tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40712511614999850272024-03-22T06:23:10.265+11:00Europe by London Taxi1968 to 1970Pennie http://www.blogger.com/profile/09654754292396033261noreply@blogger.comBlogger374125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4071251161499985027.post-36828510190051285542012-06-14T06:30:00.000+10:002020-02-22T17:08:42.336+11:00Last Post.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<u>All we have left of our four London Taxi's.</u></div>
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<u>Photos and this Number Plate from 'Tabitha' #4 hanging up on our family room wall with other signs and posters collected from the U.K.</u></div>
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I have now finished this 'Europe by London Taxi' Blog, it follows our almost three years of travelling around the World in 1968, 1969 and 1970. I included our travel after we sent our London Taxi home from London because it made the story whole, and because we visited countries which were under Communist Rule at the time and are now free. I know we weren't doing those 7 months in 'Tabitha' Taxi but I thought that part of our trip needed to be included. <br />
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I have really enjoyed writing up this Blog, it was such fun reliving and remembering details some of which were small, some large, some well remembered and some long forgotten. I've relived the first three years of our marriage with great joy and expectation.<br />
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One of the things that I will be forever thankful for is the fact that both our families kept, then gave back to us, most of the postcards and letters that we had sent them. These items were enormously valuable in not only remembering the small details but dating a lot of our trip.<br />
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Special thanks have to go to Google Maps who have been invaluable in the writing of this Blog, making it possible for me to map our trip, visit sites we'd already been to and check out the differences, many of which make me so glad we visited these places before they became so very popular. Also special thanks to Wikipedia who made searching for details of things and places visited very easy.<br />
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Many thanks also to our parents especially our mothers, Rosie Rodd who gave me back our correspondence many years ago and to Mary Griffiths who kept everything we ever sent her and we found on her passing.<br />
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<u>Some Highlights.</u><br />
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<u>Scary</u> - Having great big old rifles pointed at us, once in Yugoslavia by a soldier and again in East Berlin by a young nervous guard and my being given the 'third degree' on re-entering the USA from Mexico.<br />
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<u>Inspiring</u> - Ancient sites in England and Europe, how did they build those magnificent structures? and Roman Central Heating, how clever and sensible.<br />
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<u>Delicious</u> - Discovering that food cooked perfectly, isn't overcooked. Europeans know how to make bread and know how to cook and flavour foods much better than the old Australian habit of overcooking everything just like they did in Mother England.<br />
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<u>Exploring</u> - Finding places, homes, castles, museums, art galleries and landmarks that I had only ever read about before.<br />
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<u>Disappointments</u> - Gretna Green, what a dump, nothing like I imagined after reading novels by the likes of Georgette Heyer... and have you actually ever 'taken' the waters in Bath, that was a real shock, it's revolting but fun watching others coming along in anticipation.<br />
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<u>Family</u> - Meeting and finding some interesting distant relatives and their old homes.<br />
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<u>Frustrating</u> - The English inviting us to Tea... we still don't know if it's in the afternoon or the evening and after all these years we've come to the conclusion that it means two different times to different people and if invited to Tea... always ask what time :-)<br />
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<u>Financially</u> - Finding out how far we could make our meager monies last, I find it laughable now on reading back on how much it cost us to do this and that and how much it cost us to travel here and there. <br />
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<u>Best Bit of the 1,000's of things, people we met and places we visited</u> - Meeting and living nearby in Carmel, California... David's Uncle Keith and Aunt Virginia. The more time passes the more I remember and love and appreciate those two, they were so generous and giving not only financially but with time and thought and introductions. I like to think we have followed them in some way by always welcoming and helping young people travelling to Australia.<br />
