Hi all,
Earlier today I was in conversation with a man who told me that the stern flag pole from the Mauretania had ended up outside Liverpool Football Club's stadium, Anfield. Now I had heard that a flag pole from a famous ship was installed outside this soccer stadium, but I had been lead to believe that the ship was the Great Eastern, which I once read had been broken up in the River Mersey (anyone please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong). In about 2002 on UK TV (BBC1?) there was a series called Great Britons in which viewers could vote for the person they considered to have been the "Greatest Briton". One of the candidates was the legendary engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel (he got second place, by the way), and the programme dedicated to him naturally featured the Great Eastern. The presenter stood in front of a pole outside the aforementioned venue, and proclaimed it came from Brunel's famous ship. Could anyone out there please help me with this one? Was it in fact from the Mauretania or is it just another of those urban myths I keep hearing about the whereabouts of items from her.
Many thanks,
Regards,
Lucy
Earlier today I was in conversation with a man who told me that the stern flag pole from the Mauretania had ended up outside Liverpool Football Club's stadium, Anfield. Now I had heard that a flag pole from a famous ship was installed outside this soccer stadium, but I had been lead to believe that the ship was the Great Eastern, which I once read had been broken up in the River Mersey (anyone please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong). In about 2002 on UK TV (BBC1?) there was a series called Great Britons in which viewers could vote for the person they considered to have been the "Greatest Briton". One of the candidates was the legendary engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel (he got second place, by the way), and the programme dedicated to him naturally featured the Great Eastern. The presenter stood in front of a pole outside the aforementioned venue, and proclaimed it came from Brunel's famous ship. Could anyone out there please help me with this one? Was it in fact from the Mauretania or is it just another of those urban myths I keep hearing about the whereabouts of items from her.
Many thanks,
Regards,
Lucy