Uganda Groups Index
1975 Engine Room Group
1977/78 Engine Room group
1978 Cabin Party
1978 Music Room Group
1978 Wardroom Pub Lunch
1979-1983 Engine Room Formal
1979-1983 Engine Room Informal
1979-1983 Engineers on Deck
1979-1983 Engineers on Deck (a little later)
1979-1983 Old Time Music Hall
1979-1980 Sleeping Beauty Panto
1979 The Wurzels Tribute Band
1980 Brochure Photos
1980 or 81 Malta Dry Dock
1981 On the Plates
1983 Engineers having drinks on Deck post Falklands War
Barclays Bank Girls
Freetown Beach Group
Funnel Group
Restaurant in Venice Group
Silly Hat Party
Venice Group
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Uganda Silly Hat Party
This is a classic example of the small ships entertainment syndrome. A Silly Hat Party! You had to be there J. I can only recognise two people and that’s Don Cole back middle with the beard and Ben Dover smack in the middle with a plastic cup on his head. What the ???? Dave Jewkes tells me that the guy in front of Don Cole is David Saunders (aka Diddy David), a Purser. And directly far right in the cloth cap is Mike Fatchen. And the gorgeous girl on the left with the chess board on her head is Marie Groom … very nice.
On the 27th November 2006, I was invited to Lunch on board the Pacific Princess by Bill McCandless and during the visit we went to the Bridge and met Captain Mike Fatchen who'd just arrived to take over the ship. There's a photo of him in the Reunion section here
Thanks to Debbie McAughtrie (nee Buxton), Bert’s wife ex Uganda Asst Mat and Entertainments Officer on Oriana & Canberra we have some more names of the above mob.
Next to Don Cole in the Aussie cork hat is John Adamson (Engineer). Wearing the dog kennel, next to Fatch, is Vicky Holmes (Asst Mat). Middle row next to the guy wearing the chef hat is Nicky Shutt (WAP) and then Anita Sutherland (WAP) (Alec's wife) 3rd from the left in the front row is Jane Kilminster (Asst Mat). The Pirate hat in the front row is Freddie Lloyd (R.O.). In the front row with a drink problem is Kirstine Mayall (Ents) and the guy delivering the drink is Jimmy Dene (Cruise Director-when he was on this planet). I think the girl on the back row in the blue T shirt is Jenny Gardener (Nursing Sister).
The information continues thanks to Kirstine Mayall.
Chris Blake is the Bishop in the middle of the front row. He maybe was First Officer at the time and most recently I saw him on TV just after 9/11 as Captain on one of those training sailing ships, maybe the Winston Churchill or Malcolm Miller. Frank Zaniewski, Doctor, is behind me with the top hat on and Ron Furlong, who ran everything for the kids on board, is the one with the black Admiral's hat and white shirt.
The information again continues thanks to Bob Eden who tells me that Chris Blake is in fact the Captain of the Bark Endeavour built in Fremantle and launched in 1994.
and this is Chris Blake now.
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Music Room Group 1978
Photo & narration courtesy of Don Cole
The only two I can name are myself front left and the guy in the middle at the back who was called Morris Skinner who was a leckey with me, he was a great character and always laughing and joking, we used to try and compete with each other all the time from shooting cans to bronzing contests, he was from Sunderland I think, yet another good guy who I have lost contact with mores the pity. Maybe someone will know some other names.
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Uganda Cabin Party 1979
Photo courtesy of Paul Lightfoot & Don Cole
L-R Back:
Alan Newby AELO, Dave Garry 3EO, Laurie Bradley 4EO, ??, Ian Mark 3EO, ?? (Ships Photographer)
Front:
Bronwyn ? (Barclays Bank Staff), Don Cole AELO, Lynne ? (Barclays Bank Staff), Andy Ball AELO.
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Wardroom Pub Lunch 1978
Courtesy of Don Cole
Barclays Bank girl Pat Kinblane and Big Dave Holmes (ELO) moving in for the kill.
Courtesy of Don Cole
That’s Mike Fatchen (1st Officer) holding up the bar and Bob Brunyee entertaining us as usual.
