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Girl Elma BH 106


Girl Elma  BH 106

Heading out from Blyth.



    remember her well ally, used to tow past her in the cement pich, she was from blyth but used to run into shields regular for fuel.
    this photo is taken from shields fish market velva liquids tanks are behind at south shields.

    she was in tyne dock getting her shelter fitted in 87 when i went to the falklands on the floating scrapyard
    she was formerly girl elma of buckie skipper jimmy strachan was on her at the seine net and her first trip at the prawns  no trawl winch then we used the seine net ropes shooting through the stem
    She got choped up at parkol whitby in the 90's
    looks like bobby handyside standing alongside the wheelhouse