A single page in a Merchant Navy seaman's pass book. When things were a little different in the 1930s. These were the days when many sailors began their careers on wooden and steel square riggers. Six weeks on and two weeks off was a long way off - just check out the detail from his discharge book for most of the 1930s.
Joseph William Burnett was at home when his daughter was born. Was next at home when she was nearly two, and was next at home when she was nearly six years old. She met her father on that occasion only when her aunt had insisted that her mother took her out of school (in South Shields) and travel to Leith where the boat was undergoing repairs in the Albert Dock. How times have changed.