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out Army fashion, and plenty of entertainment. We had a different and games cinema show every evening, besides concertaste., in the Red Cross. At thiscamp we had papers to fill in, medicals to undergo, hand and hold luggage inspections and labeling, Immigration Registration. ste., All this we finally got through. .A rumour went around that one block of girls would not be sailing, we were a little afraid it was going to be us. Our supervisor told us definatly that it wouldn't be us, ap on Saterday morning we left in special busca, to a special train, where we travelled let class to Southampton. At the camp we had P.o. W's. to sweep out rooms, light the fires and wait on us, so we had little to do except make our beds, ex."Log when we neared the docks we were all leaning out the windows, eagerly looking for our first glimpse of the "Queen Mary! She didn't look ac big at first, as we were still some little distance from her. We then went on down to key side , there we were given our dining tickets, telling the time and table mmber ate where we were to get our meals. From the time we left camp, 'till we reached our destination we had to wear tagge, prominently displayed. Thiswe did, although it made us feel rather foolish. I can hardly begin to describe the "Queen Mary", war weary, yet still with touches of her pre-war splendor . A magnificent lou wonderful carvings and mirrors, carpets and deep easy chairs.Our cabin was situated on "" Deck, starboard and amid-ships. There were just four of us girls in our cabin, and we were lucky, an so ere eight or more, and some had children. We had a nice steward and warm comfortable cabin, and good food. Such food we had not seen in many a long day, and I might add that we really tucked in. On Sunday February 24th 1946. at 4 o'clock, we sailed from Southamp companied by cheers from minerous people on the keyside. We were finally on our way at