Jack Brooke Cruise Collection #11 – Kiariki Feb 1960
Another remarkable cruise drawing done by Jack Brooke. Again ww thanks son Robert for making them available to ww followers. Jack produced a hand drawing on each cruise. Todays post is the 11th featured – enjoy.
The above drawing records the travels of Kiariki during a Feb 1960 cruise to Kawau Island & onto Russell in the Bay of Islands.
Crew: John Brooke, John Ellis, Scott Wilson & Bob Black, another boys cruise?.
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I note that it is February 1960 when Watchmans Island changes its name to Channel Island.
Was Jack a member of the Geographic Board for determining names?
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Harold!!
Ha!! It must be Friday!!
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“Clearly” you were born well after 1920. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flapper
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A Flapper !?
Oh dear, ‘clearly’ I have lived a sheltered life.
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Clearly it’s a pun. The gentleman on the left is in a flap over reverse. The dame is a flapper from Jack’s 1920’s past.
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Who’s the dame in the illustration?
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