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Offline cunardqueen

Whats your first photo of QE2
« on: Sep 28, 2010, 01:20 AM »
We have the last photo, so what about the first photo....
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Offline QueensFan

Re: Whats your first photo of QE2
« Reply #1 on: Sep 28, 2010, 02:35 AM »
I have mine on an external hard drive...but it's taken from the top of the piers in NYC, from Quarter Deck-up, with my mother walking in front. 21(?) December 2003.

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Online Isabelle Prondzynski

Re: Whats your first photo of QE2
« Reply #2 on: Sep 28, 2010, 07:10 AM »
You asked at the right time! This was finally scanned and uploaded, just the other day :

https://www.flickr.com/photos/prondis_in_kenya/5001855178/



18 August 2000 in Southampton
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Re: Whats your first photo of QE2
« Reply #3 on: Dec 05, 2010, 10:14 PM »
Notice the green highlights in the centre of the carpet, which match the seats?  The seats changed to blue in April 2008!
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Offline Stowaway2k

Re: Whats your first photo of QE2
« Reply #4 on: Dec 05, 2010, 10:56 PM »
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Offline Tyne Turbine

Re: Whats your first photo of QE2
« Reply #5 on: Dec 17, 2010, 08:05 PM »
My first glimspe:
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Online Isabelle Prondzynski

Re: Whats your first photo of QE2
« Reply #6 on: Dec 17, 2010, 10:45 PM »
Quote from: Tyne Turbine on Dec 17, 2010, 08:05 PM
My first glimspe:


What a memory to treasure!

What was the occasion, why were so many people there at the time? I am sure there is a story here...  :D
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Re: Whats your first photo of QE2
« Reply #7 on: Dec 17, 2010, 10:50 PM »
Ph, I daresay they were all having a mass launch date(!) ;D
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Offline Tyne Turbine

Re: Whats your first photo of QE2
« Reply #8 on: Dec 17, 2010, 10:58 PM »
It was a Friday in August on board the Paddle Steamer Caledonia. In the "high" summer in those days either the Caledonia or Waverley made a weekly up river trip from Largs to Glasgow to view the shipyards and quays on the upper reaches of the Firth of Clyde.

The following year I did the corresponding trip on Waverley when of course the QE2 had been launched and was in the fitting-out basin. This started my interest in the vessel little thinking I woud manage to see her on my home river at North Shields, or even more impossibly that I would ever have the good fortune to make a memorable voyage on board.
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Online Lynda Bradford

Re: Whats your first photo of QE2
« Reply #9 on: May 29, 2011, 07:29 PM »
First photo was in Clydebank after she was launched which I have posted before.  The first photo onboard the ship was in 1997. 
« Last Edit: Mar 20, 2022, 07:45 PM by Lynda Bradford »
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Offline Cunarder Man

Re: Whats your first photo of QE2
« Reply #10 on: Jul 06, 2011, 08:40 PM »
My first picture of QE2 - 1982 in Barbados.  :)
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Re: Whats your first photo of QE2
« Reply #11 on: Jul 06, 2011, 08:59 PM »
This is my first photo, April 23rd (i think) 1987
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Offline Twynkle

Re: Whats your first photo of QE2
« Reply #12 on: Jul 23, 2011, 08:58 PM »
A great photo, Rob!

The angle of that gangway - never would it 'pass muster' today!

Everyone's carrying their suitcases - would this be passengers, or crew joining?

And thinking about wheel-chair users - how did they embark, I wonder?

(Is there a gangway topic...?)
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Online Bob C.

Re: Whats your first photo of QE2
« Reply #13 on: Jul 23, 2011, 10:48 PM »
14 August 1969
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Offline cunardqueen

Re: Whats your first photo of QE2
« Reply #14 on: Apr 25, 2013, 08:31 PM »
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  We have the last photo, so what about the first photo....   
Gosh I never added my first photo..here it is
Anyone else out there going to add to the list?
Taken from the Boat Train June 1986..

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