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The Chocolate Frog Sailors

William Pawley•podiobooks.com

Learning to grow-up on the fly a long way from home: With a passion for the navy, young and naive 16 year old Barney joins his first ship direct from training and is thrown headlong into a man's man world, foolishly bye-passing adolescence in his hunger to be one of the boys. Funny: rude: crude: innocent: loving: full of pathos for those growing up and also the ones who have grown up...

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Episodes

Episode 30

Onward to Australia, the Philippines and ... or where?

Aug 31, 2008•46 min

Episode 29

The night life in Kagoshima isn't quite what anybody expected. A real Japanese culture shock for all.

Aug 31, 2008•40 min

Episode 28

A weeks leave in Hong Kong with Aunty Maud and Uncle Jinsky. How the other side live and what it can bring.

Aug 31, 2008•55 min

Episode 27

Deigo Lankowi gives them an idealic background for a banyan of banyans. The naked breasts come into view.

Aug 31, 2008•1 hr 1 min

Episode 26

Barney gets his first taste of business but he has no idea what he is learning and neither do Customs and Excise.

Jun 23, 2008•49 min

Episode 25

"Don't bother going ashore in Cochin" the captain advised - there is nothing to do - so save your money for Hong Kong. Good advice or bad?

Jun 23, 2008•52 min

Episode 24

A football match that ends in unusual circumstances of language! Barney learns the meaning of regional accents.

Jun 23, 2008•32 min

Episode 23

The Ugly Board starts to be created and the hardy tars prepare to enter the eye of the storm.

Jun 23, 2008•30 min

Episode 22

A New Year's Night never ever to forget. Barney now knows what emotional hurt really means.

Jun 23, 2008•33 min

Episode 21

Peppy puts his bottom to the wall and gets criticesed for it.

Jun 23, 2008•44 min

Episode 20

Real love always comes from a very unexpected angle.

Jun 13, 2008•32 min

Episode 19

Annie's Bar in Sembawang Village takes to the New Zealand rugby field and not many tries are scored!

Jun 13, 2008•31 min

Episode 18

An unusual postal delivery "You All!" A pantomime at sea for Christmas sets the mess a glowing with nostalgia.

Jun 13, 2008•55 min

Episode 17

Tug tries to sink the ship from the inside. Barney gets a dose of inflamation.

Jun 13, 2008•33 min

Episode 16

The formidable Crater City of Aden

Jun 13, 2008•30 min

Episode 15

A tragic and sad farewell to a good friend.

Jun 13, 2008•24 min

Episode 14

Henry, Peppy and Barney set out on a very memorable run ashore in Mombasa.

Jun 13, 2008•30 min

Episode 13

Dodo meets Zoe and there is a lot of sex education to be had by the boys.

Jun 13, 2008•26 min

Episode 12

Barney feeds the gulls that follow Conway in her wake. Mombasa gives the first glimmer of naked breast

Jun 13, 2008•40 min

Episode 11

Conway goes to the rescue of a Merchantman, The Isle of Dunray, in distress.

Jun 13, 2008•36 min

Episode 10

At long last Conway heads for the Far East and naked breast. First stop The med, Gib and Malta.

Jun 13, 2008•40 min

Episode 09

An exciting 'ugly night' doesn't quite turn out so ugly after all.

Jun 13, 2008•41 min

Episode 08

Dodo finds himself in trouble on top of the funnel. Peppy has his own arse kicked by a future father-in-law.

Jun 13, 2008•40 min

Episode 07

Did he really want to know what a cake and arse party was?

Jun 13, 2008•52 min

Episode 06

Barney is offered help by Mizzy at the forthcoming party

Jun 13, 2008•50 min

Episode 05

The journey of the rum as it travels from the barrel in the Spirt Room to the tot glass, every day to every man entitled. A story worth telling, except to the men not entitled. Barney was not entitled, unfortunately.

Jun 11, 2008•43 min

Episode 04

A funny way to learn about how the navy handles a nuclear attack. The fate-full Commissioning Ceremony and Cocktail party.

Jun 10, 2008•49 min

Episode 03

Meeting the rest of the new crew. His first run ashore and an eye opening intro to his fellow messmates.

Jun 10, 2008•36 min

Episode 02

So much to learn: About the ship, the navy, other men, rum, bum and backy.

Jun 09, 2008•42 min

Episode 01

Barney has a rude awakening when joining his first ship: He is expecting to sail the next day to far off distant lands but finds the ship still in build with a skeleton crew and a lot of learning to do.

Jun 08, 2008•41 min

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