White Star Flag Flies Again

P&W was fairly quiet Jim- footie was on, Toffees were playing i think,but only a few were watching. We'd (Ginger and myself) previously paid a visit to the Baltic Fleet to check it out. I'd read that it had a makeover as part of the new Baltic Triangle being developed around the Kings and Queens dock area. It had indeed had a lick of paint outside, but the interior was same old same old, still looking a bit seedy and a 2 deep queue at the bar with a barmaid (looking about 14) right up the wall! We left without sampling the expensive booze on offer. Popped into the Albert dock and went aboard one of the Tall Ships that are berthed there for the Winter. She was the brig- rigged Stavros S Niarchos whichwas donated by the Greek shipowners. Interesting tour although we had to endure a health and safety lecture before we stepped aboard- instruction how to climb a gangway, descend a companionway, etc.(backwards apparently) my mate forgot and slid down forwards, got a bollocking and almost keel hauled for his offence.
still, a good day.
gilly

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I was interested to read your White Star Line thread that was extremely interesting. So I thought you would like to see one of my Grandpa, Harry Squibbs' photographs. He was a photographer and is sitting on right on the floor in the group. I would love to know where the SS Olympic was in July 1929 when this photograph was taken. Can anyone help?

My dad, Grandpa's son Vivian Squibbs (also a photographer) was in the merchant navy for 42 years. In 1929 he was on the SS Wimborne journeying between Wales and Argentina. I am fortunate to have over a thousand photographs and also negatives taken by both my Grandpa and Dad and am slowly working through them all. This is one that I'm not sure which of them took.

Pam

I Sailed on the Last Built, White Star Liner, GEORGIC, built 1932, in 1955 to Cape Town and Australia with emigrants, then Australian troops to Malaya, then to Viet Nam to pick up the survivors of the French Foreign Legion taking them home to Algiers and Marseille, home to Liverpool and then to the Clyde for the Ship Breakers. I enjoyed every minute on her. I wrote about it in `Seafaring Stories` thread in `Swinging the Lamp Forum`,
Brian

PS
I also stayed at the Hotel, 30 James Street, for three days when the three Queens came to Liverpool, very interesting place, and so different from the usual hotels which are all the same.
Brian