- Identifier
- 101-0017-023
- Title
- Life Histories from Tiger Bay Course. Tape 23
- Description
- Interview
- Type
- Item
- Format
- 1 Compact Audio Tape
- Date
- 26 Jul 1988
- Contributor
- BHAC
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Copyright situation unknown/other, contact HCE
- Publisher
- Contact HCE if you would like to use or reproduce this item
- Subject
- Summary of interview 26/07/1988: either Tape 23 or Tape 24. Gerald Carey recalls being taken by police and coming to an arrangement with them; working on the Queen Elisabeth 2, Bermuda Triangle, liner with more than 1000 crew; Gerald first black man on QE2; food and facilities on board; life in 1975 after 46 years at sea; Talks about life at sea, seeing the world; love of reading and poetry; views on South Africa; discussion on USA; 1930s depression; pre-war pay rates; Life in Cardiff; women then and now; seeing Haley's comet in 1910; outbreak of World War I when 9 years old; his father in the army; German ship captured; court-marshall; women working on cruise liner; Hongkong; round-the-world cruise in 93 days.
