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Chatham Dockyard Video 1977

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Stewie:
An interesting film, Surprised that they were allowed to film in the Dockyard.

jimawilliams:
At the very beginiing of the video (1 sec) land is seen being developed where the Medway Industrial Estate now exists.  John Howard (civil engineer) was a major construction company that had many projects in SE England in the late 1970's.   Howard Plant, a subsidiary company, had its site on this land and can be seen immediately above the bare earth portion of land.  I worked here as an automotive electrician at this time and spent much of my time travelling around SE England to repair equipment used on the major construction sites.  The Thames Barrier, Romney Marshes drag lines, motorway construction, skyscraper cranes,  were all fascinating environments for a 21 year old to be experiencing.  I can also clearly recall savouring lunch one sunny day, sitting on a tug moored at Howard Plant opposite the dockyard.  I missed out on the channel tunnel construction, as by that time we had emigrated to Australia.  Looking back, it was both working here and serving a wonderful apprenticeship at Swift Auto Electrics (Dongola Road Strood) that gave me the knowledge, skills and most important attitude to a varied successful working life. 

So thank you Keith for posting.

Lyn L:
In that video there's a brief shot of F117 HMS Ashanti. The ship my hubby was on when I met him in 1962.
 I have a photo of the ship with his cap band on it. There's also HMS Leopard F14, seems it was broken up that year too. ( I got a book with most ships in )
Thanks for posting Keith.

shoot999:
Spent some of the best years of my life in the late 60s/early 70s on the tugs. Two of my best mates were on the Brenda at 1m 40s.  My tug at the time was the Grapeshot.

KeithG:

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