Name: Martin
(Marty) Adams
Email: adamsmarkad@aol.com on Tuesday, June 7, 2005 at 23:44:14
From: Egham Surrey UK
Home: Egham Surrey UK
Ship: Strathmore Strathnaver Himalaya
Dates: 31.5.60 until 1963
Comments: Worked as a Cabin Steward/Waiter on the above ships, what wonderful
memories. Served thirty years within the Surrey police force and now enjoying retirement.
Had two children who in turn have given me eight grand children. Upon delving into my
collectables I have several photographs of crew, passengers and have film of being on
board ship, entering several ports and destinations.Would love to hear from anyone who
remembered me, what great days. Contact is through my son Mark, I will get a computer one
day.
Name: Roger Hatton
Email: hatsoff@bigpond.net.au on Sunday, June 12, 2005 at 07:59:18
From: England
Home: Australia - Gold Coast
Ship: Orcades
Dates: July 1953
Comments: I would be interested to hear from other passengers who travelled
on Orcades arriving Australia late June early July 1953 ...
Name: Barbara Atton
Email: barbara.atton@lineone.net on Monday, June 13, 2005 at 06:44:20
From: Reading England
Home: Wales
Ship: Oronsay
Dates: Oct 1955 to Melbourne and Dec 1961 to UK
Comments: As a young child I emigrated to Melbourne with my parents aboard
the SS Oronsay along with the Millionth Migrant. A great fuss was made of the ship
whilst departing from Tilbury and at every port we called at. Coincidentally I was also a
passenger when the Oronsay made its other historic journey - the longest sea voyage in
peace time - a world cruise. We picked up the ship in Melbourne and visited Adelaide,
Freemantle, Bali (we were the first tourists to visit the island and had to be taken
ashore in the ship's lifeboats), Singapore, Bombay, Aden, Port Suez, Port Said, Naples,
Marseille, Gibraltar and Tilbury. The Bay of Biscay nearly nearly took a heavy toll of the
ship - with winds in excess of 100 mph. My father took a movie camera with him so I
have a lasting legacy of the journey. Although we were due to return to Australia the
following year on the Oriana, we never made it and I have never been back to Oz since. I
would like to hear from other child immigrants.
Name: Derek Harding
Email: derekmharding@hotmail.com on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 at 14:45:04
From: Dartford UK
Home: Australia
Ship: Arcadia
Dates: 1968/1970
Comments: I was a lekkie on the Arcadia 68-70. Anyone who remembers me,
please get in touch. I'm in OZ now and loving it.
Name: Leonard Claude
Wyeth
Email: Startobegtdanes@aol.com on Thursday, June 23, 2005 at 05:41:52
From: Southampton
Home: Spalding
Ship: all the Strath 'Sisters'
Dates:
Comments:
Name: Geoff Odell
Email: gcodell@san.rr.com on Thursday, June 23, 2005 at 10:00:06
From: England
Home: San Diego, CA, USA
Ship: Orsova
Dates: February 1966
Comments: Travelled with my older brother & mother from Tilbury to
Bombay in early Feb. 1966. Cut my ankle up on board, riding a "scooter" on the
decks. I remember winning a prize for the fancy dress, it was a model of a freighter from
WWII, probably a liberty ship. 2 Weeks on board, an adventure of a lifetime for an 8 year
old!
Name: John and Margaret
Price
Email: bros@cvxmck.edu.au on Thursday, June 23, 2005 at 13:23:28
From: Surrey England
Home: Brisbane Australia
Ship: Strathnaver
Dates: June - July 1960
Comments: The best thing we ever did. Australia has been good to us. Love to
hear from anyone who has a passenger list from this trip.
