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Swiftwing


Swiftwing


    Remember her seining out of FR with Frank (Icey) Alexander as skipper.. very fine man. He replaced this one with Press Forward BF29 from Macduff 1969. Later skippered by his son, also Frank, who made a great mistake decommissioning her..... WHY? Cos he's my next door neighbour, and my haddock and lemon supply dried up overnight!!!!!!! Toff of a guy.
    Aye we were all spoilt years ago gettin a "fry",took it al for granted.  O0
    Aye, Benloyal. There's "fresh" fish ... and there's the "last haul" fish. You can taste ocean freshness from the latter every time. Difficult to describe. Sometimes think o' the denners we had at the greatlines. Fried seacat, skate, tusk, boiled cod, tatties and mustard sauce. Always a sma' halibut, "panner", on Sunday night for supper. O0
    Now, aabody kens why I'm the size I am!!!!