scaling a cliff face in the dark or being battered by a ferocious storm in the Bay of Biscay could be considered the dream - at least he was doing what he wanted to do!

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: 9782956327905
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 2956327909
• ISBN 13: 9782956327905
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 131
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