Ramblings of a Salty Seadog

Dickie Bull Deputy Purser for the Inaugural Cruise of P&O/Princess Cruises PACIFIC PRINCESS - 1975 - Sadly passed away recently. In 1974...

By Randolph Magri-Overend EMPRESS OF CANADA The EMPRESS OF CANADA was the last passenger ship to be built for Canadian Pacific's...

THE POWER OF THE INTERNET SS. ORIANA - The last and largest liner to be built in Barrow-in-Furness I joined Oriana in November 1973; we...

By Randolph Magri-Overend. Randolph Magri-Overend was born in Cairo, Egypt in 1940. He ran away to sea as a Cadet Purser with Canadian...

By Jamie Shedden The Boat Train Has Arrived After 37 with Air New Zealand, you would think that Jamie Shedden would know all there was to...

P&O Purser Cadet - Passing out in 1974 - Cheeky face of Terry Williams (Front 2nd Left) Shaw Savill Pursers taking a well-earned break....

The Purser's Stripes - Island Princess - 1977 Now that I have started to cruise as a passenger some 44 years after working onboard...

When I joined Oriana in 1973, remember this was pre-computer days and everything was done by hand or on very primitive equipment. For...

And Memories of the South Pacific Following the terrible devestation caused by the Volcanic eruption on Tonga’s main island of Tongatapu,...

By Jamie Shedden As junior purser on Shaw Savill's ss. Southern Cross I had a grandstand view from the bridge when I was ‘berthed’ in...

Cathy Hooper and I in Glacier Bay Alaska 1975 - Pacific Princess I had the great pleasure of sailing with Cathy Hooper way back at the...

One of my former seagoing colleagues and friend Stuart Bennett turned 70 this week and of course, it got me thinking of the fun times we...

Island Princess 1974 Sky Princess 2021 Island Princess 1974 Sky Princess 2019 Tonnage 19,900 Tonnage 145,281 Length ...

Shaw Savill A Ships By Jamie Shedden When I joined Arawa in January 1970, I was surprised that the Purser's staff were made up with...

By Jamie Shedden When I joined Shaw Savill in 1967 as assistant Purser, one of the many jobs of the Purser was to “wear” the baggage...

Jamie was a purser with Shaw Savill and has been sharing some of his stories here on “Ramblings of a Salty Seadog”. This week I received...

Oriana 1974 On joining the great steamship Oriana I was lucky to be appointed Junior Catering Assistant Purser. I loved catering and had...

LIFE AT SEA WITH PAUL MOTTE-HARRISON By Michael Brady If the beating heart of a ship is its engine room then the Purser’s Office is its...

Prior to getting the job at sea, when I left school, I had a job with the British Linen Bank, in Glasgow, one of many branches in the...

Through the eyes of assistant purser Harry Bonner in 1968 On one cruise we called at Casablanca. One of the shore excursions was a trip...