[BITList] Fwd: [IrishSeaShips] Re: NEWS: SS Shieldhall Could Be Scrapped!

[Michael Feltham]

And another comment

Mike
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From: "Paul Derrick" 
Date: 3 January 2011 17:40:48 GMT
To: <IrishSeaShips at yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: [IrishSeaShips] Re: NEWS: SS Shieldhall Could Be Scrapped!
Reply-To: IrishSeaShips at yahoogroups.com

Trouble is when a railway loco needs work you can just park it up in a 
siding and cover with a tarpaulin until funds are raised which you can't do 
with a ship, and also railways tend to have several other locos to keep the 
service running and maintain the income stream, whereas most 'preserved' 
ships are individual societies/trusts and not part of a larger fleet...

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From: "ade51" 
Sent: Monday, January 03, 2011 3:03 PM
To: <IrishSeaShips at yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [IrishSeaShips] Re: NEWS: SS Shieldhall Could Be Scrapped!

> It never ceases to amaze me how our maritime heritage is held in such 
> contempt by central government, local government and probably the general 
> public as well. We all realise that not everything we want saved for the 
> nation can be saved and that public money is tighter than ever. But to 
> think that a working preserved vessel such as the Shieldhall could be 
> broken up for the lack of funds is astounding, especially as she is on the 
> Historic Ships Register core group. It begs the question what is the point 
> of the Register?
> Even Waverley and Balmoral, which work hard throughout the summer months 
> to make ends meet, always seem to be on a knife edge, despite the support 
> of the PSPS.
> The railway preservation scene never seems to have the same problems as 
> the maritime scene does. Surely there is an organisation, private or 
> public, that can help the Shieldhall raise what is in effect about the 
> equivalent of 2 weeks wages for premiership footballers. If not, I'm 
> afraid the priorities of our country are sadly upside down.
> Adrian 

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