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Well, I really don't know where to put this link! There's so much on it it could fit into both here and the off topics area. Well, to save you hours of trying to find them ( and believe me, you will get very distracted in the process! ), there are three excellent pictures of QE2 in gallery 7, a short scroll down from the top. http://www.raeth.ch/ |
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« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2010, 02:24:05 PM » |
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Lovely pictures.....this one is my all time favourite.....for obvious reasons!
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Every time I sailed on QE2 I was treated like a 'Princess.'
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« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2010, 03:49:53 PM » |
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I have a few postcards from the QE2.Ill scan them down over the next days, here my first one.  Louis |
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« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2010, 07:30:00 PM » |
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Here are a few as well  From a painting by Timothy O Brian   In the King George V dry dock july 1988  Arriving in the Cromarty Firth 4th September 1995 |
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you just knew you were in for a very special time ahead.!
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Peter Mugridge
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« Reply #4 on: January 24, 2010, 08:45:43 PM » |
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Fantastic pictures, and I have since found a fair few more by simply Googling QE2 postcards!
That one of the QE2 / Concorde painting at New York, Myles, has a resonance with me - G-BOAF was the one we flew home on from JFK at the end of our honeymoon ( QE2 to Civitavecchia, Alitalia from FCO to JFK rather than the originally planned QE2 westbound TA )
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« Reply #5 on: January 24, 2010, 09:44:28 PM » |
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One more  Louis |
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« Reply #6 on: January 25, 2010, 08:54:27 AM » |
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That one of the QE2 / Concorde painting at New York, Myles, has a resonance with me Im not sure l would buy the painting, the QE2 just doesnt seem right in the view, its close but she just doesnt scream QE2 at me.. Am l the only one who thinks this? |
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« Reply #7 on: January 25, 2010, 09:59:28 AM » |
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One more  Louis |
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« Reply #8 on: January 25, 2010, 10:05:34 AM » |
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Im not sure l would buy the painting, the QE2 just doesnt seem right in the view, its close but she just doesnt scream QE2 at me.. Am l the only one who thinks this?
I agree with you, Myles! Can't understand it...  Concorde is only 201' 4 " - or 61.66m in length Whereas QE2 is 963' - or 293.52m long! |
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« Reply #9 on: January 25, 2010, 10:56:00 AM » |
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how does everyone get a nice big picture...mine comes out minute....took me nearly a year to get it done ..... but they are so small and you can hardly see it. I just put all my postcards in the small Qe2 album yesterday..its a trip around the world looking at all the ports she called at she was always a superstar and drew the crowds...now its just one of hundreds of ships calling in to a train or bus station no excitement....no magic.
any hints re making my piccy a wee bit bigger would be most appreciated!
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« Reply #10 on: January 25, 2010, 12:43:21 PM » |
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« Reply #11 on: January 25, 2010, 05:29:22 PM » |
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how does everyone get a nice big picture...mine comes out minute....took me nearly a year to get it done ..... but they are so small and you can hardly see it.
any hints re making my piccy a wee bit bigger would be most appreciated!
Here are the instructions, Cruise_Princess : http://www.theqe2story.com/forum/index.php/topic,425.0.htmlWhat you are asking about, is described as Method 2 by Rob. For this, you need to have your photos already uploaded somewhere, such as flickr -- then, you can post larger versions here, as they do not take up bandwidth in the Forum. If you send me a PM, I could even help you to do the embedding  . |
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« Reply #12 on: January 25, 2010, 07:35:28 PM » |
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Please can everybody state clearly where the images are from... e.g. Cunard postcard bought on board or whatever.
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« Reply #13 on: February 01, 2010, 06:45:19 PM » |
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QE2 in Malaga, can you see her !!!  Bought ashore  |
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« Reply #14 on: February 01, 2010, 06:59:03 PM » |
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QE2 passing the village of Cromarty before arriving In Invergordon 4th September 1995 Bought at the souvenir shop at the head of the pier  |
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« Reply #15 on: February 01, 2010, 07:03:42 PM » |
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Not quite a postcard but its postcard sized Err from a nightclub in London  |
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« Reply #16 on: February 01, 2010, 07:07:47 PM » |
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Bought onboard 2007 from the Travellers Cove  |
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« Reply #18 on: February 08, 2010, 08:46:24 PM » |
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By Riverside Inverclyde. Development company  |
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Rob Lightbody
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« Reply #19 on: February 08, 2010, 08:49:04 PM » |
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There's something very odd about the perspective in that last photo - she appears to be sinking by the stern!
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« Reply #20 on: February 08, 2010, 08:49:26 PM » |
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Ships of the Forth No 18  |
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« Reply #21 on: February 08, 2010, 08:57:43 PM » |
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Top showing QE2 in Zebrugge 21/06/96 Simplon postcards Bottom QE2 Berthed on the river Mersey World ship series two (l know it says berthed, but thats what it says) Maxcards  |
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« Reply #22 on: February 08, 2010, 09:04:36 PM » |
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Rob the whole card doesnt look right, its measures 21 x 11 cms the hull looks to be very clean at the bow, no sign of any anchors. Might it be one of the images used for the general postcards but slightly "doctored" or even is it one that was flipped?
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« Reply #23 on: February 08, 2010, 09:23:30 PM » |
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Post Nos. 16 and 18 Bought onboard 2007 from the Travellers Cove Myles - Cunard has left her there without her Warwick Crest! By Riverside Inverclyde. Development company Er - She hasn't got any anchor - or nostrils and she's still got her tenders hanging over the edge (No offence meant here, you understand!) |
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« Reply #24 on: February 10, 2010, 06:40:08 PM » |
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Top showing QE2 in Zebrugge 21/06/96 Simplon postcards Bottom QE2 Berthed on the river Mersey World ship series two (l know it says berthed, but thats what it says) Maxcards Love the top photo. The speed stripe really enhanced her look. |
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« Reply #25 on: March 23, 2010, 05:27:10 PM » |
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Bought onboard in 2007  |
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« Reply #26 on: April 13, 2010, 05:54:15 PM » |
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Not a Postcard - More a way of dating them! http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/vmorley/QE2data.htmThere are cards for sale on this site, too. |
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« Reply #27 on: April 14, 2010, 06:51:54 PM » |
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 Anyone posted that postcard yet? Bought that postcard at the post office near my student hostel in Perth, Australia. |
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