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    As I Was Saying: People Places and Things
    As I Was Saying: People Places and Things
    As I Was Saying: People Places and Things
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    As I Was Saying: People Places and Things

    By Estelle Craig

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    After a lifetime full of adventure, travel and meeting celebrities and fascinating people all over the world, Estelle Craig has selected a few people, places and things from her memories.
    Unforgettable was her time spent with the duke of Bedford and Prime Minister Clement Attlee!
    But her Prime memories are of her three children and eleven great grandchildren and of course her husband Louis D. Craig.
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    Release dateMar 14, 2012
    ISBN9781468546262
    As I Was Saying: People Places and Things
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    Estelle Craig

    A phone and a typewriter were all Estelle Craig needed to start what turned out to be a lifetime of fun and meeting famous people, from a prime minister of England to a mountain climber, Sir Edmund Hillary. Changing diapers and booking celebrities at the same time, she created and directed World Adventure Tours for forty-one years. Evening gowns were Estelle’s working clothes when she appeared on the stage to introduce the artist of the evening. As many shows were sold out, armchair travellers subscribed to the series year after year. Estelle wrote travel articles, interviewed people for the CBC broadcasting network in Canada, published a national magazine, Small Types for children and satisfied her hunger for travel by escorting people on trips around the world. Estelle became the President of the Toronto Women’s Variety Club and Press Club. At the same time, she raised three children and ran a household for the family. When Estelle decided it was time to turn to other ventures, she received an offer to sell World Adventure Tours. At Ryerson University, in Toronto, she discovered Act II Studio and auditioned and appeared in plays. She has written several plays, which were produced by Act II Studio. She has also written a newspaper column, radio scripts, and published three autobiographical books. Her special delights are music, the theatre, her grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren, and the untold mysteries and wonders that tomorrow might bring. After the age of 100, Estelle wrote The Pelicans of Palm Beach and The House That Swam. At the age of 103 Estelle Craig has written Barry Weds Minnie.

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      As I Was Saying - Estelle Craig

      AS I WAS SAYING

      PEOPLE PLACES AND THINGS

      Estelle Craig

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      © 2012 by Estelle Craig. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      Published by AuthorHouse 03/09/2012

      ISBN: 978-1-4685-4625-5 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4685-4626-2 (e)

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      Contents

      Topkapi

      Only the Hardy Take Saunas

      The Grand Duchess Olga

      Don’t Let Your Guide Be

      Your Conscience

      The Duke of Bedford

      My Friend Woody

      Prime Minister Attlee

      My Friend Victor

      My Hat

      My Balcony

      Nina Prefers the Hula

      Bali Bargain

      The Fairy Tale Man

      The White Witch

      A Fairy Tale Tour

      The Sun Hunters Club

      Film Magic

      Nuka Hiva

      Moorea, French Polynesia

      The Fabulous Rhine

      Cairo

      Calico Ghost Town (California)

      Watch that Watch

      Around the World on the Queen Mary 2

      For Sheri, Collin and Robin

      My Three Best Friends

      Cover Graphics

      by Robin

      He came along

      I was so young

      He told me things

      I liked to hear.

      He whispered in my ear

      To do things his way!

      The day we wed

      The things he said

      He held me tight

      It seemed so right

      When we did it our way!

      The years went by;

      This nice big guy

      Got older, too

      And so did I

      And so I’m left to

      Do it my way.

      The years have flown

      I’m all alone

      Except for those I’ve

      Raised at home

      I’m glad they’re there

      I know they care

      When I do it my way!

      Topkapi

      JOHN HAD RED HAIR and could speak English fairly well. That was important. Not the red hair, particularly, but the English, since most of the other taxi drivers could not communicate. Besides, John had a vivacious personality and a pat sales talk. We had arrived in Istanbul only that morning, and John and the other taxi drivers were gathered near our cruise ship, hoping for business. The others waited, but John spoke up.

      I’ll show you the city, the Blue Mosque, the Bazaar, anything you like. I’ll show you the best shops, he said.

      But I want to see Topkapi Palace, I insisted. Tomorrow is Tuesday and I was told it is always closed on Tuesdays. And our ship leaves here tomorrow night.

      Don’t worry, John said. I’ll pick you up at your ship in the morning when the groups go. They open for groups. You buy your ticket and go in with the groups. Don’t worry.

      Our cruise had been delightful so far, and after Egypt, Istanbul was the place I wanted to see the most. With only a day and a half in port it was important to see the highlights, and of them all, Topkapi headed the list, for me anyway. It was Monday, and John said that since Topkapi would close in half an hour there was no point in rushing there now. So John had his way and off we went to the Blue Mosque. He waited outside, impatiently. The Bazaar was where he really wanted to go. He would show us the best places to buy. Even postcards and guide books were to be left to him. No one was to cheat us, he would see to that. As he drove, he remarked on the fabulous buys to be found at the Bazaar. Once there he steered me to what he claimed was the best jewelry shop in Istanbul.

      What you like? he asked. What did I like? Everything. The saleslady said proudly that much of their stock came from Cartier in Paris. What did I want to see? I thought perhaps a coral pin might be nice. Pins were brought out. They were expensive and not quite what I had in mind. Then how about a coral ring? A jade ring? A diamond ring? No. I was decided. It had to be a coral pin or nothing. John was not happy. He disappeared. As I came out of the shop he reappeared and beckoned to me. He led me into another shop. Good things in this shop, he said.

      The owner of this store told me, rather than asked, what I wanted. You want coral pin. We have best in Istanbul. Here you try. And he brought out everything he had in coral, bracelets, necklaces, but not the pin I thought I wanted.

      Lady, you try, he said. And before I could stop him he had fastened a lovely diamond and coral necklace around my neck.

      How much? I asked timidly. It really was lovely.

      Cheap. Very cheap. For you special price. Only $2,500 US.

      I gulped. It was hardly an inexpensive souvenir.

      That’s a bit more than I had in mind, I said, turning to leave.

      Lady, I make you very good price. But I had escaped, only to find John propelling me into still another shop. As I walked down the Bazaar the shop owners came out at the sight of me. Coral pin, you want coral pin, come and see beautiful pins. Up and down the Bazaar John had

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