• Did you attend Pre-Sea (Cadet) training at this Aberdeen College in 1958 1959 and/or 1960 or up for Second Mates ticket around 1962/63 or Mates Ticket around 1964/65?
  If "YES" do get in touch with me.   Harry Scally and Les Roger did so and expressed a real desire to get together with former students.

I am already in contact with the following:-

• Ian Barclay is now based in Germany and attached to "Egon Oldendorff"
  
• Jim Buckett was Master on an Offshore Supply vessel and now involved in Inspection work
• Peter M Cooney who was a Captain and a Director of V.Ships
• Ken Kinloch has been running a shipping Company in New Zealand for some years
• Murdo MacLeod has been Harbour Master at Inverness for many years
• Eric Milne is now retired and living in Inverness; has had major health problem. Related to Murdo MacLeod through marriage!
• Robbie Middleton has been heavily involved in things Maritime (see his web pages)
• Les Rodger (and myself, Barry) took early retirement from different businesses and are now wondering how we ever found time to work!
• Harry Scally has been a pilot at Anchorage in Alaska for many years and was over here on a holiday. He would be happy to come back at any time for a reunion.
• Dennis Thompson was obliged to take early retirement for health reasonsand lives in Banchory

Where are they now?

• Ivor Anderson, Ian Barclay, Neil Collier, Neil Duncan, Jim Edgar, Graham Grant, Bob Pert, Gordon Pirie, Roddy Roberts and Ian White

The list is not exhaustive, so if your name is missing do forgive us as our memories are not what they used to be!
If you know any of these former "Officers and Gentlemen"   do please draw their attention to this page or send me an email with details of how to contact them. Thanks.

I have been asked by David Henderson to try and find Ian McLean who was ex Aberdeen Grammar School prior to attending "Nav School" circa 1957/58 in connection with a 50th Reunion of Grammar School pupils in October 2009.   Please pass any info to myself. Thanks! Barry Erskine

Andre Kponou

"I attended the school for pre-sea from January 1967 to, I think, June of 1967.   Coming all the way from Africa, what an experience seeing snow for the first time in Aberdeen!
It seems the school might have closed but perhaps you will be able to put me in touch with someone who went to the school at the same time.   There was a navigation teacher, Mr Mckenzie, I am sure that was his name.   He came from Australia and what a nice gentleman he was!
My name is Andre Kponou and, as I said, I was there from January to June of 1967 and had a wonderful time in Aberdeen.   Just for the hell of it, is the Beach Ballroom still in existence?   That was one of our hangouts, and Davy Jones Locker or the Blue Moorings (probably Blue Lamp, Barry) ... as I write these names seem to come to mind.
I very much hope to hear from you sometime. Thanks, Andre"

OBITUARY

Insh, Colin - Sadly, Colin passed away on 7th January 2008 in ARI after quite a short illness.   He had very aggressive form of lung cancer.   Colin had been working at his "retirement job" as 2nd Mate on the Stena ferry to Belfast for a few years.   Noreen and he had recently moved to Hopeman.

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