Page 17 More Missing Persons Jimmy Wilson from the Isle of Mann and Taff are looking for Peter Cahill and his mate Bob who were shipmates in the Empress of Canada. Bob was down below then a messman and later a winger in the Canada. These guys also sailed together in the Isle of Mann boats. Info to the editor please.
Lost World The second most famous sailor’s bar in the world must be the Market Diner in New York. * This being so it is surprising how much difficulty we are having in getting a photograph of it from the outside. We have got plenty of pictures of very respectable looking young men having a quiet drink inside the premises but the best we have got of the outside (allegedly) is this photo supplied courtesy of an internet search. It looks as if the premises have been closed a long time, all identification gone. There must be someone out there who has got a picture circa 1950-1970.
Market Diner? We’re not sure. *The most famous was the Scandinavian Bar in Valparaiso and this was true as early as sailing ship times. Valparaiso was regarded as the best run ashore by seamen of all nations. It was spoken of so reverently in the foc’s’le or the poop that even those who had not been there accepted it was the genuine “Fiddlers Green”* In the golden years of the 1950’s and 60’s the sailor’s area was very small. There were very few bars, maybe six or so, but enter, and you were in orbit. Jugs of Joy in Bar Roland, the Mickey Mouse the Cunningham sisters, Pilar and Sonia holding court in the Scandi bar. It was that good some people think it never happened and all without Whacky Baccy. Coming soon “Best Bars.” *The sailor’s heaven as opposed to Davy Jones Locker which was sailors Hell.