Outdoors on QE2 in 1969

[Michael Gallagher]

When QE2 entered service the handrails on the outdoor decks and external areas were black plastic. When serving as Chief Officer (1981 – 1985) Ron Warwick (later QE2 Master) received approval from Cunard to replace the plastic with teak.

The wood was stowed on board and over several months the plastic was replaced by the ship’s carpenters.

Railings on the foredeck still had the original black plastic handrails when QE2 retired on 2008.

[Michael Gallagher]

Top of the Ship in 1969

[Thomas Hypher]

Great and historic photos! The stairs up to each bridge wing also kept their black plastic handrails until they were removed during the 2006 (I think?) refit.

One of the film photos I took as a 6 year old in August 2003 to show the above (is really a photo of my parents in much happier times and is one of my favourite photos of them as a result).

QE2 Transatlantic, August 2003 followed by short stay in Manhattan and flying back to the UK by Thomas Hypher, on Flickr