A young Mr. Gilmour...note the casual elegance... and stance
Partners in ????. John and Mike Murray...see Murray's wearing the regulation white
socks...the Meddy cruise...in Nice 1951
John again...this time with Tommy Smith...and Jimmy Fulham...is it any wonder
he was led astray... but after all...they were in Villefranche ... The Britannic
cruise in 1952...
.John... and Joe Stanton...they look a little worried ...don't they...I think
John was saying ...Don't worry... the bow doesn't look to bad... he was nice like
that
John with the lads in Bermuda...can't be Elbow Beach... they seem to be dressed
for winter...every one is laughing... got to be those caps...even Harvey Lane
thinks their funny...weird sense of humour...
John again...with the great Dom Volante...but as John said...I'll teach him not
to steal my girlfriends...on the Meddy cruise ...The Britannic...1952...
The Neutral Corner Bar on 8th Ave....a hangout for most of the boxing fraternity...
in the forties...fifties...and sixties...there's young John...with Roland La Starza...Whitey
Bimston... Frankie Jacobs...there's one girl in the picture... and wouldn't you
know...Johns next to her...
A party somewhere...John...Tony Noonan...Hughie Morgan...and Ricky Jones...John
looks the sober one here...
Party time again...did these guys ever work...Phil Pearce...John Cunningham...Harvey
Lane...Peter Gardener...Mike Murray... Duncan McCallum... And yours truly...you
know... I didn't realize that these guys went out with girls...honest...
Hey get this...there working...I notice John has stayed in the background... but
the bloods look happy don't they...
Oh boy...John and Tony Noonan...on their best behaviour...well there's an officer
checking the boys out...and one must be on one's best behaviour... under those
circumstances... mustn't one...
Looking the part again...1st class you know...
Gala night...looks like John in the background again...mind you... he was always
shy...wasn't he
.Some things never change...John as ever... always a smile... always a laugh...you
know...he was so laid back at times... I often wondered how he never fell over...
Ronny Orchard...Pinky Purcell...Terry McDonough...Colin...Mauritania ...great
lads for the "Bronzie" weren't they... and you got very few fat wingers
Colin and Tony Stanton... looks like the Meddy cruise on the "Britannic".
Colin and Tommy Sparrow... first class waiters... so they would have you believe...mmmm
Harry Storrs... Owen Thompson... Colin... as usual... glass in hand...looks like
Colin is holding forth again...are you lot listening
Colin ...Johnny Alexander with the cake...Tony Quarless... Knocker White... Sparrow...
who else...don't they look smart eh...a crowd like that...they couldn't get in
to any trouble could they??? could they!!!
Tony Noonan...Billy Renshaw...Johnny Cunningham...looks as if Colin got lucky...
as he got the girl...or the girls got Colin... with that headlock...nice...very
nice
Colin... Roy Stannway...Jackie Davis where did they get those bow ties...and were
where they...
Colin ...Kenny Smith...Ricky Smithwick... Smithwick Snr...didn't they put coke
in funny glass's
Colin and Sid...note the badge fella's...Saloon Steward... at last...I'll make
these guys jump....
Colin with Johnny Cuthbert and Hughie McCrann... Did these guys ever work... seems
all they did was "Bronzie"...The other two guys must have been better looking...so
they cut off there heads....
...Ronnie Orchard... Hughie Mc Cann...Johnny Cuthbert...Terry Noonan...Colin...
you see what I mean... about the "Bronzie"...whose the pretty boys then... early
Chippendales they were not...
A fishy tale here... I think he nicked them from the Galley... either that...or
he was auditioning for the "Pirates of Penzance"... definitely not the "Pirates
of the Caribbean."
The trio...Colin...Gerry Rooney...A.N.Other...we will make music...even if you
are asleep...so there...
Colin and Les getting the towels for the beach...it's a wonder there not stripped
off already..
Tony Noonan... Bobby Granby... Johnny Alexander...Colin...I didn't realize they
made hats that big... and aspiring to greater things...do you think...
Colin in luck... now this is a beautiful young lady...how did that one get away...don't
tell me... I wasn't going to put this picture in...but...as he is showing such
good taste...well...I just had to acknowledge it...
1950...sweet sixteen....at The Gravesend Sea School...a likely crowd...George
is on the top row...2nd from the left... bet he can't remember any of the other
guys...
First ship... the Ascania...growing up... seventeen now...I bet he was going out
with girls...
A bellboy on the Ascania...but who???
George and a mate ... on the forward deck...Ascania...1950
...Me in Montreal...Mrs Phillips favourite son...
... Some of the lads on the Ascania...don't look to happy do they... the kid with
the Brownie has got his eyes shut
This crowd look a bit happier... but with George ... and Billy
Tully... it's not surprising...1951..
again...with one of the O'Keefe's...don't know which one...??? Hope... can't recognise
anyone else.
