Cutty Sark's Loss Leaves Us All at Sea As a Nation
Evening Standard - London › May 23, 2007
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JAMES Naughtie sounded on the verge of tears yesterday morning on the Today programme as he brought news of "awful scenes in Greenwich".
Richard Doughty, who runs the Cutty Sark Trust, waseven more emotional. "When you lose original fabric," he said, "you lose history itself." The 137-year-old tea clipper was not just part of our maritime heritage "but an important part of British identity".See the full content of this document
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Cutty Sark's Loss Leaves Us All at Sea As a Nation
Many Londoners probably nodded agreement, recalling favourite scenes from Patrick O'Brian novels or Pirates...
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