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You could watch women horse races.

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Bonus picture: Retiring Commodore Charles S. Williams says goodbye to his crew, September 1958.

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Bonus picture: RMS Empress of Australia in a Southampton dock, May 1932.

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And the cruise is over, see you next time.

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... but the most popular past time was drinking in the bar, no surprises there.

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People loved to sit on the decks even when it was cold...

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Or play this game.

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There was a show of regional clothes.

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Or do this.

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The first cruise ships started around 19th century, before it was about getting from one place to another.

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The meals were also an event as the tables were numbered and every table had a lamp.

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You could sunbathe.

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Or go to a gym. Yes, this is a gym, and those are early gym clothes.

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You could play deck tennis.

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But now it was more about fun so people needed something for the cruise. As you can see pianos were on cruise ships from the beginning.