Downtown Location: Government Officials and Bunk Bed

downtown location: I was easily won over to the idea of a big trip to another country and started the process of application to emigrate.I passed the medical checks, all the forms were completed and I booked a passage on the Empress of Britain to sail out of Liverpool in July 1957, according to Metro News. My trunk was loaded into the ship's hold, I had a small suitcase with me in my cabin and I was incredibly excited to be on my way to the great Canadian adventure!The Empress of Britain was an immigrant ship and I was sharing a cabin with three young women one of whom was terribly seasick and spent the whole voyage in her bunk bed. Frequently the newspapers would have advertisements indicating there would be a film and informational talk with government officials at some downtown location.I was barely out of my teens but a fairly seasoned traveller for my age and I was very restless living and working in the British midlands, so the idea of going to Canada definitely appealed to me, as did a pleasant evening of film and discussion. After a rather queasy morning going around the south coast of Ireland I felt just fine. We had a grand few days and the weather was especially nice sailing down the St. Of course it was wonderful meeting many others on the journey headed for cities and towns all over the country. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.