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Miscellaneous Ephemera
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Passenger list
RRPassenger list of the Briton (reprint of the cover).
The Briton (10,248 grt, 549 ft. long) was built in 1897 for the Union Line.
She came under Union-Castle Line ownership when the Union Line merged with the Castle Line in 1900.
A troopship during WW1, she sailed on the mail run to Cape Town until broken up in 1926.
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Maps & brochures
Map of Africa c. 1930.
See this page for larger view (detail).
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"Visit South Africa - The Land of Sunshine".
Brochure promoting a "Holiday Tour" by the Arundel Castle
sailing from Britain in July 1938.
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Booklet printed November 1938.
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Map of Africa printed 1956.
See this page for larger view (detail).
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Brochure from 1954.
See this page for larger view, including a view of the route
map inside.
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Dinner menus
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Dinner menu of the Arundel Castle, December 25, 1923.
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Dinner menu of the Warwick Castle, October 26, 1950.
Cover below (showing the Dunottar Castle of 1890).
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Farewell Dinner menu of the last voyage (#211) of the
Arundel Castle, December 18, 1958.
Cover below.
See extract from the log of this voyage.
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Cover of Farewell Dinner menu of the 3rd voyage of the
Pendennis Castle, June 4, 1959.
See extract from the log of this voyage.
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Greeting menu cards
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Tags & labels
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Ticket jacket
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Invitation ticket
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Ship's logs
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Extract from the log of the last voyage (#211) of the Arundel Castle,
December 1958.
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Extract from the log of the 3rd voyage of the Pendennis Castle,
May/June 1959.
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Covers
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Stamps
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Books
For many years, Robert Hale Ltd., London, published Guide Books annually for the
convenience of Union-Castle Line's
passengers - and later, no doubt,
also to the benefit of the many airborne visitors to East
and South Africa.
I found these with my local bookseller in 1966. They are packed with
information
- the Year Book and Guide to East Africa has 300+ pages and the equivalent to
Southern Africa
has 700+ pages, and in addition each has a comprehensive index and lots of pages
with advertisements.
Maps of the regions came as inserts. Both have title pages saying:
"Edited annually by A. Gordon-Brown, F.R.G.S., F.R.Hist.S. for the Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company"
Click for a view of the interiors, with period advertising
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(Images marked RR from the collection of Raymond Reynolds)
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This page last updated December 18, 2005.
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