Was anyone a Cunard Yank??

This was in the Liverpool Echo in 1960 The crowd off the old Franconia in 1956. Don't know what happened to the other lads, in the Crown on Lime Street,
Joe Finnegan now lives in Rockingham south of Perth,
Tommy Lawless died young , I believe from too much drink,
Both were excellent Guitar players and singers, entertaining us in the Pig.
They both won the Carol Levies Show on TV and could have had a great musical; career but carried on seafaring.
I still see Joe every couple of years in Perth.
We had it all in those austere days of the 1950s, Smart snappy suits from New York, a genuine fake Rolex on the wrist, a Tie from Tie City on Broadway, a packet of Luckies in the top pocket, a western ocean roll a Mid Atlantic accent. and the latest records that you couldn't buy in the UK for at least a year and the girls couldn't get enough of us as we brought in the 15 denier Nylons stockings they could` nt yet buy over here.
What a great life. now sadly all gone.
here are some links......................
Cheers
Brian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7V520MqpmY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5xjcGcCkBk

Cunard Yanks Gallery



https://www.closeupfilmcentre.com/ve...-cunard-yanks/

#41. Nice picture. All smartly dressed, slightly the worse for wear, probably taken in either the Legs of Man pub or The Queens in Queen Square where the Law Courts now stand. Those who have an eye for detail might suggest they're all drinking Brown Mixed.

Hi Gilly, in the 50s we all drank in the Crown on Lime Street, better looking barmaids there.
and you are right a Brown Mixed was the drink at the time.

Cheers
Brian

I've still got a couple of photos taken by the mobile photographer who travelled around the pubs,one thing about him he never failed to deliver.He charged half a crown a photo all hands wanted one so in that photo posted by Brian the photographer would've got himself 15 bob,they were all sent to one address.
Regards.
Jim.B.

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Originally Posted by john gill

#41. Nice picture. All smartly dressed, slightly the worse for wear, probably taken in either the Legs of Man pub or The Queens in Queen Square where the Law Courts now stand. Those who have an eye for detail might suggest they're all drinking Brown Mixed.

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What else was there ? apart from bitter which used to give me a banging head ,our choice was limited then was,nt it ? I drank in the yankie bar ,the dive , or a bit down the road Dollies .
Always wore my U S navy pea coat ,( as mentioned before) with a Royal naval roll neck sweater ? thought I looked great , as Brian said what a plonker, used to cop off though .Did those days really happen , seem so unlikely now ? .

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Along the same lines.
Taken in Manchester. Most likely in The Clews.

In those days most of us dressed well when going ashore regardless of your position on the ship, it was a way of leaving the smell of paint, cooking, slops behind you and entering a different world where you were a 48 hour millionaire and dressed accordingly, bluddy happy days, which today's seafarers have no hope of replicating, we sailed at the right time and no one can take it away from us, and we are still sailing!!, long may it continue

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Originally Posted by Ivan Cloherty

In those days most of us dressed well when going ashore regardless of your position on the ship, it was a way of leaving the smell of paint, cooking, slops behind you and entering a different world where you were a 48 hour millionaire and dressed accordingly, bluddy happy days, which today's seafarers have no hope of replicating, we sailed at the right time and no one can take it away from us, and we are still sailing!!, long may it continue

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I did dress smartly most of the time , honest .LOL.

We were the last of the Seafarers,
the world will not see our likes again.
Amen
Brian

We should all give thanks Brian to our mighty Lord for giving us the priviledge of getting rat arsed globally, frequenting every dive under the sun to get a drink and getting to know the local females (in other words bagging off) being able to virtually pick which ship you wanted to sail on and get paid at the same time. And then coming home on leave, flushed if you had a good pay off when everyday was like Christmas until the money ran out and then back to sea. Christ what days they were. As you say nobody will ever see the likes of again.
Regards
John C