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People in nostalgic Cunard photos found after appeal

by Miles

Celebrated cruise liner company Cunard has said staff and guests have come forward with their memories after an appeal to track down the faces featured in an exhibition marking the shipping line's 185th anniversary.

To mark its anniversary, the luxury shipping firm has collected images from former guests, workers and newspaper archives and wants to uncover some of the stories behind them.

Images were collected for the Sea of Glamour exhibition, curated by photographer Mary McCartney, which will be launched in Liverpool later this month.

After an appeal to find some of the people shown in the photos, former staff and guests got in touch with Cunard to tell their stories.

Anne Logan, 84, originally from the Port Talbot area, recognised herself in a photo showing staff aboard the QE2 in 1975.

It shows 26 women in matching uniforms posed on the deck for a feature in the British tabloid Reveille, with the caption saying they were known as "cyclic cleaners" because of the constant circle of work in keeping the ship clean.

Ms Logan, a former stewardess, said the picture brought back memories from her 30 years working on the seas, including serving celebrities who travelled onboard.

"I looked after lots. Rod Stewart was with us three times, first with Britt Ekland then Alana Stewart and then Rachel Hunter – so with a different woman every time," she said.

"Elton John and his wife Renate Blauel came across from New York to Southampton. He was very nice and polite but very, very quiet," she said.

"He spent all of his time with his manager and she spent all of her time in the shops."

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