A peek behind closed doors last week.
I was at the London Victoria offices of DP World, the global logistics company that now owns the lion’s share of P&O (minus the cruises).
It’s also home to the P&O Heritage Division with its extensive collection of ephemera — paintings, model ships, silverware and more.
Some of the most colourful items were the printed menus and postcards from the 1930s [pictured above].
I was there to interview the Senior Curator, Susie Cox, as the company celebrates its 180th year in 2017.
It was amazing to see items rarely accessible to the public that take us back to another age. It’s like Susie told me:
“There’s a huge romance around ocean liners and the aesthetics, the posters, the fashion, the visuals, are all fantastic. That’s why it’s the golden age of cruise.”
Read the full feature in a forthcoming Telegraph Cruise.
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