Crew Abroad & Ashore Pictures Page 5
I'd be very happy to receive additional photographs and any information that will identify persons as yet unknown.
Ashore in Hawaii in 1954 & 1960
Derek Clarke, John Redhead, Gordon Head and Kenny Martin in their hire car, Hawaii April 1954
[Photos above and below: Courtesy of John Redhead]
Compared to the UK, the motor cars in the U.S.A. were huge, with a long bonnet (hood) and matching length of boot (trunk). Being able to hire a car in places like Hawaii was the ultimate in flash, well at least to get seen in a drop-top.
The next requirement was to be seen posing on no other place than Waikiki Beach - of course! John tells me that as they were driving around there were plots of land for sale everywhere, with boards advertising $10 deposit and $10 a month! Today, those plots are mostly occupied by skyscrapers.
Photo Ref: JRH07
Back - Left to right: Derek Clarke, Gordon Head and Kenny Martin. Front - Left to right, Unknown, Unknown, John Redhead, on Waikiki Beach, Hawaii April 1954. Apparently check-pattern shorts were then the height of fashion.
By 1960, the surfboard was the vital piece of kit to be seen with on such a famous beach…
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Photo Ref: PD19
Ashore on Waikiki Beach, Hawaii during 1960 Great World Cruise. Diamond Head seen in the background. Only
Pete Davison is identified on the far right in sunglasses
[Photo: Courtesy of Pete Davison]
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Ashore in Hamburg 1963
NavBarThe overnight stay in Hamburg on the North Cape Cruise was always looked forward to by Caronia's crew. From the early 1960s, the nightlife in Hamburg was probably leading the way in a new cultural revolution. This was after all the city where the Beatles led an infamous lifestyle!
Crew ashore in Hamburg 1963
Left to right…
A lad from Birkenhead, Pete Davison, Ron Griffiths, Billy Flaherty, A local girl (?) and Gordon McMillan
[Photo: Courtesy of Pete Davison]
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Ashore in Venice 1951/53..?
NavBarDon Miller-Watt poses a question with this photograph. Apparently taken in the early 1950s he claims that it was taken whilst he was on the Caronia. His question is: when?
Well, the answer is not simple because the first recorded arrival at Venice that I have for the “Green Goddess” isn't until early in 1955. This is around two years after this picture was taken.
Kenny Ayling and Don Miller-Watt in Venice
[Photo: Courtesy of Don Miller-Watt]
…and in 1965
Chris Griffiths ashore in Venice in 1965, with Caronia in background
[Photo: Courtesy of Chris Griffiths]
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Ashore in Suva 1954
Jim Stephens (chief boots for many years) on left. Taken at Suva in 1954
[Photo: Courtesy of Colin Stephens]