Harry Nicholson (United Kingdom)

Harry Nicholson, born 1938, Hartlepool, Co Durham, UK
Studied at South Shields Marine College,
Sailed with Marconi, first two trips 1956 on the trooper HMT Dunera. Then James Nourse’s MV Hughli, Then the collier MV Corburn .

1957-61 radio officer with Thos and Jno Brocklebank SNCo.

Came ashore 1961 and went into various TV studios as vision engineer.
1990 early retired as Television Studio engineer with Yorkshire Television.

Current interests:
Creative writing, art enamelling, genealogy, poetry,
Married and living near Whitby, Yorks, UK.
Author of the novels, ‘Tom Fleck’, ‘The Black Caravel’, the anthologies ‘Green Linnet’ and ‘Wandering About”. In 2018 I published a memoir of my times at sea: “The Best of Days”.

For my books at Amazon, see:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Harry-Nicholson/e/B004M3VTYC/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1

From the back cover of ‘The Best of Days’:
Here is a memoir of journeys into deep waters on merchant ships. There are tranquil tropical harbours and violent storms far from shore. We are in the wireless room when ships are calling for help. The story begins with humble origins on the coast of County Durham at Hartlepool, surrounded by family still coming to terms with the Great War. The author’s father went to war on horseback, yet in this story we are on the brink of the modern world. The writer was fortunate to join the Merchant Navy in the 1950s, and know its most glorious days. Harry Nicholson now lives near Whitby, on the Yorkshire coast. His other books are ‘Tom Fleck’, a Tudor novel of Cleveland and Flodden, and its sequel ‘The Black Caravel’. His collected poetry is suitably titled, ‘Wandering About’.

Welcome to my blog:
http://1513fusion.wordpress.com/

Best wishes
Harry Nicholson