Unusually, named and dated
In delving through Isabel's work in the Gawthorpe collection there is very little that has Isabel's name on, or even has a date to it, which is quite frustrating as I try to learn more about her. This photograph is held in the collection, it is of a piece of Isabel's work which is dated 1932. It would be fabulous to see the original, I wonder where that could be?
SHIPS OF ALL AGES
one ship drives east, and another drives west
with the self same winds that blow,
'tis the set of the sails and not the gales,
which tell us the way they go
HMS Terrible 1914
Empress of Britain 1931
Victory 1804
Viking 1100
Worked by Isabel Walton 1932
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Another mystery to add to the rest ...
+ + + UPDATE 24/8/18 + + +
This mystery may be a little closer to being solved ... Isabel's sister, Margaret, travelled extensively and I have been able to find some of her arrival and departure documentation. By at least 1926 (aged 32) Margaret is listed as a teacher, with her permanent residence in China. Her travels are first class by ship, the earliest date of travel I can currently find is 1926 to New York. In 1932 she travels to Yokohama, Japan and back to London. She also travels to Montreal and Shanghai. Around the same time their uncle, James Thomas Walton and his son Carl Geoffrey Harris Walton are also travelling abroad by ship. Carl is listed as a coal merchant living in St Annes on Sea.
I've not found a family member travelling on the Empress of Britain, as yet. The ocean liner was launched in 1931 as the largest, fastest and most luxurious ship between England and Canada. During WWII it was torpedoed, in 1940.
one ship drives east, and another drives west
with the self same winds that blow,
'tis the set of the sails and not the gales,
which tell us the way they go
HMS Terrible 1914
Empress of Britain 1931
Victory 1804
Viking 1100
Worked by Isabel Walton 1932
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Another mystery to add to the rest ...
+ + + UPDATE 24/8/18 + + +
This mystery may be a little closer to being solved ... Isabel's sister, Margaret, travelled extensively and I have been able to find some of her arrival and departure documentation. By at least 1926 (aged 32) Margaret is listed as a teacher, with her permanent residence in China. Her travels are first class by ship, the earliest date of travel I can currently find is 1926 to New York. In 1932 she travels to Yokohama, Japan and back to London. She also travels to Montreal and Shanghai. Around the same time their uncle, James Thomas Walton and his son Carl Geoffrey Harris Walton are also travelling abroad by ship. Carl is listed as a coal merchant living in St Annes on Sea.
I've not found a family member travelling on the Empress of Britain, as yet. The ocean liner was launched in 1931 as the largest, fastest and most luxurious ship between England and Canada. During WWII it was torpedoed, in 1940.