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I have thoughts of other subjects to Blog about but I'll take a step back for a while and let the ideas come to me slowly.<br />
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Thank you for reading and following our trip, it's been fun to see how many people found me and which countries they come from.<br />
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cheers Pennie Griffiths.Pennie http://www.blogger.com/profile/09654754292396033261noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4071251161499985027.post-16218490468178678552012-06-13T06:30:00.000+10:002020-02-22T17:08:01.097+11:00'Tabitha' Taxi in Australia - The Last Farewell - 10.7.1995.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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'Tabitha' wasn't getting out very much these days, she hardly came out of the Garage. <br />
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We had four children by now and seat belts were compulsory. I had an 8 seater car, David had a van and we had an old Sydney Albion Double Decker Bus which had been fitted out as a caravan with 8 beds upstairs, kitchen down stairs with seating room around a table... and a Loo under the stairs.<br />
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The Children were becoming beautiful young things in their 20's and didn't really want any more holidays in the Big Green Bus<span style="color: magenta;">*</span> with Mum and Dad, they themselves were heading overseas just as we did ... so the 'very hard' decision to sell 'Tabitha' was made... David now had plenty of cash to totally renovate the Double Decker Bus back to it's original state.<br />
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This was a sad sad sad day... we bought 'Tabitha' #4 in London on the 22.11.1969, David's 27th Birthday. 'Tabitha' was 11 years old and fresh out of 'Service'. David and I took her on a 2 month Holiday in Europe, well it was hard work for her really but there was a lot less stopping and starting in heavy smelly London traffic. <br />
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'Tabitha' then enjoyed, <a href="http://europebylondontaxi.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/tabitha-taxi-arrives-in-australia.html" style="color: red;">(until she got to the Western Australian coastline anyway)</a> a 6 week cruise to Sydney where she lived for most of her life, she enjoyed a very happy 26 years being beautifully looked after, she'd been restored, she'd been much admired with many people giving her a happy wave as she drove by, she'd been well loved by us all.<br />
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'Tabitha' was 37 when she left us to travel to a private museum in Queensland where we hope she is being just as loved as we'd loved her. 'Tabitha' will be 64 years old this year. (2012)<br />
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<span style="color: magenta;">*</span> Holidays in a Double Decker Bus... now that's a good idea for another Blog :-)<br />
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Today that same Albion Bus is still owned by us, along with a Leyland TD4, both are in excellent condition
and living with a lot of their buddies at the <a href="http://www.sydneybusmuseum.com/about.htm" style="color: red;">Sydney Bus Museum </a>in
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Actually the Museum owns an old Austin London Taxi similar to ours, it's a Petrol Cab, not a Diesel like 'Tabitha'. I hope the Museum get her done up one day soon.Pennie http://www.blogger.com/profile/09654754292396033261noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4071251161499985027.post-52691687213685765102012-06-12T06:30:00.000+10:002012-06-12T17:46:15.688+10:00'Tabitha' Taxi in Australia - With a Family Friend - 6.1.1991<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Our friend Ginge bought along his Riley, which is a cousin of 'Tabitha's. Ginge also bought along his beautiful children, Emily and Patrick.Pennie http://www.blogger.com/profile/09654754292396033261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4071251161499985027.post-29430801988685000542012-06-11T06:30:00.000+10:002012-06-12T17:46:35.512+10:00'Tabitha Taxi' in Australia - Formals - 10.11.1989<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Tabitha loved taking young people to their School Formals. That's Tom, second from right, with his friends off to their Year 10 Formal.Pennie http://www.blogger.com/profile/09654754292396033261noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4071251161499985027.post-42350741760039902182012-06-10T06:30:00.000+10:002012-06-12T17:47:02.383+10:00'Tabitha' Taxi in Australia - St Ives Show - 6.3.1988.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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First Place in the Classic Cars at the St Ives Show.<br />
