the ellenis 1964 - the rest
Without Prejudice
So we sailed From Aussie with a strong wind behind us and a shining future in front of us. I was excited at the thought of meeting a relative.
When Mum and Dad had emigrated they had left the cold and their families far behind. 12'000 miles to be exact. I had never known an aunt grandparent cousin, uncle.
I knew only of the parcels that arrived at Christmas full of Wine Gums and Pontefract Teacakes, tubes of smarties and selection boxes and Annuals of Beano and Girls Crystal. Sent by my Grannie Wilsher.
But for now there was the journey to the UK, and the seas delivered us safely to our first port of call Papua New Guinea.
As we sailed majestically into Harbour brown skinned little kids swam out to meet us. Their white teeth gleaming in their brown faces made them look like wonderful sea creatures sleek and shiny. They sang us a welcome and dived happily for coins thrown by the passengers in a shallow and clear green blue sea. Looking down was dazzling, the sea acting like a prism of light lighting the sandy bottom
So we sailed From Aussie with a strong wind behind us and a shining future in front of us. I was excited at the thought of meeting a relative.
When Mum and Dad had emigrated they had left the cold and their families far behind. 12'000 miles to be exact. I had never known an aunt grandparent cousin, uncle.
I knew only of the parcels that arrived at Christmas full of Wine Gums and Pontefract Teacakes, tubes of smarties and selection boxes and Annuals of Beano and Girls Crystal. Sent by my Grannie Wilsher.
But for now there was the journey to the UK, and the seas delivered us safely to our first port of call Papua New Guinea.
As we sailed majestically into Harbour brown skinned little kids swam out to meet us. Their white teeth gleaming in their brown faces made them look like wonderful sea creatures sleek and shiny. They sang us a welcome and dived happily for coins thrown by the passengers in a shallow and clear green blue sea. Looking down was dazzling, the sea acting like a prism of light lighting the sandy bottom
