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Oriana Groups Pre 1970 Index
1966 Can Can Girls
1966 Cary Grant with Senior Officers
1966 Christmas
1966 Death of the Orient Line Invitation to the Wake
1966 Dinner Time
1966 Engine Room Curry
1966 Orient Line Wake Crew List
1966 The Wake!
1966/67 Jack Blades Wedding
1966/67 Break Ashore
1967 Electrical Officers
1967 Engineer Officers
1967 Engineers Formal
1967 WAPs get Fashionable!
1968 Race Night
1969 Race Night
1969 WAP's Day Out
1969 Western Night
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1966 Can Can Girls
Courtesy of Jenny Hill (now Anderson)
The lovely bevy of beauties are predominately WAPs i.e. Pat Mitchell, Viv Kiy, Sue Bickell, Dawn Powell and Liz Twine and Jenny Hill.
Back row L-R:
Pat Mitchell, Staff
Capt DJ Scott Masson, ??, Capt C Edgecombe, ??, Viv Kiy,
Jenny Hill.
Middle row L-R:
Sue Bickell, Dawn Powell,
Elizabeth Twine.
Front row:
Nursing Sister (can't remember name)
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1966 Cary Grant with Senior Officers
Courtesy of Ernest French
Above is a photo of a group in the Captain's Cabin of ORIANA in Los Angeles in June 1966.
L-R:
Terry McCarthy (Chief Officer), David Blois (Staff Commander), Cary Grant, Captain Edgecombe, 'Miss Ocean Travel, Toni Mazonowicz (Chief Engineer), Ernest 'Froggie' French (Purser).
Cary Grant and his wife and daughter were embarking for passage to the UK with us. I don't know who Miss Ocean Travel was but it looks as the Chief Engineer is holding her hand.
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1966 Death of the Orient Line Invitation to the Wake
Courtesy of Ernest French
On 30 September 1966 a short lived company known as P&O-Orient Line ceased to exist and at sunset ships of the former Orient Line hauled down their house flag. The following morning the P&O house flag was hoisted. It was the end of an era.
On ORIANA after church on Sunday 2 October we held a 'wake'. Above is the invitation to that wake.
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1966 Orient Line Wake Crew List
Courtesy of Ernest French
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1966 The Wake!
Courtesy of Ernest French
A fine band of men (and a woman) mourning the demise of the P&O-Orient Line as of the 30 September 1966. This wake was on the ORIANA after church on Sunday 2 October.
I'm hoping that Ernest French is one of those gentlemen so I can add his photo to his section.
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1966 Christmas
Courtesy of Ian Smith
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1966 Dinner Time
Courtesy of Ian Smith
L-R Clockwise:
??, Alex Jameson, ??, Ian Smith, ??, ??, ??, Barry Askam, ??
Courtesy of Ian Smith
L-R Clockwise:
Eric Sweetman, Ann Tingay, Ian Smith, ??, ??, ??, ??, Dave Whitby, ??, Alex Jameson, Alan Williams, ??
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1966 Engine Room Curry
Courtesy of Ian Smith
Chris Baines and Jack Blades.
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1966/67 Jack Blades Wedding
Courtesy of Ian Smith
Jack Blades wedding Oriana 66/67
(Note all the cap badges are Orient)
L-R:
Ian Smith, ??, Chas Allen, Mick Ramsey, Dave Whitby, Peter Guile, Mike Baxter, Chris Baines.
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1966/67 Break Ashore
Courtesy of Ian Smith
A break ashore from Oriana 66/67
in San Francisco I think.
L-R:
Eric Sweetman, Colin
Ellerby and Alex Jameson.
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1967 Electrical Officers
Courtesy of Ian Smith
L-R:
Ian Smith, ??, Bob Jenkins, Tom Douther, Eric ?, 'Gentleman' Jack Cheetham, Alex Jamison, Barry Volves.
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1967 Engineer Officers
Courtesy of Ian Smith
L-R Standing:
Jack Cheetham, ??, Peter Guile, ??, Ken Gurnett, Bob Jenkins, ??, Stuart Waller, Peter Robinson, ??, ??, ??,
Crouching:
Jack Blades, Ian Smith, Mick Ramsey.
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1967 Engineers Formal
Courtesy of Ian Smith
L-R Back:
??, Chas Allen, Bob Jenkins, Alex Jamison, Peter Guile, Chris Baines, ??
Middle:
John James, Mick Baxter, Jack Blades.
Sitting:
Ian Smith, Stuart Waller, Dave Whitby, Ken Gurnett, ??, Alan Williams, Peter Stokes, ??
Dave Betts adds the following;
This pre dates me by one voyage but I can recognize Peter Stokes A/E front row sitting 2nd from right. He was also an ex JI Thornycroft (later Vosper) apprentice. He joined P&O in 1966, I joined in Feb 1967. I will think about some others shown who look familiar but names escape me just now. I think it is Mike Baxter (1st Refrig Engineer) middle row 2nd from left.
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1967 WAPs get Fashionable!
Courtesy of Jenny Hill (now Anderson)
These gorgeous WAPs are parading their "New Uniforms".
L-R:
Viv Kiy (in old uniform), Ann Tingay, Liz Twine, Pat Mitchell, Lily Couvee, Jose Dirks, Jenny Hill (I didn't really have a club foot!!)
Courtesy of Jenny Hill (now Anderson)
Courtesy of Jenny Hill (now Anderson)
L-R:
Ann Tingay, Liz Twine, Jenny Hill, Jose Dirks, Lily Couvee, Sue Bickel and Pat Mitchell.
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1968 Race Night
Courtesy of Chris Hindley
L-R:
Chris Hindley, Carol Hammond, Bill Hemsley.
Carol Hammond kindly named by Jenny Hill.
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1969 Race Night
Courtesy of Chris Hindley
L-R:
Chris Hindley, Di ? , Bill Hemsley, Peter Pratt.
Peter Pratt kindly named by Harbo.
Courtesy of Chris Hindley
L-R:
Chris Hindley and Mike Hawkesworth
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1969 WAP's Day Out
Courtesy of Chris Hindley
Chris can't name the WAP's. I'm sure someone can help with that.
Steve Wedd writes;
I thought I could name some of the “WAPS day out” folks. I think the girl at the bottom of the step was Jenny (a Junior WAP) but even after checking the Fleet list (which I think is from a few months later) I’m not confident so I’ll leave it open for anyone to confirm. Don’t know any of the others, - obviously I only had my eye on that particular one!!
Fair enough too I reckon!
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1969 Western Night
Courtesy of Chris Hindley
L-R:
Di ? and Chris Hindley
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