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The Last Reunion - Shaw Savill
Dominion Monarch - Shaw Savill and Albion Line - Silvertown (You will recognise this photo if you watch the BBC's popular series "Call...

Salty Seadog
May 22, 20225 min read
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Officer's sometimes get the best cabins. Southern Cross and Oriana.
By Jamie Shedden As junior purser on Shaw Savill's ss. Southern Cross I had a grandstand view from the bridge when I was ‘berthed’ in...

Jamie Shedden
Dec 4, 20214 min read
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Cadets, Cocktails and a Officer is Logged.
Shaw Savill A Ships By Jamie Shedden When I joined Arawa in January 1970, I was surprised that the Purser's staff were made up with...

Jamie Shedden
Sep 2, 20214 min read
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PACK YOUR BAGS FOR THE TRIP OF A LIFETIME - AIR & SEA
By Jamie Shedden When I joined Shaw Savill in 1967 as assistant Purser, one of the many jobs of the Purser was to “wear” the baggage...
Jamie Shedden
Aug 15, 20217 min read
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The Purser is a Banker
Prior to getting the job at sea, when I left school, I had a job with the British Linen Bank, in Glasgow, one of many branches in the...
Jamie Brandane
Jun 6, 20212 min read
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The Rogue Purser
On my first voyage (Dec '67) on Shaw Savill's Southern Cross, after the incident in Papeete, I had to keep my head low and try to do the...

Jamie Brandane
May 16, 20214 min read
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Shaw Savill - Southern Cross
One of the delights of writing this blog has been making contact again with old colleagues from my days working for P&O/Princess back in...

Salty Seadog
May 9, 20213 min read
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