WORLD SHIP SOCIETY

ALONG THE BURMA ROAD looks behind the scenes and the logistics of a modern ship, Cunard’s QUEEN ELIZABETH.  With more than 100 exclusive pictures, Alastair will take the audience from one end of the ship to the other, along the main crew working alleyway (which has the nickname “The Burma Road” on Cunard ships). 

The Kingdom of the Netherlands included colonies in the Far East from the 17th century onwards until 1948 when they became the Republic of Indonesia.  With the advent of steam, the Dutch VOC (United (East) Indies Company) morphed into several companies such as the Netherland Line, Rotterdam Lloyd, and Royal Packet.  In the same

On its 185th anniversary, former PONY Branch chairman Bill Miller will take us on a grand review of the Cunard Line, quite possibly the most famous shipping company on all the seas. Few shipping lines have had the great history to match Cunard. Bill will begin just after the Second World War as Cunarders,