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Queen Mary Voices

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		She stood 60 feet from the waterline to the bow, and more than a quarter of a mile long, and she stood the height of a 20 storey block of flats			They had a big map in the restaurant with models of the Queen Elizabeth and the Queen Mary and they used to proceed on the map so everybody knew where each ship was

	Telephonist (4:01)
	Working in the kitchens (2:16s)
	Bellboy duties on Queen Mary (2:04)
	Burma Road (3:33)
	Queen Mary's whistle sounds (0:13)
	Queen Mary trials in Scotland (1:28)
	Queen Mary leaving the Clyde (1:08)
	Queen Mary delivered to Southampton (1:30)
	Queen Mary captain and his ship (0:51)
	Touring the Queen Mary (1:25)
	"Everyone wanted a job on the liners" (1:59)
	The Queen Mary crew (1:02)
	Queen Mary bellboy`s first trip to sea (0:42)
	Film stars in Queen Mary's Verandah Grill (2:33)
	Finding flowers for the Queen's visit to Queen Mary (1:51)
	Working in a shop on board Queen Mary (3:05)
	Queen Mary accident (0:46)
	"Big ships were the money ships" (2:17)
	Bringing back contraband from the States (3:40)
	Perks of working on the 'Mary' (2:31)
	Bellboys rollerskating on the deck of Queen Mary (1:33)
	Queen Mary takes the Blue Riband (1:58)
	Queen Mary sails for the last time (2:14)

Southampton Speaks Life of a port Sea people Southampton Queen Mary Voices Send this story to a friend Printer-friendly version