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Gender: Male
Birthday: 07/07/1932
Hometown: Tawa Wellington New Zealand
About me: Joined Babcock&Wilcox.Bromborough Power Station 8/11/48 - 6/5/51.
Renfrew Works 7/5/51 - 24/7/53
Probably the best time I ever had living in Paisley.Living at Brediland House.Joined the NZSCo ship M.V. Hauraki for a 3 month trip and home,it lasted 7 months.
Had sent 3 Air Mails in those days,never heard,so my dream was shattered.Did one more trip on the Hauraki.Then transferred to NZSCo Passenger ship R.M.S Rangitane.For a couple of years.Then did my tickets.Sailed from Hoogezand Holland late March 1956.Had joined Dec 1955 ready for fitting out,but the winter closed in and the Rhine,Canals and the whole of Europe was one big block of Ice.The ship was a coaster for Holm & Co Wellington built by Bodewes at Hoogezand.Took 63 days to get to NZ.Was offered C/E job on arrival,but due to wedding being canceleed 3 times due to lateness of Departure.Was inforrrmed by one who shall be obeyed. If I stayed at sea it would be permament cancellation.What a wise decision as just on 2 years later she foundered off Timaru NZ takin all the crew to Davy Jones Locker.Stayed ashore,Engineer at Cables Ships Engineering Co.Then join American Co.Rheem at Tawa as Maintenance Engineer.Manufacturing,Steel Drums,Pails, Water Heaters,then into plastic tubes for cosmetic Industry.After 16 months was invited to go on the Production side.Plant Super,Plant Manager,Site Manger.Then Involved in two new Plants Christchurch and Auckland.!989.Retired and decided to do consultancy work.Started with W.R.Grace NZ a huge American Private Co at that stage manufacturing packaging for foodstuffs,vacumm sealed ets.And was there for just on 9 years.The names changed from W.R.Grace quite a few times,Cryovac,Sealed Air.Retired 1998.Had played Soccer for a top club in Wellington was in the New Zeasland squad for a couple of Years.Played till I was 42 then took up refeering and became a New Zealnd Referee.Rita my wife maiden name was Greer originally MacGregor,but had to change their name a few hundred years ago.Her lineage goes back to 876 King Alpin and Pope Gregory the IV.Have all the papers Two of her cousins used to do it all travelling to Scotland from about 1950 to 1967 every year for two montha each time.No computers in those days as such.We Have 3 Married Daughters,9 G/Children and 2 G/G/Children Littlies.Living in a life Style Village 50 years old and over.Rita plays Bowls indoor and outdoor,Table Tennis,Probus,U3A,I have been on the injured list for 4 months.Had to have a left knee completely replace was home after 4 days but on the 6th it had got infected so was in Hospital for a few weeks.But am just about to join the fray again.Have travelled overseas extensively with Rheem and W.R.Grace.Rita is a 4thh generation New Zealander.Her G/G/G/G fatherleft UK and of all places from Liverpool 1850.Her Father was a Wireless Operator/Air Gunner and was killed at Turnbery in an Hampden Torepdo Bomber crash into Murchon Hill in bad weather 1943.He is buried at Dunure Cemetry.His brother was a Spitfire Pilot the last 2 years of the War,was demobbed in NZ.But after he married and 2 years after his Demob.He applied for his Commission back in the RAF and was accepted as a Test Pilot.He and his wife went to the UK and he died in an Air Collision out of Salisbury.Only 3 months after there arrival.He is buried at Old Sarun just out of Salisbury.We have done a couple of trips to the UK and just about every wher else except Asia.Sorry my ramblings have got a boit out of hand.Best Regards Ken Berry

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Mobile phone: N/A
Land phone: 0064 (04) 2326272
Address: 30,Redwood Village,
42,Main Road,
Tawa
City / Town: Wellington 5028
Country: New Zealand

Education

College / University: St,Margarets L'pool, Paisley Tech via London University
Graduation Year: 1953

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squiro, Sunday, 27 September 2009 19:41

great old pics Ken.. good to see ;-)

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