{"id":8206,"date":"2012-04-24T11:30:54","date_gmt":"2012-04-24T10:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=8206"},"modified":"2013-12-11T16:59:20","modified_gmt":"2013-12-11T16:59:20","slug":"greenwich-and-the-cutty-sark-in-the-spring-sunshine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/greenwich-and-the-cutty-sark-in-the-spring-sunshine\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenwich and the Cutty Sark in the Spring sunshine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Greenwich and the Cutty Sark in the Spring sunshine, April 2012\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/greenwich-scenes-spring-2012-01.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s some photos taken around Greenwich, including a snap of the neoclassical glory of\u00a0The Chapel of St Peter and St Paul (above), and the soon-to-be reopened Cutty Sark. Oh, and a picture of a snazzy model boat.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Greenwich and the Cutty Sark in the Spring sunshine, April 2012\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/greenwich-scenes-spring-2012-04.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Greenwich and the Cutty Sark in the Spring sunshine, April 2012\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/greenwich-scenes-spring-2012-05.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lunchtime in Greenwich.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Greenwich and the Cutty Sark in the Spring sunshine, April 2012\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/greenwich-scenes-spring-2012-03.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On display was this highly detailed model of the Japanese battleship, Yashima, built in Newcastle in the Victorian era (when we still had a world-leading\u00a0shipbuilding\u00a0industry).<\/p>\n<p>A plaque on the side reads:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8216;Japanese Armourclad &#8220;Yashima&#8221; 19 3\/4 knots speed, built by Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth &amp; Co Ld. Elswick Shipyard 1897 Newcastle on Tyne.<\/p>\n<p>Designed by Sir Philip Watts, KCB, FRS etc.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Greenwich and the Cutty Sark in the Spring sunshine, April 2012\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/greenwich-scenes-spring-2012-06.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking west along the Thames with the towering spike of The Shard in the distance.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Greenwich and the Cutty Sark in the Spring sunshine, April 2012\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/greenwich-scenes-spring-2012-07.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The classical splendour of Greenwich!<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Cutty Sark restored<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Greenwich and the Cutty Sark in the Spring sunshine, April 2012\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/greenwich-scenes-spring-2012-08.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After a \u00a350m restoration lasting six years, the 1869 clipper, Cutty Sark, will open again to the public on 26 April, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Once one of the fastest ships on the seas, the boat managed to sail from Australia to London in just 73 days in 1885.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Greenwich and the Cutty Sark in the Spring sunshine, April 2012\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/greenwich-scenes-spring-2012-09.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The ship is one of only three ships in London on the Core Collection of the National Historic Ships Register (the nautical equivalent of a Grade 1 Listed Building).<\/p>\n<p>The vessel encountered a serious setback in May 2007 after being badly damaged by fire\u00a0while undergoing conservation.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Greenwich and the Cutty Sark in the Spring sunshine, April 2012\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/greenwich-scenes-spring-2012-10.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>New visitor centre under\u00a0construction.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Greenwich and the Cutty Sark in the Spring sunshine, April 2012\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/greenwich-scenes-spring-2012-11.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Greenwich and the Cutty Sark in the Spring sunshine, April 2012\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/greenwich-scenes-spring-2012-12.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cutty Sark detail.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Greenwich and the Cutty Sark in the Spring sunshine, April 2012\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/greenwich-scenes-spring-2012-13.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cutty_Sark\" target=\"_blank\">More about the Cutty Sark<\/a>] &#8211; [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rmg.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Official site<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s some photos taken around Greenwich, including a snap of the neoclassical glory of\u00a0The Chapel of St Peter and St Paul (above), and the soon-to-be reopened Cutty Sark. 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