Violet Jessop was a stewardess on the Titanic and survived the sinking .She was also aboard the Brittanic when she was sunk in 1916. Again Violet survived.
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Violet Jessop was a stewardess on the Titanic and survived the sinking .She was also aboard the Brittanic when she was sunk in 1916. Again Violet survived.
Very close Mike, but there is another bit to her story which makes her unique among Cunard/White Star crew.
Is it that she refused to go down on any ship.
Is it that she had been on board the one other ship of the class, the RMS Olympic, when it collided with the HMS Hawke in 1911. ??
Or has it got to do with the baby she helped!
Years after her retirement, she got a telephone call on a stormy night from a woman claiming to be the baby she saved from the sinking Titanic. The voice asked Violet if she saved a baby on that dreadful night. "Yes", Jessop replied. The voice then said "Well, I was that baby", laughed, and then hung up. Her friend, and biographer John Maxtone-Graham said it was most likely some children in the village playing a joke on her. She replied, "No, John, I had never told that story to anyone before I told you now." To this day, the baby she saved has never been positively identified.[citation needed]
Cheers
i never met any floosey that refused to go down on a ship?????????? she wouldnt have been there in the first istance regards les terry,:D:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Les
Our friend RLT(Terry) hasn't posted a Teaser for a while,so how about this one to test our old grey matter.
We're all familiar with the Phonetic Voice Alphabet.....Alfa,Bravo,Charlie,Delta etc.
You don't have to be a seafarer to know it.The armed forces,the emergency services,aviation,and telephonists all use it to spell out words.
Here it is:
ALFA
BRAVO
CHARLIE
DELTA
ECHO
FOXTROT
GOLF
HOTEL
INDIA
JULIET
KILO
LIMA
MIKE
NOVEMBER
OSCAR
PAPA
QUEBEC
ROMEO
SIERRA
TANGO
UNIFORM
VICTOR
WHISKEY
X-RAY
YANKEE
ZULU
My Question is this:
What makes FOUR out of the 26) different from the rest? These Four are related by one fact.
The Four are:- CHARLIE,MIKE,VICTOR and X-RAY.
Clue. It's nothing technical(e.g. operational use) or a word-puzzle: just one thing which differentiates all four from the rest.
Gulliver
They are the only original words left from the phonetic alphabet used by US forces from 1941 and by the RAF from 1943.
Spot on Mike!
I was late seeing this,but would have known as well,being an ex RAF Bod as well!
Cheers
http://www.airwaysmuseum.com/Phonetic%20alphabet.htm
And here is some others too!
http://morsecode.scphillips.com/alphabet.html
For Comedy
A for 'orses (hay for horses)
B for mutton (beef or mutton)
C for 'th highlanders (Seaforth Highlanders)
D for 'ential (deferential)
E for Adam (Eve or Adam)
F for 'vescence (effervescence)
G for police (Chief of police)
H for respect (age for respect)
I for Novello (Ivor Novello)
J for oranges (Jaffa oranges)
K for 'ancis, (Kay Francis), or K for undressing
L for leather (Hell for leather)
M for 'sis (emphasis)
N for 'adig (in for a dig, or infradig)
O for the garden wall (over the garden wall)
P for a penny (pee for a penny)
Q for a song (cue for a song), or Q for billiards (cue for billiards)
R for mo' (half a mo')
S for you (it's for you)
T for two (tea for two)
U for films (UFA films)
V for La France (Vive La France)
W for a bob (double you for a bob)
X for breakfast (eggs for breakfast)
Y for Gawd's sake (why, for God's sake)
Z for breezes (zephyr breezes)"
This is the new phonetic alphabet proposed by the dispatchers from the NSW Police, who run an unofficial site, "pork back radio".
A = Alcohol
B = Bacardi
C = Champagne
D = Daiquiri
E = Everclear
F = Frangelico
G = Gin
H = Heineken
I = Irish Cream
J = Jack Daniels
K = Kahlua
L = Long Island Ice Tea
M = Margarita
O = Olive
P = Pina Colada
Q = Quickie
R = Rum
S = Scotch
T = Tequila
U = Umbrella
V = Vodka
W = Whiskey
X = Dos Equis XX
Y = Yukon Gold
Z = Zima
Heres an interesting Q, TITANIC,,,,,,,, Had 13 of these attatched to her hull what were they Regards all Terry. :D
I echo your sentiments, Dave.Quote:
Originally Posted by David Williams
Duke.