Labour was still required for cleaning ship in our second year but I had promotion. Hot water for the showers at the top of the hall was supplied by a coal fired boiler in an adjacent room. I with Deitz and Tiny Coleman(the two Rhodesians) was assigned to maintain the boiler room and cart coal from the galley bunkers. We took great pride in the boiler room appearance and received a special issue of Bluebell to shine up its brass taps and copper pipes. We are seen here with our wheelbarrow (Deitz on the left and Coleman in the middle). Tiny Coleman came back from Rhodesia with an HMV wind up gramaphone and records including Ivor Novello's "We'll Gather Lilacas"; Sadly he was lost at sea in his first year after leaving the Bothie.
