Crushers, member of the Regulating Branch and I assume grinders are those with a penchant for hard work..

Nick,
Re "down which an inebriated Jack was hurled into the welcoming arms of the crushers... "
Which leads to the question-
"What's the difference between a grinder and a crusher?"😮🙈

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Lets not talk about Diamond Lil's 😉

The RN School of Dancing in Guz was the Avondale immediately opposite the St Levens gate - now sadly closed but still there looking just as it did many years ago

Pat, Re-
"School of Dancing in Guz or Pompy ? "
Neither. It was in Southsea near Portsmouth AKA Pompey😉

Guz or Guzz is the nickname for HMNB Plymouth / Devonport.
Originally HM Dockyard, Plymouth, then HM Dockyard, Devonport. Or 'The Yard', which led to the nickname derived from from the Hindi word for a yard (36 inches), "guz", (also spelled "guzz", at the time) which entered the Oxford English Dictionary and Royal Navy usage in the late 19th century, as sailors used to regularly abbreviate "The Dockyard" to simply "The Yard", leading to the slang use of the Hindi word for the unit of measurement of the same name.

"Oggy Oggy Oggy"😁

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Doug, you truly are a font of naval trivia! There was also an SOD in Torpoint, more commonly known as HMS Raleigh. There was also one in Guz called The Paramount, accessed by a long flight of stairs, down which an inebeiated Jack was hurled into the welcoming arms of the crushers...

"Jenny's Side Party was a group of women in Hong Kong, led by Jenny (Mrs. Ng Muk Kah), who provided various services to ships of the British, Commonwealth, and American navies visiting the port. They were known for their ship husbandry work, including cleaning, painting, and general maintenance, as well as providing other services (🙈🙉🙊) like laundry and mending. Jenny's Side Party was a well-known and beloved fixture in Hong Kong for decades, with many sailors remembering them fondly.
Here's a more detailed look at Jenny's Side Party:

Services:
The women of Jenny's Side Party would board ships upon arrival in Hong Kong and offer their services to the crew. This included chipping rust, repainting the ships, cleaning, laundry, and mending.

Popularity:
They were highly sought after, with ships often requesting their services. Jenny's Side Party was particularly known for their thoroughness and attention to detail. "

2. The term "Royal Navy School of Dancing" refers to a former nightclub in Portsmouth called Joanna's, which was popular with Royal Navy personnel. It was also known for dance lessons, particularly for naval officers, offered by instructors like Wilhelmine Ganz in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.Go for a night out at Joanna's. It was the best-known nightclub in Southsea and was dubbed the 'Royal Naval School of Dancing'.

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School of Dancing in Guz or Pompy ?

Here's another.
1, What is Jenny's side party?
2 Where is the Royal Navy School of Dancing?

It could also be mooted that there is also an unction to be applied after a particularly boisterous night out on The Gut in Malta Danger St in Gib and Wan Chi in HK is also called Crabfat...

Because their uniforms are the same colour as the grease RN used on gun breeches -
called 'crabfat'😁
(Dad was in the RAF for 38 years; from Airman to Flight Lieutenant.😉)

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A two parter...
1, Why do RN personell call RAF personell "crabs"?
2, What is Crabfat?

I meant the Soren Larsen, I went aboard every one of them that allowed visitors. Got the full tour of the Mir, was there with cadets so was in full regalia. The Russians were paticularly keen to show off their sewage processing plant. You could smell it long before you got there!

Tall Ships came to the Mersey in 1984 - Charlotte Rhodes had been burnt to get keel by then

The Onedin Line! Charlotte Rhodes! And Soren Larsen, went aboard when the Tall Ships came to The Mersey, late 80s early 90s...

Well done Alessandro one the two vessels is Soren Larsen and one in Charlotte Rhodes. Both found fame as stars of a BBC soap opera in the 70's called the Onedin Line.

All episode are available on the tube if you wish to view them.

Hi Pat.

Soren Larsen?

Soren Larsen is a 42.31 m / 138′10″ luxury sailing yacht. She was built by Larsen S in 1949. With a beam of 7.68 m The sailing yacht can accommodate 22 guests in cabins and an exterior design by Soren Larsen & Sonners Skibsvaerft.

Charlotte Rhodes?

Three-masted topsail schooner 'SS Charlotte Rhodes' on the River Dart, August 1972. The vessel was used in the famous 1970's BBC TV series 'Onedin Line', which I was a great fan of. Unfortunately, the ship caught fire (suspected arson) and was destroyed in Amsterdam in 1979. Scanned print taken with a Kowa SET.


I didn't remember seeing them in my books or in person. The Internet has solved it for all of us once again.


https://www.vesselfinder.com/it/?mmsi=518378000
https://yachtharbour.com/yacht/soren-larsen-4634
https://www.flickr.com/photos/camperdown/34955401482
https://www.naviearmatori.net/eng/foto-269579-4.html

None of you steely eyed ship spotters going to have a stab at this ?