The Greenwich Phantom: Fully Funded

Tuesday, 24 June 2008

Fully Funded

Yo! The shipping magnate Sammy Ofer, who gave all that cash to the Maritime Museum a few months ago, has been digging into his pockets again.

He's smashed the piggy bank, checked the back of the sofa and looked in the glove compartments of his sundry cars and scraped together £3.3m to make sure the old girl can complete her restoration.

Ross sent me the link to the BBC News story

I seem to remember being slightly mealy-mouthed about Mr Ofer's last offer, but this one? Well - hooray. The Phantom's smiling now...

Labels: Cutty sark restoration, News, Sammy Ofer

2 Comments:

Dazza said...: Not even Frank the Yank can say he's spent that much in Greenwich!!!
Nominations are now open as to which Road gets renamed.......; 24 June 2008 20:59
m32 said...: You've got to take your hat off to him. Well done and thank you. I hope everyone who claimed to be upset by the fire but never got round to actually donating anything feel suitably ashamed!; 25 June 2008 23:08

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Name: The Greenwich Phantom

Location: Greenwich, London, United Kingdom

Greenwich is one of the coolest "uncool" places there is in London. It's not profoundly unfashionable - rather somewhere where it doesn't occur to people that there is anything more than a few museums, a nice park and the Cutty Sark. The really adventurous might know about the Trafalgar Tavern or venture out to Greenwich market on a Sunday afternoon, but essentially, Greenwich is still relatively undiscovered for one of the great regions of London. I adore Greenwich - but I'm not blind to its faults either. In this journal I take an affectionate but honest - at times brutally so - look, giving my own personal low-down on the things to do - and one or two of the things NOT to do in Greenwich. I am being unashamedly parochial here. I will talk about the tourist sites, of course - how could I not when we have a World Heritage Site on our doorstep - but also about the things which make our town great - the little things. Interesting vistas, cool shops, bizarre novelties and quirky one-offs which make this place buzz. Greetings, by the way, to all of you who have travelled with me from Livejournal - and thank you for making the journey.

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Tuesday, 24 June 2008

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