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    Valvata - Bernard Reynolds

    This anecdote is about the tanker Valvata and is written by Bernard Reynolds.

    Valvata part 3. Yokohama Christmas 1965. We arrived a few days before Christmas with a cargo of gasoil to find that we had to discharge at 4 different installations In those days the Japanese port authorities didn't work at night so by the time we had finished discharging at each berth it was too late to move until the following morning. Us deck Officers broke watches. On the 3rd night the other junior officers persuaded my wife & I join them as they had found a great bar. As soon as we sat down a hostess sat with each of the other four lads. I was stuck with the wife. Shirley and I love dancing so we had a couple of dances. A Japanese gent comes up to our table with 5 bottles of beer to which us a happy Christmas. He than asks me if he could have a dance with my wife and she kindly obliged. As soon as she got up a hostess sat next to me. My wife is a peroxid blond 5ft 7ins plus high heels and with the Japanese being short. After a couple of circuits of the floor she kicks her high heels off. The Japanese thought this was hilarious. We then had a succesion of Japanese bring beers to our table and asking me if they could have a dance with Shirley. We gave her plenty of encougement "You're doing a grand job - keep going". Next we have hot food placed on the table. When it was aproaching closing time the bar staff told us to sit tight while they cleared up. The staff then took us back to an apartment typical Japanese with bamboo doors etc. In the middle of the floor was a well which was heated. So we all sat on the floor with our feet in the well. A quilt was placed over our legs then a board/table on top of that for our glasses of beer. They told us if we had to get up then carefully lift the quilt as the smell of so many feet would be overpowering. Our feet were nice and warn but our backs were very cold. We got back to ship about 4am, a good night had been had by all.

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