Plaque

Cutty Sark Gardens - Opening

Erection date: 25/4/2012

Inscription

The plaque was unveiled by Her Majesty The Queen to mark the opening of Cutty Sark Gardens as part of the Diamond Jubilee year.
25th April 2012.
Royal Borough of Greenwich

Site: Cutty Sark Gardens - Opening (1 memorial)

SE10, Cutty Sark Gardens

The plaque can be seen in the lower left of our photo. 'Cutty Sark Gardens' sounds like a sarky name for a large area which is almost entirely paved.

The Cutty Sark is a British clipper ship. Built in Scotland in 1869, one of the last tea clippers to be built and one of the fastest. Named after the short shirt of a fictional witch in Robert Burns' poetry. Moved to this custom-built dry dock in 1954.

2007 the ship was badly damaged by fire just as a major conservation project was about to begin. This is such a common occurrence with restoration projects that one wonders why the risk is not adequately mitigated.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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