Name: Harry
Hunt
Email: arriunt@blueyonder.co.uk on Monday, June 27, 2005 at 03:15:16
From: Wolverhampton UK
Home: Wolverhampton UK
Ship: Strathaird
Dates: August 1959
Comments: Great Site. I emigrated to Australia as a young man (cost £10)
leaving Tilbury August 11th 1959. Fond memories: Best food I had ever had, Cabin to
myself, Party night once a week, Racing frogs (wooden) Rolf Harris going home to Perth,
Rolf Harris organising a great show with some very talened passengers, lots of table
tennis and the ship breaking down in the Red Sea. Lived in Brisbane (Kankaroo Point and
Clayfield) and Mt Isa. I do have a passenger list.
Name: Val griffiths,
nee Johnson
Email: val.griffiths@bigpond.com on Monday, June 27, 2005 at 18:55:35
From: England
Home: Queensland Australia
Ship: Strathaird
Dates: May 56-June56
Comments: I travelled from Manchester, England with my parents and siblings
on the Strathaird. We docked in Melbourne in June 1956. We lived at the Nunawading Migrant
Hostel.
Name: Betty Telford
nee Jacobs
Email: telfordBM@aol.com on Sunday, July 3, 2005 at 20:43:50
From: London
Home: Hereford UK
Ship: Strathaird@Arcadia
Dates: May 1957 November 1958
Comments: Tilbury to Sydney Strathaird May 1957 age 23, during Suez crisis,
(big storms en route, one death) via West and South Africa and returned home Sydney
to Tilbury on Arcadia via Singapore/Suez: Christmas on board 1958. Superb food and service
throughout. Happiest times of my life, never forgotten. Have some souvenirs/menu/passenger
list. Thanks so much to Mel and old glorious P & O. Friends: John Draper steward on
Strath.ships. Wilson family emigrated Mooltan, prob. 1952, Rod White & Joyce Gwatkin
on Strathaird 1957, Ian McConnel Arcadia 1958.
Name: Keith Corcoran
Email: kcorcoran@optusnet.com.au on Tuesday, July 5, 2005 at 14:27:00
From: Cardiff South Wales
Home: Metford NSW
Ship: Strathnaver
Dates: December 52 - Jan 53
Comments: Terrific site. Sailed from Tilbury when 10yo with family, settled
in Burnie Tasmania until joining the RAAF. Have fond memories of the Strathnaver, getting
into strife for trespassing up to the first class area to swim in their pool, all the
ports we visited, crossing the Equator; the holday of a lifetime with beautiful Oz
at the end.
Name: Alison Standen
Email: alison.standen@btinternet.com on Sunday, July 17, 2005 at 01:09:39
From: London
Home: Hailsham
Ship: SS Stratheden
Dates: 1938/1943
Comments: My uncle Douglas T Hodges worked on the SS Stratheden from
09/04/1938 as a bell boy then from 23/05/1938 as a Steward's boy. He went on to serve on
the ship in wartime from 18/07/1940 as a Telephone operator then from 07/11/1943 as a
Kitchen clerk. He was was awarded the 'Star Ribbon'. Sadly he died of brain haemorrhage in
1944. We are delighted to have found a site that shows the ship that was so much a part of
his life!
Name: Len 't Mannetje
Email: ltmannet@quicknet.nl on Sunday, July 17, 2005 at 21:19:49
From: The Netherlands
Home: The Netherlands
Ship: Stratheden
Dates: 28 Oct - 5 Dec. 1958
Comments: My wife and I (25 years old) travelled from Tilbury to Sydney. In
the Mediterranean we lost a bellboy overboard, which was a shocking experience, but on the
whole we had a marvellous trip as it took us to Port Said, Aden, Bombay, Colombo, Perth
and Melbourne. There was a lot of entertainment and deck sport. The crew member who
"looked after us" was a huge man by the nickname of "Tiny".
