Awoke at 5 am and went on deck to find that we were nearing Cafe St Vincent. Not being very far from the coast we could see ruggy crags which very picturesque, with the green patches of herbage scattered amongst the hills. The first series of royal MS “Orient” athletic […]
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AB Steele’s Shipboard Journal – 4 April 1886
Sunday morning 6.30 and found we has passed the Bay of Biscay the hills of Portugal now being in sight the peaks rising one above the another till they are lost on the Horizon. The passengers have all mustered on Board for Divine Service, there being about 600 souls including […]
AB Steele’s Shipboard Journal – 3 April 1886
Arose at 4 am, and went on deck to find that we had by this time entered the bay of Biscay. For myself I have felt no sickness at present but Bayley is very bad and cannot turn out. He is rather short of “pluck” .. and is quite “capped” […]
AB Steele’s Shipboard Journal – 2 April 1886
Arose at 6 am and went on deck as soon as I could. The ship was tossing a little and a good many were sick, practically all of the women and most of the men. Most of the fellows in my room were sick, but I had had a good […]
AB Steele’s Shipboard Journal – 1 April 1886
I awoke at 5.30 got washed and went on Deck, and took a sharp walk round the ship to get warm, for I had had a dreadful night being nearly starved to death, whilst some of the passengers had been howling like wolves all night – this makes things look […]
AB Steele’s Shipboard Journal – 31 March 1886
Arose rather late, partook of a hurried breakfast, procured a cab as quickly as possible and booted down to Fenchurch Street Station just in time to catch the special train for the pier – arriving safe at the Royal Albert Dock we got our luggage on board as soon as […]
AB Steele’s Shipboard Journal – 30 March 1886
From the hamlet of Wildboarclough I proceeded on my journey to the market town of Macclesfield, taking leave of my friends and relations, I secured a ticket for the 8.14 for London and was soon travelling on at a good pace, leaving the old country far behind – only stopping […]
The Shipboard Journal of AB Steele
It was one hundred and twenty six years ago, to this very day, that AB Steele, a young man at the tender age of 21 said farewell to family and friends in a little village in East Cheshire and began the journey that would eventually see him make a home […]
Designing Women
It’s March, so it’s Women’s History Month! The Australian Women’s History Forum relaunched its new web site today which incorporates Women’s History Month. The new site aims to “enhance understanding of the role of women in the history of Australia” by providing resources and a gateway to online information on […]