Guestbook Volume 2

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There have been 1105 visits since 2008-09-05
This page was last accessed on 2009-07-03

Name:	mary kinch
Country:	england

Comments:
I found you by looking up about when the Queen sailed on ss gothic, our road is named after the ship, the road next to us is jubilee do you have any info about this, many thanks for your site

Name:	ROBERT TIEY
Country:	Australia

Comments:
OOPS!! fORGOT TO PUT THE SHIP NAME--ELLINIS

Name:	ROBERT TIDEY
Country:	Australia

Comments:
GREAT SITE,I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND 3 FELLOW PASSENGERS.LOST ALL PHOTOS AND CAN ONLY REMEMBER ONE NAME,BRIAN,ONE WAS SEASICK MOST OF THE WAY. WE LEFT SOUTHAMPTON IN 1970 AND ARRIVED IN SYDNEY IN MAY? IT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE WHERE THEY ARE NOW.IF ANYONE CAN HELP IT WOULD BE GREAT.

Name:	Walter Dressler
Country:	Australia

Comments:
Travelled back from Sydney via Auckland,
Tahiti,Panama Canal,Curacao, Lisbon on 'Fairsea'; 11 Nov. 1967, cannot find any info anywhere so if anyone has anything on this trip or were you on the ship on this trip/ would be glad to share with you?
kind regards, Walter

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Name:	Michael Redgrove
Country:	China

Comments:
n my 16th birthday in 1961, I sailed from
Tilbury for Sydney, aboard SS Himalaya as a 'Bell
Boy'. First running errands, then later entrusted
with an up/down handle on a First Class elevator!
Surviving passengers may remember having to step
up or down from either elevator or deck, as I
could almost never get the blessed thing to
'line-up'. I shall never forget what looked like
a very tight squeeze under Sydney Harbour Bridge
on our way round to Pier One. Every bit as
memorable was returning to Tilbury with the 1961
Australian Cricket Team, led by Richie Benaud. (I
remember him telling us his name should be
pronounced Benard despite everyone calling him
"Benno")

During that homeward voyage, some of us applied
to join the company's new flagship Canberra. I
was one of the lucky ones, and joined her in
Southampton for sea trials before sailing on the
maiden voyage on 2nd June 1961... so I'm actually
on board somewhere in those photos of her
arriving in Melbourne! I still have my Bell Boy's
epaulettes in a glass cabinet!!

I live in China now, but was in Sydney only a few
days ago (Mar 09) reliving those unforgettable
memories, as I do on every visit. Thank you for a
wonderful website.

Name:	Veronica Whitehead
Country:	England

Comments:
Travelled back from Freemantle via Adelaide ,Melbourne ,Sydney,Auckland, Tahiti, Los Angeles, Panama Canal,Curacao, Lisbon on 'Fairsea';June-July 1965, cannot find any info anywhere so if anyone has anything on this trip or were you on the ship on this trip/ would be glad to share with you ?

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Name:	Gemma Hollingsworth
Country:	Australia

Comments:
Wow! Don't remember how I ended up at this site, but as net surfers know - one site just leads to another (& another). (Am a ship fanatic)
Many thanks for the great pictures & memories.
I was fortunate enough to travel to UK via Panama on the 'Australis' Jan'70. Did not have a camera then, so the canal photos were great to see - what an unforgettably awesome experience.
I married in the UK and 'emigrated' to Australia Jan'72 from UK on the 'Ellinis' via South Africa.
Thank you for your informative site - best of British luck to you & yours.

Name:	Stephen Rollings
Country:	United Kingdom

Comments:
I need help. I am trying to sort out a mass of photographs taken by me and my late parents over a period of fifty years including a cruise we did on Chandris Cruises' Fantasia in the summer of 1964, its first year of operation. Sadly, I have lost the brochure and I need its date and itinerary. I recall that it was Venice to Venice for 14 days and included Haifa, Greece and Dubrovnik. I shared a 4 berth cabin at a cost of 59 guineas which included return flights from/to London. Does anyone hold a 1964 Chandris brochure that they could copy to me or provide details? I tried Carnival Cruises but they could not assist. Many thanks.
Stephen Rollings

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