hi - in 2004 Dave S quoted a song whcih mentioned trimmers and stokeholes in the same chorus. 'Er indoors was interested in this because she's found that Firing the Mauretania (various spellings) has a last verse either "come all you stokers" (Redd Sullivan) or "come all you trimmers" (Hughie Jones). So Elizabeth's question is, what's a trimmer doing on a steamship? Clearly he isn;t trimming sails.

Supplementary question: and does anyone know a good online reference to Cunard Greyhounds to check how many fires it has - 64 or 34 or ...?

Dave