Cutty Sark
Great news, folks - The Heritage Lottery Trust has earmarked £10m to conserve the Cutty Sark and bring her back into ship-shape. I am delighted - it was beginning to become a bit of a national disgrace. Now they only have to find another five million - pocket change for some wealthy benefactor, I'm sure. In the meanwhile, they can get on with work after a hiatus for the fire investigation. I understand it all kicks off again in March. You can see pictures from the conservation so far here.
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posted by The Greenwich Phantom at
15:41
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Great news indeed. Delighted to hear it as I wilt in the heat of high summer in New Zealand.
As delighted as I am at the thought of having our old ship back in what looks like a fantastic piece of engineering design I can't help but think something strange is going on. When the Cutty Sark was shut down and the hordings went up there was a sign saying it was due to reopen autumn 2008! It seemed to me then that was super optomistic. We then had the "mysterious" fire, no evidence found as to who or what started it in a town littered with CCTV. I cant help but think that someone got their figures and estimates wrong so had to find a creative way out of the pickle.
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