Paddleducks
Old Yahoo Group => Yahoo Messages => Topic started by: Paulrjordan on June 13, 2005, 08:12:57 PM
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I found this while researching some childhood memories of the English
Channel Paddlers and thought you might get a kick out of THIS wild
and wonderful little bit of "sweet insanity"..I won't spoil your fun,
so have a look for yourselves..she's right up there on my list of
"Paradoxical Paddlers"....ships that deserve to be modeled but never
WILL be!!
http://website.lineone.net/~tom_lee/castaliaimg.htm
The caption a the bottom of the record made me smile a little:
"As a result she was withdrawn within ten years and sold in
1883 to the Metropolitan Asylums Board for use as a floating
hospital on the Thames in Long Reach"
There's a hint wry irony there !!!
PJ