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Horse tramway beside road?

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East Coast Scotland.....20oC and rain !
Possibly still early in the day as there are more lookers than "dookers"

Foxglove Had to look up dookers. Tagging it now, as they'll be along later, I'm sure.

Suck Diesel Well spotted. And not in evidence in any other of our Warrenpoint photos on this channel.

Re. POV - Mr French / Lawrence was up in one of these - maps.app.goo.gl

An article in the Belfast Telegraph - Friday 26 November 1999 mentions Francis Montgomery Moore, official chronometer maker to the government when he died in 1897. He began his horological business in Limerick, and later had branches in Belfast and Dublin. And,

One of their sons was Frank Frankfort Moore the novelist who lived in Sussex and whose first wife was a sister of the celebrated writer Bram Stoker.

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John Spooner Not even six degrees of separation!

And here's his moustache in a picture which accompanied news of his death which appeared in the on 16th May 1931 He died at his home at 97, Marina, St Leonards the previous Monday, 4 days before his 76th birthday

Perhaps this one?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Frankfort_Moore

And in King and his Navy and Army` - Saturday 12 November 1904

Ah, the Lancastria. Yes, the cruising holiday was quite the 'thing' especially during the inter-war period when many companies such as Cunard marketed a vast variety of cruises with many different classes and prices; it was, I suspect, primarily, a 'middle' and 'upper' class thing. The company advertised heavily, both for its trans-Atlantic business in the days before air travel, and its holiday 'cruising' business; as well as adverts, glossy foldout plan brochures, such as this were often issued.

The Lancastria was originally named the Tyrrhenia, built by Beardmore's on the Clyde and launched in 1920 for a sister line to Cunard, the Anchor Line. Refitted and renamed in 1924 the vessel went to the Mediterranean cruise circuit in the 1930s. Upon the outbreak of war in 1939 the Lancastria was requisitioned and sadly, on 17 June 1940, the vessel was sunk by enemy action whilst helping to evacuate British nationals and troops from St. Nazaire whilst heavily overloaded. Although there were around 2,400 survivors the number of those lost varies from 3,500 to 7,000; it is widely recognised as the biggest ship loss of any British vessel. The news at the time was effectively blocked by the use of a D-Notice.

Cunard had a long history, formed in 1840 and based out of Liverpool and latterly Southampton. From 1934 onwards they were connected with the White Star line. The name survives but as a subsidiary of a larger multi-national cruise liner concern.

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Interesting story of the 1940 sinking at St Nazaire with photos -
news.bbc.co.uk


Edit - More up-to-date version -
www.bbc.com

And wiki - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Lancastria

12 Gns for a 10-day cruise in 1920, equivalent to £500 today, seems good value
However, pricing in Guineas implies a ‘luxury transaction’

mikeyashworth Like it or not, you are now our official Cunard expert. :)
Any idea on a slightly tighter date for this brochure? After 1924 renaming anyway.