My parents,sister and I travelled regularly in the 50s from cape town to Southampton ..Capetown castle,Windsor castle,Edinburgh Castle plus Caledonia in 1957 we were Sally and Susan Hutchinson.i remember dressing up for Father Neptune boarding!!
Still remember crossing the equator on the Edinburgh castle as a child, 1974 I think. Think there might have been a smaller celebration for the tropics. Have a photo of me cuddling a lion cub on board at some point during the journey (possibly on arrival in Cape Town), but crew might remember if this cub was onboard during the journey. I won the children's disco dancing competition much to my sisters disappointment as she fancied her chances. Not that I could dance. Quite a lot of fun for a child. Pity those that never got to experience emigrating like this.
Joined Reina del Mar in 1970 done four and half years on that one, two voyages on the Pen and two on the Vaal then six years on cargo division ,enjoyed every minute of it,then Cunard the RFA finishing in 2011 a great career,love to do it all again,regards Jim Wagg
Nicely done!...I did 6 trips on S.A. Vaal (formally Transvaal Castle) 4 trips on Windsor Castle as deck crew and 1 trip on Pendennis Castle as passenger. Great memories.
@@richardbowness1595 Hello Richard sorry I do not remember Speedy I was in in the deck department at that time so we did the tying up and letting go of the ship,painting,lowering the lifeboat,s and general washing down the decks first thing in the morning
I done the last five years on Reina del Mar mostly as Deck Steward, a great little ship!l also did a couple of voyages on the Pen and then the Vaal then Clan line ,King line and the rest until made redundant in 1982, we had a great Captain whilst l was on Reina,Captain Alister Sillars,great days ,Jt wagg
Is that Union Steamship Company Ltd (NZ) or was the company registered in the U.K hence the red funnel markings of USSCo minus the 2 black stripes as part of it's amalgamation with the consortium?
It's the UK-registered company. They served the Africa routes from Southampton, the most famous being the route to South Africa. IIRC, Union-Castle Lines ceased to exist in the 1980s
My parents,sister and I travelled regularly in the 50s from cape town to Southampton ..Capetown castle,Windsor castle,Edinburgh Castle plus Caledonia in 1957 we were Sally and Susan Hutchinson.i remember dressing up for Father Neptune boarding!!
Windsor Castle was layed up in the Fal in the late 90's. She still looked well maintained then, as I recall.
Many thanks for showing the lovely ships of union castle line. Nicely put together.
My Parents and 3:16 sister and I travelled regularly in the 50s
What a joy for me too see meany ships I sailed on thank you.
Anyone remember sailing off Cape Town, and the Cape rollers were quite rough?
@@richardbowness1595 They could be very rough especially when leaving Cape Town and turning to go up the coast
Still remember crossing the equator on the Edinburgh castle as a child, 1974 I think. Think there might have been a smaller celebration for the tropics. Have a photo of me cuddling a lion cub on board at some point during the journey (possibly on arrival in Cape Town), but crew might remember if this cub was onboard during the journey. I won the children's disco dancing competition much to my sisters disappointment as she fancied her chances. Not that I could dance. Quite a lot of fun for a child. Pity those that never got to experience emigrating like this.
So you emigrated southbound? I emigrated northbound in May 1974. Cape Town to Southampton. I really enjoyed my time on the ship.
Joined Reina del Mar in 1970 done four and half years on that one, two voyages on the Pen and two on the Vaal then six years on cargo division ,enjoyed every minute of it,then Cunard the RFA finishing in 2011 a great career,love to do it all again,regards Jim Wagg
Nicely done!...I did 6 trips on S.A. Vaal (formally Transvaal Castle) 4 trips on Windsor Castle as deck crew and 1 trip on Pendennis Castle as passenger. Great memories.
❤❤❤❤❤😂🎉🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧❤❤❤❤for me beautiful memories, love these beautiful ships
Crewed on the Edinburgh Castle for seven voyages in the early 70,s
I sailed on her in 1971, aged 9. Do you remember a steward who had the nickname 'Speedy'? he was our favourite!
@@richardbowness1595 Hello Richard sorry I do not remember Speedy I was in in the deck department at that time so we did the tying up and letting go of the ship,painting,lowering the lifeboat,s and general washing down the decks first thing in the morning
I done the last five years on Reina del Mar mostly as Deck Steward, a great little ship!l also did a couple of voyages on the Pen and then the Vaal then Clan line ,King line and the rest until made redundant in 1982, we had a great Captain whilst l was on Reina,Captain Alister Sillars,great days ,Jt wagg
@@jimwagg2386 Took the Reina to scrap ,sailed on most type of the companies vessels during my 18 yrs 69/85
My Parents were Eric and Iris Hutchinson
Is that Union Steamship Company Ltd (NZ) or was the company registered in the U.K hence the red funnel markings of USSCo minus the 2 black stripes as part of it's amalgamation with the consortium?
It's the UK-registered company. They served the Africa routes from Southampton, the most famous being the route to South Africa. IIRC, Union-Castle Lines ceased to exist in the 1980s
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