Name: Jacque Cartwright
Email: casperkiwi1@clear.net.nz on Monday, July 18, 2005 at 12:27:40
From: Manchester UK
Home: Makikihi NZ
Ship: Orsova
Dates: March@April
Comments: Sailed from Tilbury with my Mum, Dad, sister and brother on the
20th March, arrived Auckland the 26th April. Not many memories as I was only three and a
half but I do remember having the german measles on board and being put into quarantine
with my Mum and not being allowed out at Gibraltar and also dropping the ice cream out of
my cone on someones head on the deck below. My Mum still has passenger list, menus and
embarking passes etc.
Name: Stephen R Scott
Email: stephenscott@theoffice.net on Friday, July 22, 2005 at 16:10:44
From: Cornwall,UK
Home: Perth,Western Australia
Ship: Strathaird
Dates: Arr Fremantle 20/08/55
Comments: Wonderful. How can I get a passenger list or more info. Thanks
very much you have made me very happy today finding this.
Name: Alison Linda
Templeton(nee Bradley)
Email: linda-t@xtra.co.nz on Friday, July 22, 2005 at 17:16:28
From: Glasgow-Scotland
Home: New Zealand
Ship: Oronsay
Dates:
Comments: I came out with my Mum Marion on Oronsay. We got on in Lisbon, (I
think) landed in Auckland on my 13th birthday 20th August 1965. Some of the crew had
taken me to their hearts and gave me a beautiful marcasite watch (engraved from them) on
my birthday (since lost). I had a great time on this ship. Happy memories now I'm 53.
Name: Angela Moore
Email: as.moore@virgin.net on Saturday, July 23, 2005 at 03:31:31
From: England
Home: Brighton, England
Ship: SS Orsova
Dates: Jan - March 1967
Comments: We were a family of £10 Poms. My father was a teacher so
Australia paid passage. We spend nearly 4 years in Aus and then returned on the SS Orsova
to a very cold and dreary England where you had to wear shoes (we didn't wear any at our
little school in NSW). I loved the ship as a 13 year old. In the first class lifts when we
were exploring I came across a particularly good-looking lift attendant. I got him to sign
my autograph book and he signed 'David from Essex'. A year or two later I saw David Essex
on TV and could have sworn it was the same guy. I read he had worked on P & O Lines at
that time. I wonder.... We stopped at many wonderful places including Cocos Islands,
Egypt, Ceylon, India. I loved it all. What an education.
Name: Rosita Suess
Email: h-renterprises@rogers.com on Sunday, July 24, 2005 at 11:47:25
From: Germany
Home: New Brunswick,Canada
Ship: Arcadia
Dates: December 1962
Comments: I traveled back to Germany on the Arcadia in December 1962. From
Montreal to Amsterdam. The weather was perfect, warm and sunny the whole way. Happy to
relive old memories through your website. Thank you.
Name: Carolyn
Manners(nee Barrett)
Email: carolynjoym@yahoo.com.au on Sunday, July 24, 2005 at 21:54:56
From: Cargreen, Cornwall UK
Home: Blue Mts, NSW
Ship: Strathnaver
Dates: Feb-March 1959
Comments: I travelled with my parents and brother. I was 11. My brother had
his 5th birthday on board. We both came down with chicken pox and spent some time in the
ship's hospital. I tried to learn to rollerskate on board. Passing through the Suez canal,
visiting Colombo, Mt Lavinia Hotel and the Zoo in Colombo and glimpsing Cocos Is. are
among my fondest memories. I would love to make contact with others who travelled on the
Strathnaver, esp. those on the same voyage. Thanks for a terrific site.
Name: Stephen Russell
Email: stever@stmduraduct.com on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 at 15:40:27
From: Derbyshire
Home: Melbourne
Ship: Strathaird
Dates: Nov 1957-Jan 1958
Comments: Would like to know if there is a log of each voyage's dates.