Tommy Cummerford and a friend...Ascania..1952...
...George Phillips Esq...1st class waiter???...1952
...Terrific shot of the St Laurence Main...the early fifties...dig those cars...
and the buildings...remember...
... A first class waiter...plying his trade...1952
All ashore. .Montreal...again the early 50s...no must have been coming back...carrying
their shopping
Remember these...young George...19 doesn't look a day over sixteen does he
Now this is more like it... who's a lucky boy then...smile's all around...Ivernia...1954...
Benny Whittle and a couple of mates...sharp lads ...sharp...Saxonia early 50s
Tommy Diegier...And a couple of good looking guys...Saxonia 53...or 54... they
had a name for hats like that...didn't they...it rhymed with hat to
The Heavy Gang...they can't have been sober wearing hats like that... or looking
like that...on the Carinthia 1955...
Now here's two likely lad's...love the white socks...don't you... with those grins...
Must have been some pretty girls around...
Some Pretty pictures of the Kelly Gang...Redheads going to tell the true story
...Soon
A young Billy Kelly and Tommy McCardle...never been kicked ...kissed... or cuddled...so
they would have you believe...
three smart lads...1st class waiters...hmmm... okay...we will take their word
for it..
Xmas time...wasn't there a hat for everyone...a motley group of souls... and a
merry Xmas to one and all
...What a quartet...Billy... Wally Leather...Joe Taif...and Jackie Beamish...The
Market Diner 1955...looks like Billy's won the bet...I don't know how Joan let
him mix with drinkers and gamblers... in a bar as well...
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Football
EMPRESS of FRANCE Top Row...Peter Conway...Vinnie McCardle...Tim Gallaghan...Dereck
Hughes...Fred Druegally... don't know the others... Bottom Row.. unknown.... Alex
Fraser...Johnny Walker...Ricky Smithwick...Charlie Barlow... I wonder how
many of these guys blame the scrub-outs for their dodgy knees...
SCYTHIA Only recognise Sonny McCardle...Joe Lathom...Mick Moran...1953...
Okay...so I couldn't kick a ball...I was delicate...honest...
MAURETANIA .Again I only recognise a few of the usual suspects... Duggie
Grice...Vinnie McCardle...Vic Ellis... West Indie's cruise 1954 UNDERFEATED
so they tell me...
MAURETANIA I only know two guy's on this team Mel Hall...and Dave Whetting...
1957-58
HELP Two teams... I think off the same ship...I can see Billy Curry and Joe
Lathom...the rest...sorry... fifty odd years on...I can't tell you what I
had for dinner last night...
Looks like the same ship...Billy and Joe again..with Frank Masher...Billy O'Keefe...and
Charlie Barlow...when????
SAXONIA
Tommy Cummerford...Georgie Phillips...Freddie Deveraux...Charly
Barlow...Tommy Tully...Alec Fraser...who else???
Nice bunch of clean cut lads ...aren't they...well...weren't
they???
Here's a few guys looking for a game on the empress of France, but with Vinnie
Mccarelle, Dereck Hughes, and Johnny Walker.. even the fair haired kid had no
chance
The Monarch football team...I bet there are a few dodgy knees with this crowd
now...
Caronia Football Team
World cruise 1957 Micky Williams, Bill Dogherty, & shipmates
Here's a Cowboy if ever there was one...Tommy Reynolds in his Wrangler jeans...look
at the turn ups...and dig that transistor radio...
Drinking again...unusual...hhhmmmm...Eddie McNally...Billy Curry...Peter Hall...Having
a party...no tab-nabs...not going there...
Bob Williamson...Jimmy Brown...Tommy Reynolds...Sam...you made the pant's too
long...
Ted Hurley and friend... on the Queen Mary...definitely not waiters...not with
chubby cheeks like that...and waistlines to match...
A motley crew...Gerry Rooney...Tommy Lawless...Ricky Smithwick...Kenny Smith And
Son...Roy Thompson...Billy Curry...Harry Bronskill...cheerful enough...considering
their glass's are empty...must be someone getting a round in...
Same crowd... obviously...these were buying the drinks...
Vinnie McCardle...Frankie Clark...Pinky Purcell...Ronnie Orchard...Jackie Bloomfield...shifty
looking guy with the cigarette...on the Mauritania...
Gerry Dunning...couple of others I don't know...Colin of course...holding hands...isn't
that sweet...
The usual suspects...Mc Cardle and Johnny Alexander and Co.
Don't recognise anyone here...but the picture is blurred... did we ever get a
picture with the glass's full???
Johnny Miller on the Queen Elizabeth 1953...reading the last rites as they buried
Liverpool's 1st division status at sea...looking at the grins all round...this
bunch must have all been Evertonians...cardle was sorry he missed it...
