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May 2007	Various Company Documents. (Click on a scan to enlarge)       MN Establishment letter 1970    LOF Pension Fund Cert 1962    LOF Letterhead May 1962
April 2007	Radio Officers Last Stop
April 2007	London Splendour 66 Arrest Warrant Newfoundland
April 2007	Marconi Valve Advert
February 2007	Radio Room Clocks (Click on a scan to enlarge)
February 2007	The Kings Reach (Counties Ship named after this area) (Click to enlarge)
February 2007	Dennis Grimsby Rich Cadet (Click to enlarge)
January 2007	Various. (Click on a scan to enlarge)
December 2006	LOF B&B South Africa 2006
November 2006	Crossing The Line 1957 - John Hartley
October 2006	London Earl Tankards
October 2006	Marconi Images
September 2006	Rev Bob Evans Rev Bob Evans
September 2006	Queens Award Queens Award 1975
September 2006	A short deliverance from Alan Shard (Canada). Seen on a wall in Alexandria 1942. RAVISHED He grabbed me by my slender neck I could not shout or scream He took me to his dingy room Where we could not be seen He tore from me my flimsy wrap And gazed upon my form I was so small, so cold, so damp He was so big and warm He pressed his fevered lips to mine I could not make him stop He took from me my very soul He drank my every drop He made me what I am today Thats why you find me here An empty bottle thrown away That once was filled with beer! Anonymous
September 2006	Favourite Drinks. (Click on a scan to enlarge) Four Bells 1970 Four Bells 1975 Four Bells 2006 Four Bells x 3 Cruzan 1980
June 2006	Various Company Documents. (Click on a scan to enlarge)       LOF Profit-Loss Sheet    LOF Subsidiary Co 01    LOF Subsidiary Co. 02
May 2006	The Hotel George & Merchant Navy Hotel London. The LOF Personnel Department would use the Hotel George located at Templeton Place Earls Court London, during the 70's and 80's for officers who needed to spend overnight in London prior to catching flights out of Heathrow or Gatwick. During this era, there were not as many regional airports or connecting flights. If the Personnel Department needed to gather a group of officers to travel together, they would organise that they would meet up at the Hotel George and would then all catch the same flight out of the UK, to be collected at the arrival end by the Ships Agent, this was supposed to keep everyone together and presumably the Company could block book the flight tickets! On occasions when an individual was joining a ship and there were no suitable connections, he would have to travel by Train (remember rail warrants!) to London and stay overnight at the Hotel George, sometimes calling in at the Balfour Place Office to collect ships mail. The hotel is now called the K + K Hotel George - London and has 'expanded' to 1 - 15 Templeton Place London SW5 9NB and is given a 4 Star rating!. The hotel information is comprehensive if an internet search is done for K + K Hotel George. At other times the Personnel Department would use the Merchant Navy Hotel located at Lancaster Gate, this was sold in 2002 by the charitable owners for a sum of £5 Million UKP, the M.N. Hotel has been developed into luxury flats. The Trustees of the Merchant Navy Welfare Board said that the proceeds would bolster the coffers of its hardship fund. The property developers are Hong Kong based. The complex along Lancaster Gate takes in the Football Association's nearby headquarters and a hotel run by the Transport & General Workers Union. (Researched by Roy Gerstner April 2006).
December 2005	John Bond. I was interested in your news of Bill Jaeger, I was 3rd mate on the London Loyalty in 1956 and Bill was Mate and the Skipper was Capt William Williamson, the interesting thing was that all three of us came from Worthing.
November 2005	LOF Restaurant Review (Amsterdam)