Originally Posted by
happy daze john in oz
Sailed with so many Queens I have lost count, but then again with UCL there was little choice.
Didn't seem to do you any harm,John dear!...or did it?
Here's one ex-steward who most definitely ,probably,maybe, was 'butch'-allegedly. The Rt.Hon John Leslie Prescott;Baron Prescott MP,' aka Two Jags' .
John Prescott as Asst.Stwd.jpgJP.jpg
Then and Now
'John Leslie Prescott signed on the “Saxonia” of the Cunard Steam-ship Co Ltd in Liverpool on the 21st August 1955 as a Boy Waiter after 6 months previous service on the "Franconia" ,his first ship. The ship arrived in New York on the 23rd December 1955 He was also signed on the “Saxonia” again on 3 occasions in 1956 February, March and December'
He also recalled meeting some of the old "Britannic" crew,as he recalled in a Liverpool newspaper item having an enjoyable meeting with the lads.It was probably at a reunion because she was scrapped in 1960,although it is just possible he sailed in her.'
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Please note lads and lasses I have put this post up just for information,and was posted in these forums a few years back.Then,as now,no derogatory comments please about Mr.Prescott,as that would be disrespectful to him and his family.
Thank You .Graham.