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Cutty Sark Burns
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Mon May 21, 2007 5:32 amby Papa9571
The Cutty Sark, a famous London landmark and thought to be the world's last surviving 19th century tea clipper, was severely damaged in a blaze on Monday.
The blaze was fought by 40 firefighters and brought under control only after causing extnesive damage to the ship. The fire is believed to be suspicious.
It is a sad day when someone decided to destroy such a valuable piece of history.
The initial examinations of the ship after the fire revelaed that much of the historic part of the ship was saved from the blaze because of repair work that was going at the time.
The Cutty Sark Trust believes that the ship can be saved and has plans to completely restore her.
Re: Cutty Sark Burns
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Mon May 21, 2007 5:41 amby Fozzer
For all those wondering what the "Cutty Sark" is, look no further...>>>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutty_Sark....bit of a shame...
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Paul...ex Greenwich, Borough of Lambeth Lad...A life on the Ocean Wave!... 8-)...!
Re: Cutty Sark Burns
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Mon May 21, 2007 5:55 amby Ells_228
Damn, I was just by that this weekend, taking the boys for a walk in Greenwich Park and the maritime museum (with a lovely Harrier parked outside).
An no it wasn't me before you say anything!!
My grandmother lives in Greenwich and I have many a fond memory of that ship, damn shame.
Re: Cutty Sark Burns
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Mon May 21, 2007 6:35 amby Chris_F
I was just there last month and peered through the fence to see the gutted hull undergoing restoration. If there had to be a fire on the ship it picked the best time: most of the ship simply wasn't there. The only thing really still attached to the hull seemed to be some structural beams. The rest of the ship had been completely dismantled and was off somewhere else. I'll bet that they're able to put her back in to tip top shape without too much trouble.
Re: Cutty Sark Burns
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Mon May 21, 2007 6:48 amby beaky
That's terrible... !! I hope the damage wasn't too bad... :-/
Re: Cutty Sark Burns
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Mon May 21, 2007 6:54 amby Fozzer
That's terrible... !! I hope the damage wasn't too bad... :-/
Rotty...
.."Really bad" .....is like..... "There's only the anchor left!"...
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Paul...
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Re: Cutty Sark Burns
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Mon May 21, 2007 6:56 amby Ells_228
and the anchor chain Paul lol
Re: Cutty Sark Burns
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Mon May 21, 2007 7:12 amby Fozzer
and the anchor chain Paul lol
Ells...
We really shouldn't make fun of other Folks terrible misfortunes....
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...but it brightenes up my every day... [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]...!!
Trust me...
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Paul..."Got a light?"....
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Re: Cutty Sark Burns
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Mon May 21, 2007 9:36 amby ATI_7500
What an awesomly sexy ship...sad to see it burn.
Re: Cutty Sark Burns
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Mon May 21, 2007 10:56 amby ozzy72
Re: Cutty Sark Burns
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Mon May 21, 2007 3:06 pmby Fly2e
I hope they saved all the whiskey!!!! ;)
Re: Cutty Sark Burns
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Tue May 22, 2007 4:12 amby Ells_228
and the anchor chain Paul lol
Ells...
We really shouldn't make fun of other Folks terrible misfortunes....
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...but it brightenes up my every day... [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]...!!
Trust me...
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Paul..."Got a light?"....
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Yep, mine too lol
LMAO @ got a light
It was probably the Whisky that made it go up so much
Re: Cutty Sark Burns
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Wed May 23, 2007 9:08 pmby Apex
A real bummer. What a great ship. I built a plastic model of it when I was a kid, one of my favs.
Re: Cutty Sark Burns
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Thu May 24, 2007 4:28 amby Cobra
I still think its disgusting that this is front page news when you consider all of the real problems in the world. Its a shame, but it really doesn't matter!
Re: Cutty Sark Burns
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Thu May 24, 2007 6:47 amby expat
Its a shame, but it really doesn't matter!
If it does not really matter then maybe we should get rid if Duxford for example, just full of old bits of tin and some dusty history stuff
Matt