140 - Farewell To England
...I was beginning to feel the strain of the last two days, my feet were killing me and Mark was falling asleep in my arms. We must have looked a pathetic bunch because a lady came to us and moved us to the front of the queue to the Document Desk and then we were told to look back and wave as we climbed the gangplank on board the liner. A row of cameras were taking our photos, so somewhere in England, our picture would be in the papers. We didn't know until then, the 'Canberra' was the first ship to sail after the strike. That's why we were chosen to be a typical family, about to embark on the journey of a lifetime...
Gladys Schofield concludes her entertaining autobiography.
