Badge

www.journeytoaustralia.co.uk

a good read

MartyO

Thanks Badgers. Had a quick scan and downloaded to read later. I love reading this kind of historical stuff - how life has changed in a relatively short time!

Cheers

Martin

annie b

I enjoyed reading this also, especially as my parents were also 10 pound poms who sailed out on HMS Oronsey (I think) in 1952.

Thanks for posting the link.

debsy

really interesting - where do you find all this stuff?

Badge

can't remember..

By the way I read it - and actually thought it was boring as hell...

I wonder how much 10 pounds was in them days....in terms of what it would buy you...

(a luxury cruise at least by the sounds of it)

badgers

MartyO

Sounds like a good poll......What would 10 pounds buy you today. Answers on a postcard please!

pommie bastard

This was still going in the 1960s because the Aussies wanted Poms , now they just want your money.

mr mover

we came out in 63, on the fairsea, would have been a good trip apart from some bastard stealing ,my mothers purse,at the SOUTHAMPTON dock prior to us leaving ,she had all our spending money, 56pounds . in 63 that i suppose was alot of money, if it had,nt been for people having a whip round on the boat we would have been destitute, say s a lot for the old british spirit in those days , i guess in my own way this is why i find it ,enjoy able to try and help new people, who want to have a go at a new life............ MM

janeyray

Hey I was a child of 10 pound poms!! Born in Sydney when my parents emmigrated in 1965. They only lasted 2 years. My mum was very homesick when I was born so they had to save for two years to afford the 5 week boat trip back!! After a week of being back in the UK my mum wished she could go back to Sydney but they had had there 10 pound sponsorship and if they wanted to go back it would have had to have been out of their own pocket, which they couldn't afford.

They are glad they can have the change to come and visit now that I have moved to Perth though!!!

mika24me

I think £10 in 1953 is worth about £165 today

migrantoz

You can get a Music CD for £10 in Sainsburys and even get 1 Pence change.

Keelie

Thanks for this little slice of history Badgersmount, even 'though you found it 'boring'. The writer was not a 'professional' but an ordinary working class woman who had enough foresight to hope that her diary would be of interest to other's one day. True the writing is not 'smart' or glib or funny...just one woman's effort to record the biggest event in her life.
If you knew anything about wartime rationing you'd understand why this family, who were emigrating from post war Britain were so enthralled with the abundance of food on board.
The thing that struck me was that not once did any of them 'whinge' about anything..except the 'snobbish' attitude of some of the other passengers.

The kids made their own fun too...no T.V. Video games, telephones, or any of the things that pass for 'entertainment' today.
The boys were allowed to sleep up on deck..quite an adventure for them. Do you suppose many of todays parents would allow their kids such freedoms in this paranoid world ?
The fact that they stayed in Oz. and made a good life for themselves, with no support systems in place, says much about their courage and strength of family. Their story might be encouraging to to-day's emigrants who have so much more going for them.
In any case I have nothing but admiration for this family, and I was pleased to see that their story had a sucessful ending.

Badge

indeed!!!

i was impressed as well. (if not entertained!)

sean's dad

depends on how you calculate the value ie prices or wages but 10 pounds would now be aprox 300- pounds @ todays value

brotherlarrikin

Let me tell you something. A 10-pound Lithuanian girl is very good value. I am not in this busoiness myself.

Hello! Larry