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Icy Gull

Icy Gull

Back on the rollercoaster
Jul 5, 2003
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Inspired by the Navy thread that I am unable to contribute to :rolleyes:

As a small kid I sailed on the Union Castle line Winchester Castle, Tommy Steele was also on board and I vaguely remember chatting to him. He was a genuine big star at the time.

The P@O Oriana just before they scrapped her

I also went on board the SS France after she was renamed the SS Norway but it was just a visit to look over her.
 






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Husty

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Oct 18, 2008
11,991
Dover - Calais ferry more times than I wish to recall. Same with Newhaven to Dieppe. Got on one at Portsmouth once, that was shit as well. I hate ferrys.
 


















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May 9, 2008
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Haywards Heath
Icy Gull said:
Inspired by the Navy thread that I am unable to contribute to :rolleyes:

As a small kid I sailed on the Union Castle line Winchester Castle, Tommy Steele was also on board and I vaguely remember chatting to him. He was a genuine big star at the time.

The P@O Oriana just before they scrapped her

I also went on board the SS France after she was renamed the SS Norway but it was just a visit to look over her.
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Its a little known fact that tommy Steele was lined up to sing at princess di's funeral in case Elton john was too emotional, he wasn't going to sing candle in the wind though
 






Icy Gull

Icy Gull

Back on the rollercoaster
Jul 5, 2003
72,015
bushy said:
Its a little known fact that tommy Steele was lined up to sing at princess di's funeral in case Elton john was too emotional, he wasn't going to sing candle in the wind though
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Ugly Duckling?
 


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goldstone

Well-known member
Jul 5, 2003
7,114
Edinburgh Castle and Stirling Castle in the late 50s. One Southampton/Capetown and the other in the opposite direction a year later.
 


Timbo

Timbo

Well-known member
Jul 5, 2003
4,302
Hassocks
Have worked on these (and more!)
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Rabeen

Active member
Jul 11, 2003
313
Worthing
As a child I sailed all around the UK aboard various BP tankers. We also sailed regularly to Antwerp, Hamburg and Rotterdam on these vessels - one name I recall was The Lord Strathcona. The highlight of my experiences was sailing across the North Atlantic to Montreal up the St Lawrence Seaway aboard a Canadian Pacific vessel the CP Ambassador (a container ship). Wonderful memories.
 


seagurn

seagurn

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Feb 19, 2007
1,971
County town
Mv Patricia in the early 70's was a mini cruise to santander from southampton .
 








Icy Gull

Icy Gull

Back on the rollercoaster
Jul 5, 2003
72,015
seagurn said:
Mv Patricia in the early 70's was a mini cruise to santander from southampton .
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Forgot about that one, been on it a few times. Sick as a dog through the Bay of Biscay on one crossing.
 


smudge

smudge

Up the Albion!
Jul 8, 2003
7,361
On the ocean wave
bushy said:
I sailed from ascension island to the Falklands on the ss Uganda
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Educational cruise on her, 1976. The sight of drunken matelot's in Malta getting paid for it made my mind up on which career to go for.
 


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