Cunard memorabilia, what have you kept?

[Piton1]

I have the room service breakfast door hangers, not that it seems to work at home.

 

Also the accounts page otherwise known as "oh god, it's the bar bill!" :D

 

lexxity,

 

Only one account page!! You're not trying hard enough.:D

 

Paul

[kazzercruise]

Hi All,

I've got a couple of the "Please set your clocks back/forward 1 hour" cards that they leave in your cabin, because I was using them as bookmarks and I forgot they were in the books! :o

 

Also got the breakfast door thingys, coasters, menus, daily programmes etc etc. Lets face it, if it isn't nailed down it generally walks off! ;)

 

The other thing I've got is a couple of the linen napkins, which when I hold them up to the light I can see the Cunard logo and name on it!! And a QE2 wooden coathanger!

 

Also got a couple of QE2 fleeces that we bought on our first cruise, and many other items bought in the gift shop including towels, bathrobes etc! Which is where the hanger came from cos I cheekily kept asking for one!

 

Wouldn't part with any of my lovely QE2/Cunard items! Just checking that auction site for more to add to the collection!

 

Karen

Not guilty M'Lord!

 

PS I agree with the other lists which include the enhanced wasitline and some great memories!!

[Jim Avery]

And one of the original steamer rugs with "S163" embroidered on it. From the Sun Deck when Dennis ran the kingdom.

[lexxity]

lexxity,

 

Only one account page!! You're not trying hard enough.:D

 

Paul

 

Obvioulsy I missed the "s" there!

 

What does the "S163" mean?

[Jim Avery]

They were all individually numbered with gold thread embroidery. Navy blue wool on top, red wool on the inside, black leather borders. All individually numbered. British efficiency in the old days. Very warm and snug on the North Atlantic. I can only surmise that the S stood for sundeck. When I see it, I can taste the bullion.

Jim.

[cunardqueen]

To name but only a few of the items l have gathered over the past 20 years all from the QE2, Telephone, various cabin folders, crew cabin key (dont ask;) ),various Royal Doulton items,QE2 coathangers,crew laundry sheets, a passenger list on the old style computer printout showing the full passenger/entertainer cabin assignment 1988, leather bound menu holders,life belt, All obtained and not stolen:) as well as all the usual stuff that one gathers. As for the other items in my collection, perhaps best not mention it here:eek:

However someone out there does have a full 12 place setting of the white Royal Doulton china, gold rim and stamped cunard.

[Wadadli1]

And I was going to add that I remembered we got a big pile of matches, too. I don't think that compares with telephones and bedsheets!

[stowaway2k]

And one of the original steamer rugs with "S163" embroidered on it.

 

I have one, from the first Queen Elizabeth, numbered "D680", draped over a Queen Mary deck chair.

The QE2 steamer rugs are identical to the ones from the first Queens.

 

Back in the day, when a passenger would hire their deck chair and rug, the rugs, or blankets, would be delivered to the passenger in a package fresh from the laundry.

The number would insure that the Deck Steward would give the passenger the same blanket each time they went to their chair.

No 'blanket mixing' on the Cunard Queens.

Now that's service! :)

[travel-to-go]

All of the above listed paper goods and more.

Drink Coasters

Swizzle Sticks

Matches

postcards, stationary,

cocktail napkins, luggage tags (embark and disembark variety)

Customs declarations,

disembark instructions

CWC cocktail party invitations

stupid art auction and jewelry sale posters

time change cards

all tickets, including when we had air, and including boarding passes

invoices

letters from Cunard

brochures (a couple of 94-95s and other years)

Welcome CWC letter when they changed the program around 10 years ago, with my luggage tag still attached.

Invitation to captains table dinner

(unfortunately, I seem to have lost Commodore Warwick's business card, and for that I am still hitting myself on the head! I think it fell out of the book I had it tucked into. I still have the note he wrote me accompanying an article he had sent to our cabin for me. That I cherish.)

ALL receipts from every cruise we have been on, cross referenced to the final bill (and checked off)

 

soaps, shampoos, and, yes, shower capos from various cruises

Cunard sewing kit (used to be included in the cabin)

 

Might have a shoe shine kit, too, I'm not sure. I'd have to look.

 

And never mind the things I've bought. I still love my cocktail glass gold- rimmed from the Cunard Crown Jewel. Also my Crown Jewel teddy Bear.

And I've bought a few items online I have a QE2 pin sitting right here that I bought somewhere. I've also bought a number of cocktail rings on board!

And the usual "stuff"

 

and SO much more!

