While
I was on Chusan in 1969 P&O was asked to provide a gangway guard for
the premier of the movie "Krakatau East of Java" in Leicester
Square and as we were the only ship in at the time it fell on us to do it.
We all thought we would have a great day out and end up at the after show
party. We left the ship at 1100hrs, travelled up to London by coach,
changed into No10's then after a cup of tea we went down to the foyer to
line up and watch the stars arrive. Then we watched the film then straight
back to the coach. But we had not had any food since breakfast so a
protesting P&O agent took us to Wimpy in Leicester Square in full
whites. It's a pity I can't remember the names of those present the only
one is Archie Strothers (2nd Elec) on the far right of the above group.
Cootje Kusters – Ritman was kindly offered a few more names:
Two Dutch WAPs: Lia Leenknegt on the left, Anneke Dijkstra (tall) at the
back. The AP with the beard is David Saunders and on the right I recognize
Peter Pratt, also an AP.
Courtesy
of Nigel Taylor
Wow,
that's a very young Roger Moore. With a little bit of googling I can tell
you that's Roger's first wife, actress Luisa Mattioli, whom he married on
April 11 1969 and divorced in 1996.