Name: Ron Matthews
Email: calandra@bigpond.net.au on Wednesday, July 27, 2005 at 19:44:23
From: Gosport, Hampshire
Home: Virginia, South Australia
Ship: SS Orontes
Dates: May - June 1961
Comments: I travelled as a 10 year old with my Mum, Dad & 2 Sisters. I
can remember the trip vividly including the people lost overboard and the storms we
encountered in the Indian Ocean. I would love to contact other passengers who travelled on
that great ship.
Name: Mark Selby
Email: mfkselby@bigpond.com on Monday, August 1, 2005 at 19:13:20
From: England
Home: Brisbane, Australia
Ship: Strathnaver
Dates: June 1959
Comments:
Name: Lynne Walker (nee
Bracegirdle)
Email: l.walker@optusnet.com .au on Friday, August 5, 2005 at 13:53:49
From: Manchester England
Home: Zilzie, Queensland, Australia
Ship: Strathnaver (Parents)
Dates: arrived June/July 1960
Comments: Thankyou for a wonderful site. My parents Jim & Joan
Bracegirdle and my brothers Harold and Ian Bracegirdle travelled as £10 tourists to
Australia in 1960. I am the youngest of the family born in a new land in July 1963. My
Father Jim is about to turn 80 years of age and I have used your site to produce a card
full of his history, the Strathnaver being one of the biggest decisions of his life!
Name: Patsy Foster
Email: kmpscharf@hotmail.com on Friday, August 5, 2005 at 14:23:25
From: UK
Home: Brisbane
Ship: Strathaird
Dates: 1939 May to June
Comments: I was also 9 years old on our wonderful adventure. We came for a
visit and the war kept us here. Good luck I say. Our ports of call were from Tilbury,
Marseilles, Tangiers, Gibraltar, Suez, Port Said, Aden, Bombay, Colombo, Fremantle,
Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane. Taking 6 weeks and a day. I am now 76 in 2005 and
still remember the trip vividly. Thank you for this site to remind me of that sweet time.
Sincerely Patsy Foster.
Name: Richard Wilson
Email: arcadia@otenet.gr on Friday, August 5, 2005 at 18:25:46
From: U K
Home: Corfu Greece
Ship: Orcades
Dates: Sept 1965
Comments: Joined P & O in Sept 1965 as a leading hand responsible for
the Cinema. Served on Orcades, Arcadia & Orsova 'til 1970. What great days they were !
Would love to hear from anyone who may remember me. e-mail me if you can it would be good
to remember those days with someone ! p.s. the new Arcadia due to visit us in Corfu next
september - Cannot wait to see her.
Name: Ray Jones
Email: rjon9991@bigpond.net.au on Sunday, August 7, 2005 at 12:08:52
From: Middlesbrough UK
Home: Melbourne Australia
Ship: Stratheden
Dates: Jan 1963 (last voyage) with P&O. Mel
Comments: I left UK when I was 21 'to see a bit of the World' I disembarked
at Fremantle. I was in a cabin with five other single lads. We had a great time and were
treated like first class passengers.
Name: John Palmer
Email: jp_wpa_edin@tiscali.co.uk on Monday, August 8, 2005 at 02:08:24
From: Edinburgh (Scotland)
Home: Edinburgh (Scotland)
Ship: Strathmore
Dates: 24/8/51 to 7/6/52
Comments: My first 3 voyages to sea were on the Strathmore as a bellboy in
tourist class, starting of as lift boy. Great life, great ship, great people - happy times
for a 16 year old boy not long out of an orphanage. You are running a very welcomed
website. Thanks. Would love to hear from other bellboys who sailed on the Strathmore
at that time. John Palmer.
Name: Graham Smith
Email: grahamsmith1956@ntlworld.com on Tuesday, August 9, 2005 at 07:19:37
From: Frodsham Cheshire UK
Home: Runcorn Cheshire UK
Ship: Arcadia
Dates: 1974 /76
Comments: Hello, I served on this fantastic ship as a PRS and Bedroom
steward in 1974 /76 I think, my memory isn't what it was. I remember the Jeff French
connection band as part of the entertainment. I also remember a passenger called
Sweetana (Susan) think her last name was Clocku or Klocku. Would love to hear from anyone
who remembers me.
