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[denizaksulu]

My husband was 17 when he made the trip to London via boat and train in November 1952 and stayed with his sister in Camden Town. I had moved to London from Bournemouth in 1957 where we met and got married four months later.

There were a large number of Cypriots there at that time and one thing that sticks out in my mind was how the ones in work used to help the ones still looking for a job. That meant those in the catering trade used to provide food and I often saw packages passed to several people when we used go to a coffee bar just off Tottenham Court Road.

Others helped by introducing their friends to the people they worked for and asking outright if there were any vacancies. Weddings were a great time to meet up with people from your village or home town during the early days when many felt cut off if they lived outside London such as the Midlands and Wales, etc.

Regards,

Annaka.

My father arrived in the UK in 1939. He was a chef in the Chez August Reastaurant , Old Compton Street. All Cooks, Chefs, waiters Managers were from around our villages. Louroudjina, Lefkara, Alaminyo, Klavdia< Maroni Ay. Theodoros, all Greek and Turkish Cypriots working together for Nevvar Hikmet and later Fortes. It was like one good family. Everybody heled everybody.

I reckon even swinging was common those days!

I apologise for the typo, it should have been 'everybody helped everybody'.

[Jerry]

I recently came across this picture I took on the Messapia (it could have been the Enotria) in January 1967. I spent a couple of days with them sailing from Cyprus to Venice, they had left Cyprus for good seeking a better life in Germany. I wonder if anyone recognises them. They were nice lads, I remember thinking at the time "what is all this Cyprus Problem about, they are just like me"

Phucking politics!

I also have travelled on both the Messapia and the Enotria, first time in 1958. The greatest moment was squeezing through the Corinth Canal and the water taxis in Venice. Pireaus was where on the outward journey I had Kafe Tourkikon an the way back it was Greek coffee. The dolphins in the Adriatic were lovely too.

No I am not one of those aboard in 1967, but if I am not mistaken it was in 1968. It was great fun.

Not being sure of the date myself Deniz I searched my "archives" because I remember liberating some menus from the ship on the way back, they had beautiful pictures of Italian Ladies in traditional costumes on the covers. I found them and the ship was Messapia and the date 21Gennaio 1967 which I believe is January. I remember the canal, just a few feet between the side of the ship and the sheer rock wall.

[kurupetos]

My husband was 17 when he made the trip to London via boat and train in November 1952 and stayed with his sister in Camden Town. I had moved to London from Bournemouth in 1957 where we met and got married four months later.

There were a large number of Cypriots there at that time and one thing that sticks out in my mind was how the ones in work used to help the ones still looking for a job. That meant those in the catering trade used to provide food and I often saw packages passed to several people when we used go to a coffee bar just off Tottenham Court Road.

Others helped by introducing their friends to the people they worked for and asking outright if there were any vacancies. Weddings were a great time to meet up with people from your village or home town during the early days when many felt cut off if they lived outside London such as the Midlands and Wales, etc.

Regards,

Annaka.

My father arrived in the UK in 1939. He was a chef in the Chez August Reastaurant , Old Compton Street. All Cooks, Chefs, waiters Managers were from around our villages. Louroudjina, Lefkara, Alaminyo, Klavdia< Maroni Ay. Theodoros, all Greek and Turkish Cypriots working together for Nevvar Hikmet and later Fortes. It was like one good family. Everybody heled everybody.

I reckon even swinging was common those days!

I apologise for the typo, it should have been 'everybody helped everybody'.

I will take that as a yes.

[denizaksulu]

My husband was 17 when he made the trip to London via boat and train in November 1952 and stayed with his sister in Camden Town. I had moved to London from Bournemouth in 1957 where we met and got married four months later.

There were a large number of Cypriots there at that time and one thing that sticks out in my mind was how the ones in work used to help the ones still looking for a job. That meant those in the catering trade used to provide food and I often saw packages passed to several people when we used go to a coffee bar just off Tottenham Court Road.

Others helped by introducing their friends to the people they worked for and asking outright if there were any vacancies. Weddings were a great time to meet up with people from your village or home town during the early days when many felt cut off if they lived outside London such as the Midlands and Wales, etc.

Regards,

Annaka.

My father arrived in the UK in 1939. He was a chef in the Chez August Reastaurant , Old Compton Street. All Cooks, Chefs, waiters Managers were from around our villages. Louroudjina, Lefkara, Alaminyo, Klavdia< Maroni Ay. Theodoros, all Greek and Turkish Cypriots working together for Nevvar Hikmet and later Fortes. It was like one good family. Everybody heled everybody.

I reckon even swinging was common those days!

I apologise for the typo, it should have been 'everybody helped everybody'.

I will take that as a yes.

If I got your meaning rigt, the yes.