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Much admired by passersby.Pennie http://www.blogger.com/profile/09654754292396033261noreply@blogger.com0St Ives NSW, Australia-33.7298948 151.1609638-33.7563063 151.1214818 -33.703483299999995 151.20044579999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4071251161499985027.post-46698893119431814672012-06-09T06:30:00.000+10:002012-06-12T17:47:22.590+10:00'Tabitha Taxi' in Australia - Film Work -<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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'Tabitha' loved doing film work, here she is in the back streets of Woolloomoolo, Sydney, making a Children's TV Show... I can't remember ever seeing it and I can't remember what it was called... it was all about that old guy though.<br />
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I did this job, I did a few Weddings as well but these film jobs were the most boring of all... so much fluffing around and around to get just one glimpse of the taxi on film :-)<br />
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The 'Big Green Bus', a Sydney Albion Double Decker Bus, celebrating 40 years of age.<br />
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Some of the guests at the Party.<br />
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Even a London RT came to wish 'The Big Green Bus' Happy Birthday.<br />
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A very smart MG was one of the guests as well.Pennie http://www.blogger.com/profile/09654754292396033261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4071251161499985027.post-53554314208159581752012-06-07T06:30:00.001+10:002012-06-07T06:30:02.024+10:00'Tabitha' Taxi in Australia - Film Work - 10.11.1985<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This Film was made out past Windsor somewhere. Mick Conway was in it but we can't remember what it was called.<br />
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That's a young Briony and an even younger Gwilym in front of Tabitha, fascinated by the big chicken.<br />
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Tomos and Nerys were even IN the Parade... for Grace Brothers?? I guess David was paid for the use of the London Taxi.Pennie http://www.blogger.com/profile/09654754292396033261noreply@blogger.com0Sydney NSW, Australia-33.873651 151.2068896-33.8868345 151.1871486 -33.860467500000006 151.22663060000002tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4071251161499985027.post-7948853711925938002012-06-05T06:30:00.000+10:002012-06-05T06:30:01.678+10:00Tabitha in Australia - Christmas - 1972.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is our Christmas Photo for 1972.<br />
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By now, we'd toured a little on weekends, to Canberra mainly to visit family and friends, and we'd bought a home and our first born is enjoying life in a London Taxi. Although by now I think I had a Ford Falcon Station Wagon because 'Tabitha' had let me down terribly by failing her brakes going down a very steep hill at Brookvale... I went straight through red traffic lights at the bottom of the hill with my feet standing on the brake and pulling the hand brake full on. Tabitha wasn't going fast, I had managed to slow her but not stop!<br />
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Boy oh Boy! Nerys and I were lucky, if I were to sail through those same traffic lights today I would make a dreadful mess of not only myself but many others. There is a lot more traffic around now than back then. <br />
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I can still see the faces on the road workers nearby... A London Taxi going through red lights with a woman driving and a baby in a bassinet inside! LOL They did come over to offer help.Pennie http://www.blogger.com/profile/09654754292396033261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4071251161499985027.post-49638117783454133832012-06-04T06:30:00.001+10:002012-06-04T06:30:01.776+10:00'Tabitha Taxi' in Australia - Back to Work - 1971<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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'Tabitha' started her working life in Australia by doing Weddings. This is the Wedding of my oldest friend Sue aka 'Smurray'.<br />
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A Jewish Wedding in the Eastern Suburbs.<br />
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How exciting is this, at last we are reunited with 'Tabitha' after her six week trip to Sydney and our seven months trip through the USSR and the USA back home to Sydney. What a lot of kerfuffle 'Social Briefs' was, maybe it still is, I've never looked.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Gollygosh... look at that number plate!! Where did that come from?
