Cutty Sark is saved by £3.3m gift - Talk Britain

Sweetpea · #1 (**permalink**) 24-06-2008, 15:38

The Cutty Sark will be fully restored thanks to a £3.3m donation from an Israeli shipping ty****.
The ship, based in Greenwich, south-east London, was part-way through a £35m conservation project when a fire started onboard in May last year.
Shipping magnate Sammy Ofer has donated £3.3m to enable the restoration to be completed by 2010. The Cutty Sark Trust welcomed the "extraordinary" donation. The cause of the fire remains unclear.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7471449.stm

Won't mean much to many, but I am over the bloody moon. I love Greenwich, one of my favorite places for all sorts of reasons, and the Cutty Sark is central to it.

#2 (**permalink**) 24-06-2008, 15:51

Pretty disgusted that for "only" 3.3 million the bloody "save the n1gger lottery fund", did not stump up.

Or has all their money gone on these shower of "olympics" wankers?

Sweetpea · #3 (**permalink**) 24-06-2008, 15:58

Lottery money? Give over, this is our heritage. Lottery money will go to fund someones candy floss making enterprise first.

Churchill · #4 (**permalink**) 24-06-2008, 16:41

does the word koon get **** out now?

poppy · #5 (**permalink**) 24-06-2008, 16:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

The Cutty Sark will be fully restored thanks to a £3.3m donation from an Israeli shipping ty****.
The ship, based in Greenwich, south-east London, was part-way through a £35m conservation project when a fire started onboard in May last year.
Shipping magnate Sammy Ofer has donated £3.3m to enable the restoration to be completed by 2010. The Cutty Sark Trust welcomed the "extraordinary" donation. The cause of the fire remains unclear.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7471449.stm

Won't mean much to many, but I am over the bloody moon. I love Greenwich, one of my favorite places for all sorts of reasons, and the Cutty Sark is central to it.

This has made my day, 'gona do me appy dance'

Bruv · #6 (**permalink**) 24-06-2008, 17:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by von Clausewitz

Pretty disgusted that for "only" 3.3 million the bloody "save the n1gger lottery fund", did not stump up.

Or has all their money gone on these shower of "olympics" wankers?

You have a most unfortunate turn of phrase, if I may say Herr Von.