Quote Originally Posted by Retromilling View Post
I seem to remember a saying my mother used " the wreck of the Hesperus " I always thought it was a poem .
Yes I will look that up as I am interested in history .
Thanks for that.
I have had a cursory read and it is possible that our Grandfathers knew eachother as my grandfather being an official in the seamans union would have known many sea captains around that time if I have my years right .

I'm sure there would be some connection there somewhere, pity my dad wasn't still alive, he had a good memory for all that info.
My grandfather retired in 1931, I'm not quite sure of his age at that stage, but I could find out, he was getting on a bit, around 70 I think.
The wreck of the Hesperus was a common saying when I was a child, I'm 50 next month, there was certainly some history on that name.
By accident I stumbled into meeting the CEO of the Brisbane Maritime Museum & brought up the conversation regarding The Hesperus & he offered to help me look into it, which I thought was nice of him, he seemed to take an interest in it also, I shall have to chase him up on that one.