Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/03/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Of course I remember, it was the M.S.T.S. General Patch. I was a youngster who had never before been near a ship, and I had just made a transatlantic voyage in Winter. The English weather was fairly mild, especially after several days in the North Atlantic. As I said before, I don't remember much detail, but I'll always remember Southampton. Sonny Gerry Walden wrote on 3/26/2004, 11:19 PM: > Do you remember which ship you were on? I bet you do, and I may well > have been there watching you dock as we are the same age, and I used to > wander the docks frequently with my camera in those days. We still have > some pretty girls but the ones you remember are probably drawing their > old age pension now! > > Gerry > > SonC@aol.com wrote: > > > My first experience in England was to visit Southampton; our ship > docked > > there. The year was 1958, I was 13, and it was a stop as we were > > going to join > > my father who was stationed in Germany. We would be posted at > > Wetzlar, as it > > happens. I mostly remember some pretty girls, and that when we > had an > > afternoon tea, the shop had no soft drinks, and I had an orange > > squash to drink > > with my biscuits. > > Sonny > > In a message dated 3/26/2004 9:51:15 PM Pacific Standard Time, > > Gwpics@aol.com writes: > > > > I live in the home port of the QMII (and the QE2 for that matter) and > > have > > images of both of them if it is of interest. The port of Southampton is > > probably the largest passenger port in Europe and was the port from > > which > > Titanic > > sailed. It was reckoned that every street in the town lost somebody > > when > > the > > Titanic went down. > > Gerry > > Gerry Walden LRPS > > _www.gwpics.com_ (http://www.gwpics.com/) > > +44 (0)23 8046 3076 > > _______________________________________________ > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > -- > Gerry Walden LRPS > www.gwpics.com > +44 23 8046 3076 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >