tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7519465776345113059.post1881482183074747655..comments2023-06-01T09:04:51.156+01:00Comments on In the shade of my family tree: A Perfect CVFihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01321354657419642710noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7519465776345113059.post-88717469022632294042012-07-11T11:41:04.323+01:002012-07-11T11:41:04.323+01:00That's really interesting, Tony. I have very f...That's really interesting, Tony. I have very few family members left so I can sympathise. Good luck with the book.Fihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01321354657419642710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7519465776345113059.post-51562760834371260742012-07-11T11:27:14.222+01:002012-07-11T11:27:14.222+01:00No CV from my Grandfather, just some ships papers ...No CV from my Grandfather, just some ships papers from the early 1900's that show his voyages as an apprentice seaman and then a navigator in the RNR (Royal Naval Reserve) in the Forst World War.<br /><br />The most interesting described his first voyage in 1903, out to Australia in a 4-masted sailing ship which ended up on a reef in the Pacific. <br /><br />I managed to find some articles in the press about the ship (very hard to find what little there is), and it had a really eventful history, which I am now researching to write a book.<br /><br />Sadly my grandfather died in 1953, the year before I was born, so I never knew him. He also had a stroke in the 1940's which took away his speech, so my only surviving uncle didn't really even get to know him, and I can't expand on the story too much other than through digitised newspaper articles.<br /><br />It's such a shame what got thrown away years ago, and now would make a real treasure trove.Tony Paynehttp://www.delovesto.comnoreply@blogger.com