KP

[jgsmuzzy]

Interesting facts about the rugs.

 

I also have a QM2 fleece, 1 QM2 cap, 3 QE2 caps, playing cards, keyrings, and "Ocean Players Club - Winner" t-shirt from the casino (I won a "fun" poker tournament with a stright flush, it would have won me about $2k if I had been playing for real). What else....

[travel-to-go]

Proud wearer of QM2 baseball cap- Won in Pub Trivia play

(suitable for Formal Ascot Ball?)

KP

[cunarder]

We keep everything we get - like the daily papers, dinner menus, etc. We also buy alot of Cunard logo items - shirts, crystal glasses, etc. But are best catch was a new logo Cunard House Flag (big flag) that flew over the QM2 on our cruise (in her first season). We also were given a brand new Tender Cunard Flag. We were given those on the bridge of QM2 when we got to blow the QM2 horns at noon (a pleasant side effect of having asked them to fly my old Cunard House Flag over QM2 - it had previously flown in service over QE2). Very precious memories and gifts that will be cherished.

 

Ed

[cusyl]

But are best catch was a new logo Cunard House Flag (big flag) that flew over the QM2 on our cruise (in her first season). We also were given a brand new Tender Cunard Flag. We were given those on the bridge of QM2 when we got to blow the QM2 horns at noon (a pleasant side effect of having asked them to fly my old Cunard House Flag over QM2 - it had previously flown in service over QE2). Very precious memories and gifts that will be cherished.

 

Ed

We are all very jealous ! :D

[Cunarder Man]

Too many to mention -

 

£10 Casino coins - diamond shaped in silver. - When was QE2 Casino using Sterling rather than Dollars?

A copy of the bridge barograph from hurricane Luis 1995,

 

QV Maiden eastbound Tandem with QE2 6 Jan 08

QM2 Caribbean 13 Jan 08 (3 Queens 13 Jan 08 NY)

QV Baltic 18 July 08 (meets QE2 in Zebrugge and QM2 in Southampton)

QE2 Voyage to Dubai 11 Nov 08

[3rdGenCunarder]

And one of the original steamer rugs with "S163" embroidered on it. From the Sun Deck when Dennis ran the kingdom.

 

Ah, Dennis. A crusty old soul, but we loved his kingdom. My rug is R61, and was bought on that famous auction site.

 

I forgot clothing until someone mentioned that--I have various T shirts, windbreaker, terry cloth robe, and yes, the robe was BOUGHT on board. I don't keep the slippers, they're too big for me.

 

I also have a collection of bone china mugs that they do for World Cruises, plus the ones with the ship and info (QE2, QM2, Caronia).

 

Tiny teddy bear from Harrodds. And the ship-shaped teapot, almost forgot that.

 

I believe a previous post mentioned the word obsessed... I suppose I am. I'm such a packrat!

 

I also have several of the 'pillow gift' mini sea bags (tote bag) that they used to give everyone. Some still in the wrapper (hmmm, look for it next Nov, what am I bid... ;) )

Kathy

[Beachmad]

quote lexxity,

 

Only one account page!! You're not trying hard enough.:D

 

Paul

 

Obvioulsy I missed the "s" there!

 

 

I didnt know this thread would turn into the 4 yorkshiremen...:D:D

 

'Eee we used 't dream of QE2 rugs, our dad would make us go on't cruise eat 17 meals a day get nothing but waited on hand and foot 24 hours 't day

..........

 

:D

[lexxity]

Had to lick't snow off't gravel. Looxure!

[Lucy Jane]

:D I have a man's tie, still in original wrapper, tie not the man. And an empty plastic soap container with/out soap.:cool:

[Beachmad]

Had to lick't snow off't gravel. Looxure!

 

:D

*giggle*

[Ab Ovo]

It is fun to read of everyone's "stuff" ... I have so much of it, too, also much of whats been mentioned. Over my basement door, seen every entrance, a large plaque of the ship...upstairs, a lead/stained-glass image of the prow....a navy sweater with a white outline of starboard ... "another place I like to be," the framed photograph of Boat Deck in the rain, in my bedroom ... given me when it was discovered I was a fan, now highly tarnished, never used, most-likely stolen and supposedly from the maiden voyage, a silver room-service coffee service & toast rack ... and so much of all the above "stuff" so far listed. But you know what? What really pleases is the constant "suprise" .... opening a drawer, a closet, a chest, getting a book, finding on a shelf .... suddenly seeing something QE2 and going "Ahhhh."