The P&O Story - Fun and Facts

Steve Herra


Organisation:
Licensed Services
Region:
South East
Notice Period:
Regular (more than one month's notice)
Type:
Professional
Fee:
Paid: £85 plus travel expenses
Category:
Uncategorised
Updated:
10th July 2023
Tagged:
Shipping | Fun

“The P&O Story – Fun and Facts” • Prior to the Suez Canal opening, how did passengers travel from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea? • What did Florence Nightingale put her success down to? • What was the origin of the modern-day barbeque? • How did the acronym POSH come about? • Which royal mistress once resided at the site of the Pall Mall Head Office address? • When Canberra was on Falklands War Duty, what were the female crew members referred to as? • What was Canberra affectionately called?

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About Steve Herra

I am third generation of Cunard seafarer, my last ship was QE2 where I was one of the Pursers and met some of the stars featured in my QE2 talk. On leaving Cunard I served in the Royal Naval Reserve and more recently conducted tours of Cunard and P&O ships whilst they were in Southampton, sadly because of the pandemic these have now ceased.

I have been delivering talks, both live and via Zoom, for 6 years now to various organisations such as U3A, Probus, W.I. and many more. Prior to this I was Training Manager delivering training modules to various groups.


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