Interesting short read from halifax.
Cunard’s contribution has been forgotten – society
By PETER DUFFY
Sat. Oct 11 - 5:09 AM
HE EXCUSES himself and returns a few moments later carrying a shiny plastic bag.
He hasn’t opened it since it was presented to him, so this will be a big moment for both of us.
What John Langley of Halifax is about to unwrap is a piece of maritime history of much significance for Nova Scotians, if only we knew it.
In this bag, folded in a neat triangle, is no less than the huge paying-off pennant for the QE2, flagship of the Cunard line. John is chairman and founding director of the Cunard Steamship Society, enthusiasts dedicated to the life and times of Sir Samuel Cunard, the 19th-century Halifax entre-preneur who founded one of the world’s major steamship lines.
They don’t come much bigger than Sam Cunard and yet, curiously, other than the odd school and street bearing his name, Nova Scotians have been slow to recognize his place in maritime history.
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Cunard’s contribution has been forgotten – society
By PETER DUFFY
Sat. Oct 11 - 5:09 AM
HE EXCUSES himself and returns a few moments later carrying a shiny plastic bag.
He hasn’t opened it since it was presented to him, so this will be a big moment for both of us.
What John Langley of Halifax is about to unwrap is a piece of maritime history of much significance for Nova Scotians, if only we knew it.
In this bag, folded in a neat triangle, is no less than the huge paying-off pennant for the QE2, flagship of the Cunard line. John is chairman and founding director of the Cunard Steamship Society, enthusiasts dedicated to the life and times of Sir Samuel Cunard, the 19th-century Halifax entre-preneur who founded one of the world’s major steamship lines.
They don’t come much bigger than Sam Cunard and yet, curiously, other than the odd school and street bearing his name, Nova Scotians have been slow to recognize his place in maritime history.
FULL STORY
