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| The Red Ensign ("Red
Duster") flying at the doorway to the Old Hall,
Ingham |
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Captain John Sail, the National Chairman of the
Merchant Navy Association, unveils the commemorative
PWSTS plaque at the
Old Hall. There is a similar plaque on the
lighthouse at the Prince of Wales pier, Dover |
Andy Gale, John Sail, and Revd
Potterton beside the newly- unveiled plaque |
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"Dedicated to all the boys and staff of the Prince
of Wales Sea Training School at Ingham. The
knowledge and commitment of the staff of the British
Sailors' Society gave the boys skills to become men
of the sea. The sea made them men. From the four
corners of the world they came and to the four
corners of the world they have returned." |
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| After the unveiling everyone went back to the Village Hall. |
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| The lovely ladies of Ingham provided
elevensies before the dedication, and a super lunch
afterwards. |
Andy cut a commemorative cake |
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| ... and there was
more time to chat ... |
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Jenny Gale is ex-RN. Her father,
William Porte, after 22 years in the Navy, became an
instructor at PWSTS, Ingham. He went with the school
to Dover, where Jenny was born and grew up. |
Ted Hartwell came to Ingham in
the severe winter of 1947. A taxi brought him
from the station between 12 foot high banks of snow. |
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Charles Colenutt was at the PWSTS in 1945. He
later moved to Toronto. Although he has been retired
14 years he still captains a charter boat. |
Ted Dean, in his 1965 Zephyr Mark
III. He was at the school in 1944. |
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Old Boys of the PWSTS, with Ingham church, where the
WWII plaque now hands, in the background. |
