As part of your visit to Brunel’s ss Great Britain, you will be given the chance to find out about life on board through true stories – diary accounts from passengers who travelled on board the ss Great Britain during her time as a passenger liner.
This section offers some snippets from three diary accounts:
- Susan Mary Crompton, a newly married first class passenger travelling with her husband from Melbourne to Liverpool in 1866.
- Allan Gilmour, who travelled with his brother and father in 1852 to join the search of gold in the goldfields of Australia.
- Edward Towle, a first class passenger travelling in 1852 to Australia, in the hope of finding work.
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