One bunch however, I keep out in a glass [from a pub] on the side in the kitchen. Just plastic, but a few different pictures of Shaw Savill ships & 'scenes' onboard Southern Cross. The centre pieces 'swing' as would a real English Pub sign.

I was wondering what other swizzle sticks have been produced in the past, that CT'ers may have? I am sure in the days gone by there must have been some quite elaborate decorative ones about?

swizzle sticks are funny things, I don’t know if they belong in the “take it your self” souvenir category or not. I once had an argument with a waiter at a restaurant who saw that the swizzle sticks was missing from the glass. Of course I had placed it inside my back pack because it was a nice looking design and I thought what does it matter. Well the waiter added one and one and began insisting I gave the plastic thing back to him. Not in the mood to make a fuzz I gave it back, but of course he did not get a tip from me!

Do cruise lines make a fuzz about taking swizzle sticks?

Onno

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Do cruise lines make a fuzz about taking swizzle sticks?

Onno

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I have never heard of a cruise line expecting to have the swizzle stick returned--these items are just thrown away along with the paper napkins and paper coasters. It seems unbelievable that they would take the time to wash them for re-use!

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I have a few Pub sign plastic sticks from Shaw-Savills "Northern Star"

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The red one just to right of centre says "ss Northern Star & ss Southern Cross Sports Deck" on the reverse [as per the one far left]; so the same set I expect were on all Shaw Savill's ships. Must be quite a few around still, but a fun conversation opener sometimes when people see them.

Onno, these things are just binned. I cannot imagine any of the bar staff being upset. They would soften & bend in the heat of a dishwasher at the temps required on ships. The wooden ones, being 'germ' collecters, would not be permitted to be reused. I did as a youngster save a few umbrellas too, used to be pricey things, but nowadays bags of any number can be purchased for £1.. but they do fall apart quicker!

You have interesting 2nd hand stores. I occasionally look around the ones near here & the charity shops, to see if there is anything shippy of interest, but never found much wrong type of area.

Pam

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A while back I was googling and came on a site which had a bunch of cruise Swizzle Sticks from Princess and others for sale. Sometimes there are some on E-bay.

As for the second-hand markets and shops, you need to know the places and I mostly discover them by accident. 90% of the time you only find junk but every now and then I stumble on something interesting. A couple of years ago, during a vacation in England, I went to a huge flea-market in Canterbury (during the return trip to Dover), there was so much I wanted to buy which I could never take home with me (a real pity now that I think of it) But I did get a lot of SF collectables for low prices.

Onno

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When you have a house with an attic and a basement, storage is no problem. Comes time to downsize and something (read many, many boxes) has to go. I tossed the lot. My one remaining ship souvenir is a much faded blue velvet-clad sailor boy from R.M.S. Franconia. Somewhere I think there's an embroidered blue silk handkerchief from The Duchess of York.

Thinking back, I believe I posted a picture of my sailor boy on the Travel Page/Cruise Travel board.