From my 8mm Film Archives
1967 Passage with the windsor castle
http://georgswa.ning.com/video/hms-windsor-castle
My forlks came out in 68 on the marina del mare, or something to that affect..... my grandparents came out on the Windsor castle in 74.....
My dad worked on the windsor castle dont ask me the dates though
The Windsor Castle was the flagship of the Union Castle Line
Last time i found her in Greece, different looks.
Interesting in the film, Southghampton Harbour and the queen mary before going on the last trip to the US
Also in the Film the Cusan, i think she sailed to Australia.
While living in PE, i watched all the Castle Ships coming in every week.
Windsor Castle
Pendennis Castle
Southhampton Castle
The Vaal
Oranje
and others ( forgot the names)
On the Ship i met a guy and his wife, he told me about the diamond mines he worked in,
Alex Bay. Years later i gave them a visit
Small World
My dad came over from england in 1962 on the windsor castle. We followed later with my mother as children later. We started out in johannesberg and later to namibia before settleing in oranjemund in the 1970;s
We came to South Africa in 1960 with the Durban Castle.
The ship we returned to England from Cape Town in late 1971 was the Edinburgh Castle.
The Southampton Castle was docking while we leaving.
There was another ship which we past, it was on the way to Cape Town
Looked this one up on the google (Del Mar ship1971) and good old Internet came back with
SS Reina Del Mar Union Castle Line.
Took about 12 days, we were diverted to St Helena one of the crew was ill 202
Mike the ship your parents would have come out on was the SS Reina Del Mar martini..........................Frank