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...which meant originally Port Out Starboard Home, and indicated the position of your cabin if you were a VIP on P & O's run to Bombay. This began in 1842 and ended earlier this year.

Philip Howard reminds us of what life was like when the Empire was intact and P & O was the 'Dear and Slow,' the link with India and the East.

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Presenter:
Philip Howard
Reader:
John Bentley
Produced By:
Helen Fry
Source: Radio Times

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