Name: Christina Lesarge
Email: lesargec@post.queensu.ca on Friday, August 12, 2005 at 02:58:13
From: Ulverston, England
Home: Kingston, Ontario
Ship: Strathnaver
Dates: 1940
Comments: My Dad was in the RAF and travelled on the Strathnaver on its
first voyage as a troop ship from Liverpool to Durban in late 1940. He wrote a
wonderful account of the voyage that I am in the process of scanning to a .pdf file.
It gives a lot of detail of the ship and the voyage. Please let me know if you
would be interested in reading it. We came from Ulverston, quite near to Barrow, and my
Dad went on in later years to work for Vickers Armstrong before emigrating to Canada in
1968.
Name: Shelagh Worsell
Email: shelaghworsell@tiscali.co.uk on Sunday, August 14, 2005 at 03:29:16
From: SE London
Home: Bournemouth
Ship: SS.Ranchi and Himalaya
Dates: Jan.1949 and August 1954
Comments: Ranchi -wonderful ship, wonderful crew I fell in love with it all.
Himalaya - Travelled back to UK with our Aussie son. Again wonderful trip in every way.
Thank you P & O.
Name: Martin (Marty)
Adams
Email: adamsmarkad@aol.com on Monday, August 15, 2005 at 17:52:57
From: Egham, Surrey, UK
Home: Egham, Surrey, UK
Ship: Strathnaver Strathmore
Dates: 1959-1963
Comments: Served on both the Strathmore and Strathnaver as a Cabin Steward
and Waiter from 1960 to 1963. While on board the Strathmore I got married on the 31.7.62,
divorced now for 20 years. Wife and I had about one day/night honeymoon in a Gravesend
hotel, then had to go back to the ship in Tilbury, for my last trip on P&O. Had lots
of support, friendships along the way from both crew and passengers, I had special advice
from Bob Clark, who I was told later jumped over the side after being told that he had a
tumour on the brain. Everything worked out well for me and I had two children, Mark and
Melanie, who in turn have given me eight grand children.
After working on the ships I spent the next four years as a Clerk, also did part time bar
work at the Swan Hotel in Staines "just to keep my hand in" In 1967 I joined the
police force, Surrey Constabulary, where I remained for the next 30 years. Funny, my
friends said that I was the last person they thought would be a copper, as I was a
bit of a tearaway. Did several years on the beat, on Lambretta's and motor cycles, before
joining CID and later special branch. I retired in 1997 and have not worked since, living
on my reasonable pension. This July I will be 65 and would love to hear from anyone who
knew me, ideally along with a couple of photos of then and now.
Name: Collette Rooney
(nee Webb)
Email: collette.rooney@gmail.com on Friday, August 19, 2005 at 13:31:33
From: Lancashire, England
Home: Toowoomba, Qld, Aust
Ship: Orsova
Dates: 16th Sept. 1971
Comments: What a wonderful site! I travelled with my family from Australia
to England, turning 13 years old 3 days after we left. I still have my birthday card from
Captain F. Woolley. Sadly, all my memorabilia I collected at the time was thrown out in
later years (much to my regret), so all I still have is a small slide of the Orsova in a
hard, plastic case (was on a keyring), my Crossing the Equator certificate, my family's
certificate for visiting the top of Table Mountain, Cape Town, and my birthday card.
