Originally Posted by
Warmtoast
As a young airman on his way from the UK to S. Rhodesia in 1951 I travelled in Cabin Class for 14-days on the Union Castle's 'Edinburgh Castle' from Southampton to Cape Town and know which I would prefer!
Well I was repatriated to England from Southern Rhodesia via Cape Town and then the Winchester Castle to Southampton in January 1950. We had travelled to SR by Hunting Airways Vickers Viking in 1948 which was interesting enough for a ten-year-old but I never quite forgave father for not using the BOAC flying boat service.