Catering Crews of the Railway Era
Stewards on the Princess Maud including Arthur Williams, Hank Hazelar, Bobby Pritchard, Peter Gibbons and Charlie Coombs. Courtesy Phil Coombs
 Princess Maud, L-R front: P. Gibbon, ?, Maldwyn Evans. Back: Charlie Coombs, Frankie Thomas. Courtesy Phil Coombs |
 On board the Princess Maud, L-R: Bob Davies, Charlie Coombs, Bill Mills, Maldwyn Evans. Courtesy Phil Coombs |
 L-R: Hein Hazelaar ("Hank Senior"), Ken Williams (?) and Mick Kavanagh on the Hibernia at Dun Laoghaire. |
 Liz Griffiths, second from left. © Captain Chaos Pirate Productions . |
 Left to right, Willie (commodore) Griffiths, Owen Henry Jones and Rita Jones. © Captain Chaos Pirate Productions . |
 Identifiable R-L are Capt Ivor Griffiths' daughter Liz, Dick, Kerry & Rita Jones. Second from the left is Mr Morrisey the shore rep of the National Union of Seamen. © Captain Chaos Pirate Productions |
 Hibernia Chief Engineer J.O. Williams (L) and Capt Ivor Griffiths. Sitting l-r on the sofas are Gwyneth Roberts, Phyllis Pierce, Chief Engineer J.O. Williams, Capt Ivor Griffiths, Ann Blondie & Rita Williams. Sitting l-r are Irene, Ceri Roberts & Eileen Doughty. Rear left is Myra Davies. |
 Hibernia or Cambria, circa 1970 . |
 Onboard Hibernia L-R: Ted Davies, Betty Gwalchmai, Danny Hagen, Rita Jones, Mrs Robinson & Charlie Coombs . |
 Capt Ivor Griffiths and Rita Jones (with flowers). . |
 Stewardesses onboard Cambria, standing l-r back are Fay Jones & the late Perrina Jones, sitting l-r are Val (twin - surname?), Jean Lawlor & Janice Harper (married to Peter Harper, AB). |
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 Charlie Coombs, Cyril North and Ron Langley on board the Princess Maud. . |
 John Harper, Danny Hagen and Charlie Coombs. . |
 Glyn Hughes, Alan Marsh, John Wilfred, Charlie Coombs, Willie 'Commodore', Maldwyn Evans, John Owen, Maureen Pritchard, Rita Jones. |
 Cruising crew on the Duke of Lancaster. . |
 Eric Jones, Eric Hamson, Mr Hat, Fred Coniam, Merfyn Roberts, Phil Coombs, Ted Bach. |
 Dining room on the Princess Maud. . |
 The late Hywel Jones, but who are the two female crew members? believed to be on board the Princess Maud in the late 1950's. |
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With acknowledgement to Ian Scott Taylor, Peter Scott Roberts and Ian Hazelaar.
Many thanks to Philip Coombs, Stena Line at Holyhead for access to his excellent collection.