Fortunately, my parents took some Super 8 films, which they have since turned into videos
and given copies to myself and my 3 sisters. We visited Durban, Cape Town, Teneriffe and
Casablanca (where my youngest sister was nearly sold for a rug and 2 camels (or something
similar)). Fortunately, my parents declined the offer. If I have some of these places
wrong, it's because we came back to Australia 18 months later on the Fairstar, so I may
have them mixed up with places from this trip. I also have a card signed by many people on
the ship at the time, although there's only one person I remember vividly. He was a waiter
called Steve Johnson (I think) and as a 13 year old, I was madly in love with him. I used
to sit outside the restaurant for hours, just watching him. (Very sad, wasn't I!) Some
other names I have are: Al Hopgood (Bandleader), Vincent Ferra, "Whiskers",
Martin Harper S/W, Stanley S. Taylor (PRS), Chris Lorch (Startrek), A. Rodriguez, Jack
(Pianist) and several others I can't decipher. I would love to hear from anyone who was on
this trip, as a passenger or crew member. Thanks for listening. Collette.
Name: John Hicks
Email: bramsell@btinternet.com) on Saturday, August 20, 2005 at 06:51:56
From: Newlyn, Cornwall
Home: Tasmania, Australia
Ship: Strathnaver
Dates: 28th April to 2nd June, 1958
Comments: Like some others of your guests, I had a great time on board the
Strathnaver, as a 14 yr old, exploring every corner of the ship, even the engine room,
thanks to my cabin steward, Mr Beasley. I was on "C Deck", in a single cabin,
with a full window. I would love to hear from anyone who travelled on those dates.
Name: H Peter Sinclair
Email: peter@thesinclairs.co.uk on Sunday, August 21, 2005 at 23:04:37
From: UK
Home: UK
Ship: SS Strathmore
Dates: 1943
Comments: I and some 4000 more found ourselves aboard the SS Strathmore
sailing from Grenock to Bombay in December 1943. It took 8 weeks to reach our destination,
via the Meditrerranean and the Suex canal, stopping for bunkering in Aden. We went through
very heavy December seas in the Bay of Biscay where it became noticeable that the sanitary
conditions for the troops on board were extremely basic. We sailed in a convoy and safely
reached our destination in January 1944.
Name: Jean Steendam
(nee Clive)
Email: jnstndm@yahoo.com.au on Monday, August 22, 2005 at 14:22:18
From: Romford Essex UK
Home: Tuross Head NSW
Ship: Ranchi
Dates: late 1950
Comments: Mel what a great site. I was 5 years old when my parents migrated
as £10 Poms to Victoria Aust. I do not remember much about it but had prickly heat
for some of the journey. I also entertained as I danced and sang. I do remember there were
a lot of Dutch people on board and my mother and I shared a cabin with other females and
my father was in a separate cabin with the men. If anyone remembers this trip would love
to hear from you. Both my parents are now deceased.
Name: Ann Plowman (nee
Wiggins)
Email: dmcbi@bigpond.net.au on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 at 09:44:47
From: Ilkley Yorkshire
Home: Blue Mountains NSW
Ship: SS Statheden
Dates: February 1950. arrived Sydney April 6th 1950
Comments: I have Memories of travelling with with Mum & Dad. Amy &
James Robinson Wiggins (AKA Bob) It was great to see the pictures as I was only 10 turning
11yrs when I travelled over to Sydney. I remember helping with the babies changing nappies
in the nursery. I thought we were on G deck but cannot find that here. I would also like
to find a copy of a passenger list and the prices that were paid at that time. Thankyou.
Name: Bob Roberts
Email: reroberts34@bigpond.com on Monday, August 29, 2005 at 23:53:40
From: UK
Home: Adelaide, South Australia
Ship: Strathsisters
Dates: 1953 and 1956-1959
Comments: This excellent Site has brought back many great memories. In 1953
and 1956-1959 I was stationed at a Naval Radio Station (Ceylon West Receiving Station),
just outside Colombo, then Ceylon. We dealt mainly with Commercial Telegram Traffic from
Merchant Ships. During my time there I 'worked' all of the Ships mentioned, on 'Ship-Shore
Radio'. Unfortunately the days of morse code have disappeared into history.