I guess it was 'Tabitha's' first registration and this was the number
she received! Neither of us remember it and David can remember every single number plate he's ever owned. It wasn't long before we changed those plates to FX 137,
more fitting for an Austin FX 3. I don't think we were allowed to have
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We get straight off the ship, head to Newport Beach, pick up 'Tabitha' then around to Crescent Road for a good wash and scrub down.<br />
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Tim with his broken arm, David and his sister Julia... who is that at the back of the Cab I wonder?<br />
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I don't know who that is at the back either? Friends of Tim's maybe.Pennie http://www.blogger.com/profile/09654754292396033261noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4071251161499985027.post-86195728326065637882012-06-02T06:30:00.001+10:002012-06-23T22:15:47.196+10:00Australia - Sydney Harbour - 13.11.1970<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Pilot boat greats the 'Himalaya' just outside Sydney Harbour Heads.<br />
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two of the longest days we've ever spent we can see HOME! It's a two
day sail from Auckland, I've done that sail twice in my life and believe
me they are the longest two days ever! The ship is finishing it's
trip, (a six week trip from England) there is little or no entertainment
going on, people are packing up their goods and chattels and everyone
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These have to be the most beautiful Heads in the Whole Wide World!
Lisbon Harbour is pretty but their Heads aren't much, same with Vancouver
and San Francisco... Sydney has the most beautiful entrance to the most
beautiful Harbour in the World! <br />
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A Hydrofoil taking people to work in the big City from Manly.<br />
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There's Mum and brother Nick, waiting at the Overseas Terminal in Circular Quay.<br />
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HELLO!!!<br />
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A photo sent to me by Crystal, my new friends in Reading, UK :-) Isn't she just beautiful! This photo was found in a book about P&O Liners. The S.S.Himalaya was retired in 1974, only four years after we sailed home on her.<br />
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Turbine control panel.<br />
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Boiler firebox.<br />
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The front of a propeller shaft.<br />
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Stabiliser Installation.<br />
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Condensers.<br />
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This photo gave me a bit of a shock... This is the Butchers Shop! It looks like one of the engine rooms but I guess this is where the Butchers Shop has to be, down below near the Engines!<br />
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Wandering around Auckland for the day, through the Parks, Downtown and Museums.<br />
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Same street corner today from Google, not a lot of change. <br />
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War Memorial Museum.<br />
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The 'Niagara'.<br />
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The Anchor of the 'Bounty'.<br />
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<span class="value">This
iron anchor was abandoned by the mutineers aboard HMS BOUNTY after
using it to free the ship from a coral reef near Tahiti in 1789, while
on their way to Pitcairn Island. When, in 1789, Fletcher Christian and
his mutineers brought BOUNTY back to Tahiti, they used the same spot for
anchorage that Captain Bligh had used when loading his cargo of
breadfruit trees. The mutineers had no intention of stopping long and
having secured supplies and water, they attempted to weigh anchor, but
the ship had grounded on a sunken reef. They used the ship's spare
anchor as a kedge to haul her off. This was successful but the kedge was
held fast by the coral so they had to cut the cable and leave the
anchor behind. The incident was not forgotten by the local people. They
successfully retrieved the anchor in 1935 but without its wooden stock.</span></div>
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United Kingdom</div>
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Auckland Regional Authority Bus.<br />
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Holden's for New Zealand, in front of the 'Himalaya'.<br />
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Auckland's steam ferry boats, formerly worked in Sydney.<br />
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<span class="value"> Farewell New Zealand... we come back a couple more times.</span></div>
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<span class="value">We are almost home, can't wait! The next two days to Sydney take forever..........</span></div>
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Arriving in Suva, Fiji on a cloudy rainy day.<br />
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A band is welcoming us. I'm not surprised just about everyone on board was heading to the markets to shop!<br />
