Tuesday, July 31, 2012

My Dad at the 1948 London Olympics - Blog Day 5

The Canadian Olympic Team spent seven days on board the R.M.S. Aquitania sailing across, what at times were, the rough Atlantic Seas to get from Halifax to Southampton; on their journey to the London Olympics in 1948.  Dad said that their accommodation was great, considering it was a ship.  He said the Boxing team would get up each morning and do their training by sparring; running; skipping, etc. Then, as you can see by the photos, they enjoyed the company of their team mates on the Aquitania.

Here are a selection of my Dad's photos taken of the Canadian Olympic Team on the ship headed for the London Olympics in 1948.


This photo is not captioned but I can see that Dad is enjoying playing shuffleboard on board!


The caption on the back of this photo says:   "Joyce Court Swimmer on Ship"
Shuffleboard seems to be a popular past time.



This photo is captioned:   
Swimmers:
P. Mingie
A. Gilchrist
I. Strong
P. Salmon
V. King
Boxers:   
A. Savoie
J. Keenan
On Ship



"Vivian King  and Kay McNamee on Ship"
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This photo as well as the next photo are not captioned.  Apparently sunbathing was also
a popular past time on board the ship.


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