That was from March to May when she actually left Southampton,
it was a hive of activity, and you know before we actually left
Southampton there was loads of people that came to visit and look
over it. I mean the main attraction there was queues through
seemed to be for miles, particularly when we was still in the
graving dock, King George V Graving Dock. And then the stream
of people wanted to get round which I think that it used to be
about two and sixpence or something like that, that the Cunard used
to charge for people to come round, but you know there were so many
they had to be sort of restricted in some way and they … they felt
by charging them, making a nominal charge that that would be the
way to keep some of the people off, because it was a wonderful
sight to see all the areas of the ship. They visited the dining
room and the lounges, the shopping mall and swimming pool and see
the wonderful decor that they had for that.