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Leaving Suva in a rain storm, something that happens quite often in Fiji. We've been back to Fiji a few more times, a couple of times on ships then in about 1986, I won first prize in a local 'Little Athletics' fund raising Raffle - a week in Fiji for two adults and two children. We took our youngest two that time, the other two were adults.Pennie http://www.blogger.com/profile/09654754292396033261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4071251161499985027.post-13158416500340048042012-05-29T06:30:00.000+10:002012-05-29T06:30:01.117+10:00Letter - to David's mother Mary - 'Himalaya' - 7.11.1970<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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At Sea, one day into Suva. Friday 6th November 1970<br />
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Hello Mum, Dad, Andrew and Doodie,<br />
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I guess this is my last letter to you for some time - happily the need will cease a week from today, and we're looking forward hugely to the big event.<br />
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High on our minds today is the shopping spree on duty free bits in Suva - a good tape recorder, an adding machine ordered by Pen's Mum (we owe her $40 on account of duty paid on Tabitha), a camera for a Phelan cousin, maybe a set of field glasses if reasonably $'d. We should have suggested a lot earlier that you tell us if you wanted something, a little transistor or whatever. But we've tried to pick up a little goodie for each family member somewhere along our route. Also picked up duty free grog (liqueurs) on board, all helps to moisten the coming revels.<br />
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The ship is O.K. - very full, mainly with very oldies - apparently all from Redfern and Newtown or England, but a few Canadians got on in Vancouver so we have made some good friends amongst them. <br />
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We cannot get a cabin to ourselves - at times it's even hard to find two seats in the lounge, but it's wonderful outdoors weather, and deck tennis/pool etc. activities are A1! So expect to see us in the pink of condition - Pen somewhat weightier than before (she told me to say that). We have a superb table waiter, who must be the most attentive ever, and a good cabin steward. My German cabin mate and I carry on desultory conversations in German, while Pennie's (also German, (speaks English) does nothing but sleep.<br />
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From Pennie - Yesterday we crossed the Equator, there was a special ceremony, people were splatted with red and green muck and thrown into the pool with Dead Fish! Thank goodness they emptied and cleaned the pool later. I've been walking two miles a day lately, six times around 'A' Deck makes a mile. In less that a week we will see you.<br />
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Love Pennie and David xx<br />
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We did become great friends with the couple standing in the middle of this photo, they were Canadian, Bruce and Steph, they settled near us in Sydney for a while and it was Bruce who encouraged David to go to the 7 Day Adventist Hospital near us for the Give up Smoking Seminars... which were very successful. Bruce and Steph went back to Canada, they separated and we lost touch.<br />
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Those two buildings on the left, are in the middle of the photo below that I grabbed today from Google Maps.<br />
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The 'Himalaya' was nothing like the 'President Cleveland', the ship we took from Japan to the U.S.A., probably because the 'President Cleveland' had two classes and it was one big party in 2nd Class which was where we were with loads of students heading to America.<br />
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The 'Himalaya' was one class and full of middle aged Australian and English people, there were hardly any young ones on board, plus David and I couldn't get a room together so David was sharing a room with a German fellow, my room mate was also German and spent most of her time sleeping, which wasn't much fun and totally forgettable which I have done... completely forgotten it! The photos and tomorrows post letter reminds me of our trip.<br />
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One of the things these middle aged people did when arriving in each Port, was to catch a tourist coach. This is something David and I have never done and even now that we are 'middle aged' ourselves, couldn't even contemplate doing, we've always much preferred to explore and discover each Port - Country - City down on the ground on shanks pony, local transport or even a hired car!<br />
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In 1977 we sailed once again to the U.K., we had three children 5 yrs, 3 yrs and 4 months old, we chose to travel on a Greek shipping line, on the 'Australis'. This ship was dreadful, they had no facilities for young children and they even ran out of toilet paper. On our return at the end of 1978 we went back to P&O on the 'Oriana', this was a fantastic trip, so good the children didn't want to get off the ship in Ports, the playroom was such fun plus the Nanny would take them to the Bar for Pink Lemonades... for the kids and Pink Gin's for her :-) The children still have great memories of that trip. <br />
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David and I spent the day with Janet and David Reidie, a young Canadian couple, firstly on Waikiki Beach. I wonder what happened to Janet and David?<br />
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From Google Maps today.<br />
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I can't believe I found this weird round thing on Google Maps, it does look as though it's been moved since 1970 and the buildings around are nothing like the ones in the photo above. I'm amazed to see how enormous Honolulu is now.<br />
