Originally Posted by
Allan Lupton
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.
What a small world. I was on the way home in August 1953 in the Arundel Castle when we passed the Winchester Castle at sea on it's way out to Cape Town as seen here.
Apologies for the Thread Creep - WT