GRANDAD'S SLIDES (16) - WOODEN BOX 2 - SS CANBERRA 1964 (PHOTOBLOG)

SLIDE 0206

I just really like this image.

It's not because it's a particularly great photograph. In fact the framing is quite terrible, unless Grandfather had a secret crush on the mysterious lady in the conical hat - presumably the "Commodore's" wife  - with whom they were travelling.

In fact, because I have no other information, I am starting to get tempted to just make up stories about my Grandparents and their several journeys made with Commodore and Mrs Strapsdown because they are, at least, likely to be more entertaining than anything they actually did.

(I have scanned A LOT of these slides recently, and their interest, unfortunately never rises to the levels I'd hoped)

That said, tales of swingers' parties on the Cruise Liners of the 1960s might yet become a popular thing, even if only in certain quarters.

Anyway, back in the so-called  real world, the reason I like this picture is that it makes me think of those ITC series of the 1960s and 1970s where Roger Moore (or whoever) would stand next to a palm tree in front of a photographic blow-up of an exotic location and pretend to be there.

Or in later years, when Roger Moore (or whoever) would actually stand in front of a real exotic location and make us chilly northerners wish that we could go there.

Actually, this one makes me think of "The Zoo Gang" with little Johnny Mills. Look it up if you've never heard of it. It was short-lived, but all rather marvellous.