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Vince Hawthorn Posts: 12758 Joined: 19th Apr 2010 Location: UK | Posted at 22:32 on 29th October 2013 Well Well, one of you has the correct answer------------------------------------------------------------ and the winner is
John !! In the 70's I was on a survey job at Gatwick Airport mainly on the taxi ways and the runway and also some local areas to tie in with the Ordnance Survey grid system, also involved setting out a few centre line marks for a second runway but that was a waste of time as there are cargo sheds where it was to go. As a base we had an office in the Beehive for a while and as John said it was the first terminal at Gatwick and was a ground breaking design in it's time. |
rustyruth Posts: 18773 Joined: 23rd Oct 2012 Location: England | Posted at 00:32 on 30th October 2013 I've heard of this, it is Dr Who ?
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| rustyruth Posts: 18773 Joined: 23rd Oct 2012 Location: England | Posted at 15:38 on 30th October 2013 I remember being hooked on Doctor Who when I was little, those old B&W ones were the best. I've never really got on with the new ones. I'll have think and be back later |
| rustyruth Posts: 18773 Joined: 23rd Oct 2012 Location: England | Posted at 17:43 on 30th October 2013 I am 705 feet 7 inches long, I have a beam of 104 feet 6 inches, and a draught of 19 feet 10 inches, I am from Italy. Who am I ? |
| rustyruth Posts: 18773 Joined: 23rd Oct 2012 Location: England | Posted at 18:38 on 30th October 2013 No John, this one is very much afloat  |
Dave John Posts: 22335 Joined: 27th Feb 2011 Location: England | Posted at 19:35 on 30th October 2013 You are looking Pride of Hull // Pride of Rotterdam the two that do the Hull Europoort service John |
| rustyruth Posts: 18773 Joined: 23rd Oct 2012 Location: England | Posted at 19:47 on 30th October 2013 But which one are you going for I've been on both twice, one is much nicer than the other but I can't remember which one it was The entertainment is dire on them both ! Edited by: rustyruth at:30th October 2013 19:48 |
| Dave John Posts: 22335 Joined: 27th Feb 2011 Location: England | Posted at 19:57 on 30th October 2013 Pride of Rotterdam used to be the better apparently, it was Dutch crewed, othwerwise they are pretty much identical, been on both for business loads of times but sailed on one the once...can't remeber which |
| rustyruth Posts: 18773 Joined: 23rd Oct 2012 Location: England | Posted at 20:39 on 30th October 2013 Yes, The Pride of Rotterdam is the Dutch owned one. I'm sure the Pride of Hull is just a bit smaller, I'll have to have a look. |
| Dave John Posts: 22335 Joined: 27th Feb 2011 Location: England | Posted at 20:44 on 30th October 2013 maybe is, I always thought they were sister ships, but when you got to see them so often they looked you stopped taking interest |
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