Courtesy of Don Cole
Mike Fatchen again who’s skilfully demonstrating to a bemused purser the P&O sign for "my glass is empty please refill it".
Courtesy of Don Cole
Here’s Don fully loaded singing along with the two at the bar but unable to stand to join them.
Don recalls the reason they where all so pissed was that Ken Hobbs (C/Eng) had donated a large flagon of the most rough local wine to the party, as the bar had closed, and they set about making sure Ken got his money back on the empty flagon as he reckoned it was worth more than the wine. I still remember hoping that he’d not mixed up the container with the stuff we used to clean electric motors with as is smelt like it and had the same effect after we had drank it...Death.
Courtesy of Don Cole
Just to prove that the effect of the wine was lethal, this is Dave Holmes's body found the next day :)
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1979-1983 ? Engine Room Formal
Courtesy of Jim Walton
Names have been kindly supplied by Geoff Kimber.
I think this can be dated at 1980/81
L-R Back:
Liquid Tim (E Cadet), ?? (E Cadet), Mike Eltham (3/E), Garry James (A/E)
L-R Middle:
Jim Walton (A/Elec), Terry Bartholemew (1/Elec), David King (C/E), “Minty” Ferguson (4/E), Peter Johnson J2/E
L-R Front:
Roger Marshall (S2/E), Tony Minnards (Rooster) (4/E), Ralph Birch (A/E), Simon Hill (3/E), Alan Newby (2/Elec)
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1979-1983 ? Engine Room Informal
Courtesy of Jim Walton
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1979-1983 ? Engineers on Deck
Courtesy of Jim Walton
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1979-1983 ? Engineers on Deck (a little later)
Courtesy of Jim Walton
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1979-1983 ? Old Time Music Hall
Courtesy of Jim Walton
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Barclays Bank Girls
Courtesy of Andy Ball
Andy recalls;
The Barclays Bank girls did the currency exchange on the Uganda (instead of the Pursers), a hang over from the BI days apparently. Their accommodation was starboard side just aft of the Engineers accommodation so they were always great favourites of the Engineers. Seen in the engine room on a tour is Angie White on the Port Ahead wheel, and I'm afraid I can't remember the other girl's name.
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1980 Brochure Photos
Courtesy of Richard Reubin
Uganda Brochure shots for the 1981 season. They were taken in 1980. That's Richard Reubin pretending to be dancing with the lady in the red dress. 2 WAPs and a Purser were also roped in for the "shoot" which took place on a quiet layover day in port somewhere.
That's definitely Josie Mackenzie between the nearest couple on the right. Can anyone name the rest?
Thanks to Sue Turner (now Sayce) for supplying the following information;
This photo was taken in Athens dry dock (no pax aboard!) whilst the ship was undergoing urgent repair work after going aground leaving Alexandria! The two ladies in the foreground were models. The Purser is Diddy David (David Saunders), and the lady with her back to the model in the red dress is me, Sue Turner (WAP), the other WAP next to Diddy David is Jose Mackenzie!!
Courtesy of Richard Reubin
Richard believes the Chef is Trevor Friday and Andy Ball thinks the Purser on the right is David Saunders (aka Diddy David).
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1980 or 81 Malta Dry Dock
Courtesy of Geoff Kimber
Taken in some catacombs on Malta (these were educational cruises you know).
L-R:
Alan (Minty) Ferguson 4EO, Dave Oakes 4EO, Ralph Birch 4EO, Liquid Tim Eng Cadet (in the grave), Tony (Rooster) Minards 4EO.
Blimey a lot of 4ths. Must have been a lot of boiler work on.
Courtesy of Geoff Kimber
Karaoke before it had the name “Karaoke”. In a Maltese bar.
L-R:
Liquid Tim Eng cadet, Garry (Taff) James AEO, Maurice Skinner Elec, Alan (Minty) Ferguson (discussing music selection with the Maltese ladies).
Courtesy of Geoff Kimber
A bar in Malta.
L-R:
Maurice
Skinner Elec, Garry James AEO, Jim Walton Elec, Alan Ferguson 4EO, Liquid Tim E cadet.