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18th October 2018, 11:21 PM
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Old still cruising
bit overloaded or what?Packed or what.jpg
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18th October 2018, 11:54 PM
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Stand still nobody move. ! JWS. Bit of a problem if they all wanted to go to the toilet at the same time, before the days of sewage tanks as well imagine, just think of the pollution, or the overflow of the sewage system. JS
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19th October 2018, 04:32 AM
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UCL South Africans queuing for tourist class dinner departure Cape Town heading up the coast
Rob Page R855150 - British & Commonwealth Shipping ( 1965 - 1973 ) Gulf Oil -( 1973 - 1975 ) Sealink ( 1975 - 1986 ) 
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19th October 2018, 05:09 AM
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No manner of queuing with such persons would ever work.
They came, they sat, they ate simple.
But tis looks like some form of troop carier.
Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
John Strange R737787
World Traveller
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19th October 2018, 08:17 AM
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It is the QUEEN MARY
she carried 18,000 troops on a voyage from US to UK
Stayed on her many times in Long Beach and those photos are in her museum,.
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19th October 2018, 09:22 AM
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I know someone out here Brian who was a bellboy on her in 1948. He was a chief steward out here with ANL for a few years before retiring . Has not been too well for a few years due to old age. JWS
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19th October 2018, 01:29 PM
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Not sure which ship, Kong is possibly on the money , but it was US service men heading back to the States after the war.
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19th October 2018, 02:03 PM
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Queen Mary returning servicemen from U.K. TO U.S. picture taken from aft.
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19th October 2018, 10:54 PM
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Last edited by Keith at Tregenna; 19th October 2018 at 10:58 PM.
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14th August 2019, 09:12 AM
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(UCL South Africans queuing for tourist class dinner departure Cape Town heading up the coast) really !? queen elizabeth carrying troops in the second world war !
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