All these images of Union Castle vessels has made me jump forward in my narrative to bring you this image of my dad's homeward journey VJ Day At Sea aboard Athlone Castle. I still don't know if he had passed out of his course at this stage or was still a cadet. How that squares with him navigating in Avro Yorks on the Far East Mail run before demob I don't know. Can anyone throw any light on this?
Obviously printed on board as on the back is a wine, spirit and tobacco price list!
And I've at last found out how to downgrade the scan resolution on my multi-function device. More Sprog soon.