Name: Mervyn W. Elliott
Email: mwe@yes-uk.net on Wednesday, August 31, 2005 at 22:43:26
From: Irish Republic
Home: Kent@England
Ship: Strathnaver
Dates: November 1961
Comments: Great to find this site. I travelled with my parents and brothers
and sister to Melbourne arriving in January 1962. I was 10 and I remember that the Captain
asked for the youngest person who was still awake to ring the ship's bell with him to
welcome in the New Year, that was me. I still have my certificate which was given out to
us all during the crossing of the Equator ceremony during the voyage.
Name: SteveThomas
Email: steveandtinat@yahoo.com on Thursday, September 1, 2005 at 00:13:37
From: Birminham, England
Home: Virginia, USA
Ship: N/A
Dates: July 1968
Comments: Great web page, well done! I found your site while doing a Google
search for the Elder Park Migrant Hostel, where my family briefly stayed when we
immigrated to Adelaide in 1968, arriving on a Qantas 707, sorry, we are not
seafarers.Great site, keep up the good work. Cheers, Steve.
Name: Tom Smith
Email: ayethenoo@optusnet.com.au on Friday, September 2, 2005 at 09:45:03
From: Kilsyth Scotland
Home: Melbourne
Ship: Strathmore
Dates: March 1963
Comments: Arived April 1963 , after a great trip , then went to Homesglen
hostel where we met some lovely people. Tom
Smith.
Name: Sarah Deaton
Email: sarahstratheden@hotmail.co.uk on Saturday, September 3, 2005 at
08:52:06
From: London, England
Home: London, England
Ship: Stratheden
Dates: 1945
Comments: My father, Christopher Henry Deaton (known as Chris or Harry at
the time) was a film projectionist on the Stratheden and I have a postcard dated 10th
August 1945 of the ship sailing past the Chateu de Frontanac presumably near or in Quebec.
On the way back to England my father struck up a friendship with an English evacuee called
Patricia (I think) and her brother, who were being taken home. I'd like to know a bit more
about that trip.
Name: Geraldine
Email: gkelli41@hotmail.com on Monday, September 5, 2005 at 22:28:01
From: Belfast ,Ireland
Home: Canberra, Australia
Ship: Arcadia
Dates: June 1962
Comments: What a great site. I was 3 when we travelled to Australia. Parents
and 2 brothers aged 10 & 11 at time, we were £10 passengers. Still have King Neptune
certificate of the equator crossing and elephant statues bought by parents in Columbia.
Have fond memories kept alive by brothers.
Name: Jim Briscoe
Email: JinBr@aol.com on Tuesday, September 6, 2005 at 03:23:08
From: England
Home: England
Ship: SS New Australia
Dates: 1954
Comments: Travelled out as £10 pom with Big Brother Movement. There were
approx 20 youths between the ages of 16 - 20 years. Some stayed in Sydney others on Farm
outside. Anyone catch this message be pleased to hear from you. Returned 1960/1 on the
Orontes made many friends in particular our steward who was on his last trip. Many happy
days. Great Site mate.
Name: Ruby Dann
Email: Romanorubynick@optusnet.com.au on Tuesday, September 6, 2005 at
13:44:33
From: England
Home: Frenches Forest Sydney
Ship: P&O Strathaird
Dates: 12 March 1953 Arrived18 April 53
Comments: I was 14 when we, My mother Nelly, sisters Heather, Mary, Norah
and brother Bernard came. First meal sitting was funny, Mother had very little money-she
asked the waiter how much the food would cost, he said its free madam. Mother with great
relief said "dig in children". While in Adelaide she visited the Himalaya
berthed next to the Stathaird. She fell off it into the water, all ok God takes care
of drunks.
Name: Frank Brown
Email: frankbrown@paradise.net.nz on Tuesday, September 6, 2005 at 14:59:15
From: Liverpool England
Home: Kaiapoi, New Zealand
Ship: S.S. Strathaird.
