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From: "fitt" <>
Subject: Re: [WATERGUARD] Cunard/Southampton 1950's
Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2007 12:37:28 +0200
In-Reply-To: <000201c7e002$77a1d740$d4f78356@userdd4df03ff4>


Just as a matter of interest I believe that officers were still traveling on
the QE2 from New York to Southampton from time to time up to 'quite
recently'. One who was reported to have 'traveled' was Derek Stubbs, ex PO
(later just Officer / EO). He must have been one of the last PO's in
Southampton. I last heard of him on the Cutters.

As for the Dover boat train I rummaged it some time in 1970 / 71, I think it
was, with a scratch rummage crew on its way up to Victoria Station. We only
found the breakfast!

Jim Fitt

-----Original Message-----
From:
[mailto:] On Behalf Of Dave Taylor
Sent: 16 August 2007 02:37 PM
To:
Subject: Re: [WATERGUARD] Cunard/Southampton 1950's

In Newcastle in the 70s I met Bill Green, who retired around 1976, and who
had undertaken this duty. There may still be someone somewhere about, but it

must be remembered that some of our aged colleagues do not have access to
the internet. One or two of them may read The Bond - if anyone would care to

commence correspondence to try to pull someone out of the rafters, please
write something for publication and I will see that it gets into the next
issue (October).
Cheers,
Dave Taylor (Editor, The Bond)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Trevor Tomasin" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 9:25 AM
Subject: [WATERGUARD] Cunard/Southampton 1950's


> Hi
>
> I have been told that during the 1950's POs and APOs regularly sailed
> with the 'Queen Mary' and 'Queen Elizabeth' to New York and back as
> part of their duties. This, I am told, was to facilitate the
> clearance of the first class passengers prior to their arriving at
> Southampton.
>
> Does any one have any experiance or knowledge of this arrangement?
> When it started? When it stopped? Any anecdotes?
>
> Cheers :-*
>
> Trev
>
> www.tomasin.org.uk and www.hm-waterguard.org.uk
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