Charles V. Skargon (b. 1900): Education & Schooling Schooling for me was not a happy memory as far as liking it was concerned and I’m afraid I was not a …
Charles V. Skargon (b. 1900): Habits, Culture & Belief Early in 1914, about six months after I joined the Copenhagen, I was transferred to the S.S. Dresden which… sailed between Packeston …
Piers Inman Researching Writing Lives Researching and writing about the life of Charles V. Skargon was my first foray into the world of blogging. I was apprehensive and …
Charles V. Skargon (b. 1900): Politics, Protest & Class The dock strike was still on and to make matters worse, a rail strike began which meant that I couldn’t get back …
Charles V. Skargon (b. 1900): Life & Labour What a difference to the Baltic and the Vedic although the food was good in those ships, but the lads were not …
Charles V. Skargon (b. 1900): An Introduction During the years following my North Atlantic journeys I often thought about those times, my adventures and dangers and mad rolling oceans, …
Charles V. Skargon (b. 1900): Reading & Writing In one large room into which I wandered the whole of the walls were covered with photographs and posters and drawings, all with the …
Charles V. Skargon (b. 1900): Purpose & Audience Often some of my clients (assurance) whose husbands were at sea, would tell me what their men were putting up with when …
Charles V. Skargon (b. 1900): Home & Family Now about a year after we were married my wife presented me with a lovely baby daughter. She was to my thinking …
