H.M.C.S. RESTIGOUCHE was my final Sea Posting. I spent 3 years aboard as Chief Bosn's Mate and am proud to say that we took 'Best Ship Award' three times.

The downside of course, was that we spent weeks at sea, adding up to about 9 months of the year.

My 'Sprogs' were growing, and were old enough to come aboard for a meal on the odd Sunday. I remember one day, I left them on their own in the C & PO's Cafeteria. Later, the Chief ERA told me that they were the most polite kids he had ever seen visit a ship.

What he didn't know, was that they had found out that saying 'please' and 'thank you' a lot, and calling the Messman 'Sir' paid off in an abundance of cake and ice cream.

I left 'Rustyguts' in Sept. 1964, and was drafted to Windsor On. where I relieved my friend Bing Topping in the Recruiting Office. I was there until retirement in 1966.