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VICTORIA LYNN CURTIS
REALTOR® CalDRE# 01034769
WCCAR Realtor of the year 2007
UC Berkeley Graduate, CRS, e-Pro
E4 = Energy, Enthusiasm, Expertise, Experience (31 years)
victoria@victorialynncurtis.com
VICTORIA LYNN CURTIS
REALTOR® CalDRE# 01034769
WCCAR Realtor of the year 2007
UC Berkeley Graduate,
CRS, e-Pro
E4 = Energy, Enthusiasm, Expertise,
Experience (31 years)
victoria@victorialynncurtis.com
VICTORIA LYNN CURTIS
REALTOR® CalDRE# 01034769
WCCAR Realtor of the year 2007
UC Berkeley Graduate, CRS, e-Pro
E4 = Energy, Enthusiasm, Expertise,
Experience (31 years)
victoria@victorialynncurtis.com
510.305.7775 Mobile
510.305.7775 Mobile
VICTORIA LYNN CURTIS
REALTOR® CalDRE# 01034769
WCCAR Realtor of the year 2007
UC Berkeley Graduate, CRS, e-Pro
E4 = Energy, Enthusiasm, Expertise,
Experience (31 years)
victoria@victorialynncurtis.com
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2095 Rose Street, Suite 100
Berkeley, CA 94709
Serving Contra Costa and Alameda Counties
www.victorialynncurtis.com
2095 Rose Street, Suite 100
510.305.7775 Mobile
Berkeley, CA 94709
Serving Contra Costa and Alameda Counties
www.victorialynncurtis.com
2095 Rose Street, Suite 100
Berkeley, CA 94709
Serving Contra Costa and Alameda Counties
www.victorialynncurtis.com
An Independently Owned and Operated Franchise.
An Independently Owned and Operated Franchise.
An Independently Owned and Operated Franchise.
510.305.7775 Mobile
2095 Rose Street, Suite 100
Berkeley, CA 94709
Serving Contra Costa and Alameda Counties
www.victorialynncurtis.com
An Independently Owned and Operated Franchise.
TEMPLE
BETH
HILLEL
A warm, diverse,
welcoming community
Shabbat and High Holy Days Services
Life Cycle Events
Bar/Bat Mitzvah Preparation
Beit Midrash Hillel (Religious School K-12)
Mazel Tots (Free Pre-School Class)
Adult Education
Torah Study
Commitment to Social Action
I felt very lonely and with working in effect, twice each day
whilst at sea, a week seemed an eternity. It is good to look
back and recall some of the good times and whilst the life at
sea was not for me, I wouldn’t have missed the experience for
anything.
Although I have complained about some elitism in favour of
the deck officers, I must admit that all officers were extremely
well looked after. The food was 5* quality and we went
short of nothing. The pay was good and I found the whole
experience character building, particularly so when visiting
those far away places.
There is an interesting video on You Tube, which shows a
9-minute clip of the workings of an engine room of a Victory
Ship. It is entitled “SS American Victory Engine Room”
Some time after I left the Merchant Navy, Talthybius was
transferred to a sister company ‘The Elder Dempster Line’ and
operated on their West Africa service, before being laid up at
Bromborough Dock, in Birkenhead.
In December 1971, she was broken up by ‘Nan Feng Co. of
Taipei, Taiwan. I feel privileged to have spent a short period of
my life aboard this splendid vessel
© Copyright Chris R. Pownall September 2018