Have you ever had a drink in Bettys Bar or an ale in Charlie Browns?

and what about old Doris's place in Steamy Kingston Town.

Delmonico's in Capetown sold Brandy snapps galore to Union Castle

sailors who liked a run ashore. Montys down in Sydney was a seaman's

Shangri-La and Ma Gleesons place in Auckland the best sly grogging'bar

The Dog House bar in Panama was famous round the world for ice cold

Cuba Libres and sweetly scented girls. In Danny's Bar in Antwerb be

carefull where you grope for things might not be what they seem, it

might just be a bloke. The Masons and the Steps were known to the

boys from kay gee five and the Bootle Arms in Liverpool could really

come alive, There's a Lone Star bar in every port down South American

way. Ane the Texas Bar in Santos is where sailors went to play. Joe

Beef's bar in Montrea and the Jungle up in Leith were places where

you"d watch your lip if you needed all your teeth. There's lots of

ports I've never seen in my wandering sailor's life but if you're w

working on a tanker or some rusty,run-down tramp you'll always

find a watering hole where seamen seamen swing the lamp.

This was written by a seaman called David Partridge. Mauri