My First Ship

I sailed on this wonderful ship many years ago as crew, it was a Cunard ship called Sylvania, I was only a young boy and just turned 17 years, we sailed from Liverpool in England to Cobh in Ireland then onto New York. Then we Traveled the World.

[Leslie]

a creative and beautiful capture

[Karen]

Great shot, really tells a story.

[Gena Pegg]

Wonderful story Tony..thank you for sharing. This is so well composed and touching image. FAV for me

[Pam Knowler]

What a wonderful story and a great image to tell it so well! Fav!

[julia]

Neat shot..

[Maggiemae]

Your composition is just brilliant and I love the whole picture! fav

[Debs Stott]

Super story and life memory. Fav.

[Rachel]

How cool. I saw something really similar in this months Digital Photo magazine. Nice effect.

[Gwenllian]

Wonderful picture of a memory. Love this, composition, creative processing and story.

[Debi 🐩]

Nice creative shot full of memories for you

[Anita Russell]

What a lovely old picture. The additions make it a lovely collage

[Arthur Loosley]

A lovely memory and a creative recreation, Tony .... and a FAV!

[Alice Burghart]

This is a great and creative shot with such great memories. Great idea. fav.

[Shepherdman's Wife]

Oh, what wonderful memories and a photo to go with it!

[Beryl Lloyd]

Super , creative presentation of this old photo Tony --An image full of wonderful memories of your youth --And a FAV

[Tony]

Great old photo, you've done well to hang onto that for all those years. Fabulous capture.

[Robyn]

Clever composition. Fav

[Dione Giorgio]

Instant FAV. Definitely a wonderful capture and composition. A very creative shot, too.

[Graham Thresher]

Great creativity. Super Fav

[carol white]

A super composition and story,Tony,it must have been wonderful to travel the world at such a young age.FAV!!

[Lindy]

Clever idea ...message in a bottle... good name for a movie. Lucky you what a great experience that would have been at that age.

[Tracey]

Fabulous composition so creative and clever love it fav

[Babs]

What a wonderful story and very creative photo. Thank you for sharing the story. a great memory.

[Emilie Cartoun]

Very cool composition, and the special memories make it extra special. Fav.

[Mr. Spock]

A wonderful image, very well processed, and the story makes it even more interesting! Fav!

[tony gig]

@888rachel Thank you Rachel, yes Rachel I have it every month, it gives great ideas.

[Lois]

Fantastic composition! Wonderful life story! Fav!

[tony gig]

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Thank you all very much for the wonderful comments and Fav, I could go on about this part of my life but it would take weeks, but I did meet some great people, one being my lovely wife, we have just celebrated our 44th wedding Anniversary.

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@loweygrace Thank you very much Lois, also thank you for the Fav.

[virtualbrownie]

Such a cool idea for a capture - works really well

[tony gig]

@virtualbrownie Thank you very much V, glad you liked it.

[Denise]

This is so nostalgic. Fantastic composition Tony. Such an interesting way to tell part of your life story.

[Carole Imes]

How exciting to be on the crew of this beautiful ship at such a young age traveling around the world! Bet you have some great stories to tell. I love the creative image you composed here....fav!

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@denisedaly Thank you Denise glad you liked it.

[Margaret Brown]

Lovely composition and story, it's so interesting

[👑 AnaZad]

Tony, what a wonderful composition and with such a great story behind it. Definitely a FAV.

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@craftymeg Thank you Margaret.

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@cimes1 Thank you very much Carole, and also thank you for the Fav.

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@anazad511 Thank you Ana and thank you very much for the Fav.

[Gillian Park]

What a wonderful picture to take you down memory lane! A life's story! Fav.

[EtchASketch]

Super easy fav, I love this! Wonderfully put together, I think I may want a print, if you do that? :)

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@potlet Thank very much Gillian, also for the Fav.

[tony gig]

@etchasketch1 thank you for the comment and Fav, If you want to print it of please do.

[Dominica]

That's a really well put together composition! Great memories I'm sure. Like the caption under the ship's picture. a fav.

[Vesna]

Wonderful...

[Sandy]

Love the way you put this together. Great composition.

[BeckyS]

I love this, Tony. Great composition. Fav

[KWind]

Fav...amazing!

[Alexandra DG]

oooh so great - FAV

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@axika @kwind @beckys @skstein @vesna0210 @dominica

Thank you all very much for the lovely comments and Fav's.

[Jimmy the Sexton]

A+ for creativity. Nice idea.

[tony gig]

@habit Thank you very much Jimmy, also for the follow, and follow you back.

[Vega]

this is such a great pic - love, love it :) !!

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@vega Thank you very much for the lovely comment and Fav Vega.

[Christine]

Like the composition. Great shot

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@chris17 Thank you very much Christine.

[Joy's Focus]

Great story and image! Fav!

[Daisy Miller]

Creative shot. Well done.

[tony gig]

@joysfocus Thank you very much Joy, also thank you for the FAV.

[tony gig]

@daisymiller Thank you Daisy.

[Jennifer]

Ooh fabulous. Love the story too. I will have to try this too. That mag was a fun issue this time! Fav. Brilliantly done,

[tony gig]

@jesperani Thank you very much Jennifer, it gives great tips.

[Boxplayer]

How fantastic, lovely memory scene.

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@boxplayer Thank you very much B. Also thank you for the Fav.

[Boxplayer]

@tonygig you're welcome, didn't realise you weren't following me before now.

[tony gig]

@boxplayer I was B, but don't no what went wrong.

[Muriel Scheurer]

Faved it. Such a beautiful photo. Very creative and it tells a story all by itself. My father traveled from Indonesia to the Netherlands on a similar boat as a child and I always loved his stories. I can only imagine all the wonderful stories you could tell about the time you spent on that ship!

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@pum71 Thank you for the lovely comment and Fav Muriel.

[Djesika]

Great shot,great idea. Fav

[tony gig]

@djesika Thank you very much D.