Dates: Dec 1960-Jan 1961
Comments: I Just typed in Strathaird into a search engine and up you popped.
We were a family of six emigrating to Australia. I was a twelve year old boy and that trip
from Tilbury to Sydney is one of my happiest memories. Great site. I look forward to
exploring it. Kind regards Frank Brown.
Name: Margaret Stamford
(O'Brien)
Email: stamford@dingley.net on Friday, September 9, 2005 at 10:00:18
From: Melbourne
Home: Melbourne
Ship: Oronsay
Dates: 1973
Comments: Sailed on the Oronsay's final voyage. Had a ball. I turned 21 on
board and I felt like a queen.
Name: Henny Kummeling
Email: hennykl@networksmm.com.au on Monday, September 12, 2005 at 12:18:32
From: Holland
Home: Abermain, NSW
Ship: SS Iberia
Dates: Sept 1969/Oct.1969
Comments: My parents three brothers and I migrated to Australia in 1969 on
the beautiful SS Iberia. I have spent a long time looking for information on our boat and
am pleased to find this site. Would love to hear from anyone who was on board the same
time as me. Also I would like to get hold of a passenger list?? I enjoyed looking at your
site and reading familiar stories.
Name: Jeff Bruce
Email: jereg2@tpg.com.au on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 at 23:11:12
From: England
Home: Australia
Ship: Orcades
Dates: Feb 1970
Comments: My family emigrated to Australia in 1970, sailing on the Orcades.
I was 14 and had the most wonderful time. Ports of call were Rotterdam, Lisbon, Dakar,
Cape Town, Durban, Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne and then finally to Sydney.
Name: Marjorie Marshall
(nee Gough)
Email: amarshall@iclub.org on Wednesday, September 14, 2005 at 00:02:10
From: England/Australia
Home: Kentucky, USA
Ship: SS Ranchi
Dates: Dec 3 1949 - Jan 1 1950
Comments: I was eleven years old. We were immigrants to Australia and our
cabin was a 6 or 8 berth. Males and females were separated.
Name: John G Gardiner
Email: john@gard1939fslife.co.uk on Wednesday, September 14, 2005 at
19:30:53
From: England
Home: England
Ship: Strathaird
Dates: 1955 / 1956
Comments: I was a Bell Boy, 16 1/2 years of age. I did two trips before I
'jumped ship' with a fellow Bell Boy for a stupid bet. I am now trying to find my mate
'Butch' who was the other Bell Boy. We both jumped ship in Sydney to get a job in
Australia. Is there any way I can trace him please?
Name: Jack Paterson
Email: jacko487@bigpond.net.au on Monday, September 19, 2005 at 13:30:09
From: Scotland
Home: Australia
Ship: Orontes
Dates: 2 May 1960
Comments: Great site. I never thought there were so many people looking for
information on the ships they immigrated on. If anyone has passenger lists on the Orontes
1960 to 1961 could you please email me. Any infomation would be much appreciated.
Name: Robyn Parkes
Email: Hoppersx@aol.com on Tuesday, September 20, 2005 at 13:41:33
From: Sydney
Home: Melbourne
Ship: S.S. Arcadia
Dates: Oct 20 - Nov 5 1978
Comments: My first trip on the Arcadia was on 20 October 1978 for a 16 night
Pacific cruise. The Arcadia was nicknamed the "Friendship" and rightly so. I
fell in love with her! A ship with so much character and a fun crew. I have many
memories and photos from this trip and a lovely picture of her taken at the Overseas
Terminal - Sydney Cove, Nov 1978. I also did a quick 2 night trip up to Brisbane in
December 1978. Unfortunately, my Arcadia's fate was near and did her last cruise on 19
Jan, 1979. The final voyage to Taipei departed Sydney on 29 January, 1979, with a huge
send off. I would love to hear from any passengers (or crew) from Arcadia, who have their
stories and pictures to show and tell. Cheers, Robyn
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