Originally Posted by
Asturias56
No-one seems to mention the ticket prices...................
To fly back then was the domain of Hollywood stars and Directors, Diplomats,
and the very rich.
Liner voyage sea travel was the 'norm' for most folk, who usually had to book far ahead to secure a passage and get berths on their trip out, or to go back home...
There were many shipping lines plying from Australia and New Zealand via the South Sea Islands, across the Pacific to the USA; and onward via Panama and the Tropics to 'Blighty'.