Billy on the maiden voyage of the Caronia January 4th 1949. Looking so angelic..
boy... looks can be so decieving. Any idea who the other kids are. Lets know
A couple of Cunard Yanks in the Market Diner. Billy and Philly Scully, mid
fifties. Growing up, smoking, drinking.. good god.. they even went out with girls
Top of the world Ma. Well top of the empire state Building.. anyway.. a hell of
a view
Boy you have to be really old to remember this young guy serving our Billy.
But most of us remember Joe Bergs 50th and 12th i think
The original Beach Boys.. Paradice Beach.. Nassau, John Moore, Lloyd Christie
and surprise Billy
George Baker cheif steward on the Coronia. Billy showing how it should be done
~ Ten years on 1959 from the bell boys Paddy Ward and Billy on the Dominion
Monarch. I think he's still got that bow tie
Boy.. were we ever that young, note the white socks, the Windsor knot in
the tie, Coat colllar turned up.. no.. it wasnt cold docking day 1949 and the
sailor is home from the sea. Great times.. great memories.. great shipmates..
weren't we lucky.. i guess we still are..
Brian Mooney... George Rooney...Danny Cooley...Vinnie McCardle... Johnny Alexander...
Oko Hogan Joe Allen...Tommy Stringfellow... in the Pig... Beer...Laughter...and
Song...
Larry Patten...Billy Renshaw...Joe Worthington...Joe Allen...Georgie Briggs...
Carl Johanson...A.N.Other... in the Scandia Bar...waiting for the Salvation Girls
to arrive...
Joe Ireland...George and Jimmy Briggs...Ted Laites ...Billy Harper... Vinnie McCardle...Billy
Renshaw...Frankie Crane...
Tommy 'O' Keefe...Gerry Dunning...Joe Williams...John Cassidy... Don't know the
rest of the crowd...do you... if so let me know...
What a crowd we have here...looks as if most of them couldn't get a date... Johnny
Gilmour ... Mike Murray...Georgie Innajales...Freddie Deveraux... John McGilvery...Vinnie
McCardle...Tony Wright... and Woodside.... never mind lads...there's always the
bar...
Mick Mooney...Eddie Dunne...Gerry Rooney...Kenny Smith... Tony Tobias...Joshie
Peters... and a crowd of the boys in the Pig...
Archie McPoland...minus tooth...Billy Ellis...Sid Lally... and Nutall... all with
big smiles... wonder what was going on...
How about this...there's a prize for whoever can name more than a dozen in this
bunch...Suited and booted 1953...in the Henry Hudson... Boy didn't we look the
part eh!...
Mr Debonair...young Gary Lacey... 1959 ... if you are going to pose fellers...
that's the way to do it...
Group of the boys in the Henry Hudson... Seems to be a hell of a shortage of girls
here Did they check their check their aftershave Only recognise Freddy Jones and
Charley O'Neal
Who's a pretty boy then...Colin Campbell... Jackie Heard...Eddie Murphy... and
a rather large gentleman... don't know the other two either
A group off the Empress of Canada 1961... Vera McCardle to be Vera Kearns... and
a motley crowd at the Vatican...having a chat with the Pope...Seeking forgiveness?...who
knows...Dennis Murphy and Jimmy Edwards looking for the confessional...
The girls again...at the Coliseum... Thrown to the Lions... And here's Edwards
and Murphy again... How did they rate such good company?
Vera and Shelia Royle... looks like the Fountain of Trevi... don't know this guy...but
he looks very happy... and so he should...
Heres a bunch of likely lads...outside the old pool... with grins like that...they
must of got the Britannic...
This was the last trip on the Franconia...Mc Fadden... Rooney...McClennan Johnny
Cuthbert...and a few more I don't recognise...but I'm sure others will
Going ashore on the tender in Bali... John... Ronnie Dunn...and a dozen more of
the boys...1952
Okay...were here...Hawaii...lets go in style...John...Derek Clark...Gordon Head...Ken
Martin...what a bunch of posers
Same crowd...I wonder... did they hire the car...or just jump in it for the photo...they
look a little bit pensive ... don't they.
The Four Lads...plus Two
John and another guy...anyone recognise him
The old Franconia...1949...John...George Jowett... and who
The Caronia again...John...Ronnie Dunn...and ????
Villefrance... Alan Read...Mike Murray...and guess who Caronia
Two likely lads...seem to recognise one of them... off the Caronia... .
The Georgic...what's a nice girl like you doing with this terrible trio...I hope
your mother never found out...John and Freddy Devereax.
John looking the part...a Cunard yank
Things must have been hard at this time...poor guys... couldn't even afford a
haircut
John...in Gerry Lewis's Restaurant...Hollywood...Alan Bell...Haydon Fleming...Tony
Cowper...Mike Shea...and a few other Cunard lads...1963
very rare picture this...or so it seems...John... WORKING.
Caronia world cruise... Hawaii...Peter Read...George Jones...John Doran...Les
Deary... John Bantock...Young Redhead... and twenty five others... name them if
you can...the lads... not the young ladies
John and Norma...having a taste of the high life Hollywood 1962... it's down the
gangway now...