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Night time, and the Hare Krishna are out and about. We'd never seen this sort of thing before, lots of new experiences.<br />
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Shops were open at night time! Another new experience.<br />
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Halloween is another thing we'd never seen before, we'd heard about it, seen photos but never experienced Halloween. Not something we've ever got into here in Australia. Look at the prices of the hamburgers! <br />
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Somewhere on the Pacific Ocean! Beautiful sunny days.<br />
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First stop from San Francisco is Vancouver, our friends the Charlesworths, were working so we spent the day pottering around this beautiful city.<br />
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We do arrive at this same spot in November 1978 on board the Oriana and with three little children in tow, Ted met us and took us to the snow with toboggans, that was a fun day as well.<br />
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Looking towards Grouse Mountain.<br />
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Queen Elizabeth Park.<br />
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Bloedel Conservatory.<br />
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Vancouver Trolley Bus.<br />
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Farewell Vancouver.Pennie http://www.blogger.com/profile/09654754292396033261noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4071251161499985027.post-83240797030680601352012-05-24T06:30:00.001+10:002021-11-27T18:51:38.259+11:00'S.S. Himalaya' - Leaving San Francisco - 4th October 1970<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Almost all the friends we'd made in the four short months in America, turned up to say farewell to us on the 'Himalaya'. From left- Willard Coursey, Sandy Meyrose, Pennie, ?? Skylor, Mrs Skylor's two daughters, Grover Meyrose, Sheila Daughtery with Eugene on deck, Carol Coursey and I just can't remember the names of the last couple but their daughter was named Tamara!<br />
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We can't remember how we knew the Skylor's, they'd changed their surname when they moved to America, it was something unpronouncable before, Mr Skylor was Nick we remember. They were a delightful family I remember that.<br />
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Farewell, farewell... we're still in touch with the Coursey's and their oldest daughter.<br />
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We did see Sandy again, she visited Australia a few years after this.<br />
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Leaving the beautiful San Francisco... we do come back :-)<br />
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On the way to San Francisco to board the 'Himalaya' for home... but firstly a stop, somewhere in the San Martin area for some wine tasting.<br />
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Moffett Field Naval Air Station. near Palo Alto. The worlds tallest hangar.<br />
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Today from Google Maps.<br />
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David still loves these trams.<br />
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At Fisherman's Wharf with Sandy and Doug. (His real name is Grover, I don't know where the Doug comes from?)<br />
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<br />Pennie http://www.blogger.com/profile/09654754292396033261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4071251161499985027.post-7886637912966948362012-05-22T06:30:00.000+10:002012-05-22T06:30:00.468+10:00U.S.A. - Our Final Farewells to Keith and Virginia - October 1970<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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From left to right, John Davis, Keith Evans, Virginia Evans, Grover Meyrose, Sandy Meyrose, Liz Davis, Pennie and Aileen Drury.<br />
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... and David in the middle.<br />
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Keith and Virginia weren't City people so we said our sad farewells here in front of their home, Liz and John lived next door. Grover and Sandy drove us to San Francisco to board the 'Himalaya' for our trip home to Australia... and to Tabitha Taxi.<br />
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Nothing has changed in this street scene from Google, very comforting except the people are no longer. :-(Pennie http://www.blogger.com/profile/09654754292396033261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4071251161499985027.post-82991645772395189722012-05-21T06:30:00.000+10:002012-05-21T06:30:02.280+10:00U.S.A. - Carmel, California - Keith and Virginia - October 1970<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Trying to get a Formal Photo of Keith and Virginia Evans, Liz and John Davis with Pennie and David.<br />
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I love it... Liz pulled down the shoulder of her top, pulled up her skirts and posed! Keith is totally bored, Virginia is adoring David, John isn't looking at the camera and David and I are only good ones with a full smiles to the camera.<br />
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Keith's boredom got the better of him LOL Liz is adoring David, Virginia is adoring me and John still isn't looking at the camera.<br />
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So much for a formal photo! Worse than little kids I reckon!Pennie http://www.blogger.com/profile/09654754292396033261noreply@blogger.com2