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Bermuda: A collection of menus, program guides and other ephemera from the final voyage in 1966 of the QUEEN OF BERMUDA.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe New York Times of November 17, 1966, reported, \"For 33 years now there has been a love affair between the people of this island and the QUEEN OF BERMUDA, a love affair that will draw to a close on November 23. On the day the Furness-Withy liner is scheduled to sail out past the guardian reefs and leave the blue-green inshore waters of Bermuda for the last time. And, no matter which ships come to replace her, it will never quite be the same.\"\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eShip buffs felt the same way. Saved from that final voyage are four menus and two program guides. First is a rare petty officer's mess \"Tea\" menu from November 19th, the day the ship departed New York. Menu #2 is for passenger luncheon on the 20th while menu #3 is for dinner on the 22nd when the ship was docked in Hamilton. The final menu, and the final passenger menu ever issued for the QUEEN OF BERMUDA, is breakfast on November 25th. The ship docked at 9 a.m., discharged passengers, and sailed away the next day without passengers bound for the wrecking yard in Scotland.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Today's Activities\" sheets cover the ship's final two days of passenger service on November 23rd and 24th. It's the usual parade of trap shooting, dance lessons, and bingo. No where is the ship's impending fate mention, although the Farewell Dinner on the 24th must have taken on extra poignancy. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlso included: a fold-out sailing schedule showing the last voyage, a fold-out 1965 deck plan, an unused portrait postcard, a baggage tag with the letter \"V\", a bar check card with nothing on front but 6 Guinness beers written on back for an Al Donahue, a Furness bar napkin, and an unused sheet of stationery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLastly, print-outs of the two New York Times articles describing the ship's final days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExcellent condition.\u003c\/p\u003e"}