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Shared Stories Photos & Events 

We would like to thank Dick Meijer  for starting the sharing of Memories & Photos of:

 Captain Guy & the "SS KYLE"

SEEN FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1964-1965

Many in Color

Dick Meijer and his Daughter Ellen 2007

Dick is still a crazy hockey Goalkeeper

Bob Hardy story about Captain Guy Earle Buying his Family Business.  Click here

Clarence Hutchings story about the Cat Captain Guy Earle saved  Click here

Dick Meijer did Seal Business with Captain Guy Earle from 1960 to 1965. His Father owned Van Daal & Meyer in Holland and Germany and were the largest seal traders in the world together with Rieber in Bergen Norway. In 1963 Dick came to Carbonear at the age of 21 to handle purchasing and conservation sealskins before shipped to Europe. Dick had contacted Libby for the First time in December of 2007 finding the SS Kyle website but has been in contact with her brother Phil over the years and told her he had just retired and  planning to spend time collecting and writing about his fantastic years with her Father Guy and Her Uncle Fred about the wharf, the SS Kyle and  People like Murry Tilly the Miss Newfoundland and the last trip she made with Guy, himself and the explosion that wrecked her just hours after they Disembarked.

Dick Meijer outside the Tannery 1965

Dick Meijers Father

SS Kyle at her Mooring, Carbonear

Kyle under way

Jim Saunder of Carbonear

Captain Guy Viewing

Captain Guy looking down the starboard side

Underway

Tanning

Guy Fred

Tanning

Having Fun

Murry Tilly photo wanted - 1960s Cab Driver in Carbonear. It is know that Murry still lives in Carbonear and we know the address, Next year in 2010 we will make the trip to visit.

Email us at: info@sskyle.com