Mtsinje wamtengo wapatali wa Cunard walandiranso m'modzi mwa anthu omwe kale anali ogwira nawo ntchito pamene akukonzekera kukondwerera tsiku lake lobadwa la 100th mwezi womwewo womwe Cunard adzakondwerera zaka 100 kuchokera ku Mzinda wa Southampton.
Novembala 2019 ndi zaka zana kuchokera pomwe RMS idasweka kwambiri. Mauretania adakhazikitsa Southampton Express transatlantic service ku Cunard; kulumikiza malo otumizira sitima a Hampshire ndi New York City.
Mnyamata wakale wa Cunard bellboy, John 'Jack' Jenkins MBE, yemwe posachedwapa adalankhula pamwambo wokumbukira D-Day ku Portsmouth womwe unachitikira ndi Her Majness the Queen, HRH The Prince of Wales ndi Purezidenti wa US Donald Trump, adalandiridwa posachedwa pa bolodi la Cunard. chombo chapanyanja chodziwika bwino cha Queen Mary 2 cholembedwa ndi Captain Aseem Hashmi MNM pa chakudya chamasana chokondwerera. Ali m'ngalawamo, Captain adayitana a Jenkins kuti ayang'ane ma bellboy a sitimayo - kuti atsimikizire kuti akukwaniritsa zofunikira za 1930s Cunard service.
Ogwira ntchito a Queen Mary 2 adadutsa mosavuta kuyendera, ngakhale a Jenkins sanachedwe kunena kuti kugwira ntchito pa bolodi la Mauretania kunali kosiyana kwambiri ndi momwe zilili lero.
“Ndikukumbukira umodzi wa maulendo anga oyamba, pamene tinapita ku West Indies,” a Jenkins akukumbukira. "Tikafika padoko, ndimayenera kuyenda mozungulira ndi chiboliboli, popeza tinalibe njira yovutitsa kalelo, ndikumenya mkombero ndi kunena kuti, 'Alendo onse kumtunda, alendo onse kumtunda'."
Wobadwa pa nthawi yomwe maulendo a m'nyanja anali njira yokhayo yoyendera, Bambo Jenkins anapita ku Cunard ku 1933 monga bellboy ndi kukweza oyendetsa. Mtengo wa RMS. Mauretania inali sitima yoyamba ya Cunard yomwe adasankhidwa - chombo chomwe chinakhazikitsa malo a Cunard Southampton m'chaka cha kubadwa kwake.
Mauretania atapuma pantchito mu 1934, a Jenkins anatumikira m’sitima yapamadzi yotchedwa Cunard yotchedwa Ascania mpaka pamene nkhondo yachiŵiri ya padziko lonse inayamba. Polowa nawo nkhondo, adamenya nawo nkhondo ku D-Day mu 1945, asanabwerere ku UK kukagwira ntchito ya usilikali wamalonda.
“Unali mwayi waukulu kulandiranso Bambo Jenkins ku banja la Cunard,” anatero Captain Hashmi. "Zinamveka ngati njira yoyenera kwambiri kuyambitsa zikondwerero zathu zazaka zana, kuno ku Southampton, ndipo ndithudi kuyamikira Bambo Jenkins pa tsiku lapadera lobadwa lomwe adzachita kumapeto kwa chaka chino. Ine ndi abale a kampani ya sitimayo tinasangalala kwambiri kumvetsera nkhani za mmene moyo unalili m’sitimamo, ndipo tikuyembekezera mwachidwi kudzachitanso zimenezo.”
Kuchokera pa Novembara 18, 2019, Mfumukazi Mary 2 ipanga mbiri yakale yowoloka Transatlantic kuchokera ku Southampton kupita ku New York - polemekeza ubale wautali pakati pa City ndi Cunard.
Alendo paulendo wosangalatsawu adzapita m'mbuyomu chifukwa cha chiwonetsero chapanyanja chochokera ku Southampton's Sea City Museum, komanso nkhani zokometsera zomwe zidakwera. Wolemba mbiri wa Maritime komanso wolemba Chris Frame, adzalumikizana ndi katswiri wa mbiri yakale Penny Legg, aliyense akupereka nkhani zingapo zapadera za mbiri yakale komanso yodziwika bwino ya Cunard ndi Southampton.
