European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 15, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse The famous Cutty Sark at right now rests in a c extent dry clock in London. Also a View of us rigging against the sky and the Flipper at sea from a painting by Tom Lewsey. Cutty Sark historic Clipper ship in London dry Dock by David Stre Iteld Washington Post i in c tills Sark. The last surviving relic it the Days of the Clipper Smitj. Is also inc must famous Symbol of Lea in England i truth though the ship is no quite As interesting As the trip there. I or entries London boasted one of the biggest and most elaborate Doc k systems it hit world. By i kit How vhf hi1 port was in leilint1 ant the surrounding an a had become synonymous with poverty inh of firm. During world wat ii Adolf t ii try i oink lord the do strut ton by dropping jr�,000 bombs on tin1 Pott jul is warehouses. Lit the last decode however the docklands has started to Regent Rale i sell. A a Liol Cluj old us arcs. Hurt hts pubs us houses ati1 left. A trip on the do a 1 in i k.til\\,, then is u Burnt \ through St Lime periods .1 Sorl of Xvi athon Lliam fluid. Opened to Eirts a is of a plan to eau outage Devi lop Munt the elevated Light rail a Salem has a Tennus next to the underground i at the Hmer of 1 Ondon. I he trip to the other Tei Minu gardens about 15 minutes and passes through the heart of docklands the Isle tit Dois and the West India docks. 1 he i rant s on the quays these Davs Aren t unloading ships they re building Oliu is and upscale condos and or tonnes for pleasure t rail. 1 he dock1 kinds is going Yuppie. Lust before you arrive at Island gardens you can see the masts of he Cutty Sark across the River. To reach the ship of descend under the thames along a foot Tunnel dating from 1902, that provides i Access to Greenwich. If you do this around 10 ., you it t Lucky As i did and have la whole ship to yourself. Ii the cutly Sark is now most often identified with an eponymous Type of Scoli h whisky it was once known for equating motion with beauts1, somewhat the Way i he concorde does now. I he clippers were nit the China Uirt with their sails unfurled. The moved As Miro ohly and lightly As dancers. The Cutty Sark Nevi a set a time record in the Lea Trade varying Between 11 7 and i 22 Days Tor i he China i England Pas Ai Bill was merely a matter of had til k. Always it was the ship to beat. Worse Hak though came with the opening of the sue canal Tuo weeks before the Cutty Sark Launt h in i it � thai rendered it obsolete before it put up its lust sail Light years later it tamed ils last cargo of Lea. It s in a t Emend dry Dock now somewhat forlorn but still Beautiful and Worth at least a t examination. Afterwards Sou c an g Bat k Louland gardens and in kept Merton it Park 1 Here s Trutt Ament stand in the Park an to Normal Enterprise with a hand lettered sign boasting am one t aught eating their own Tito will be shot it serves Lea what eth lion a canister the Sie of a Gas tank it is poured into the kind of worn one of a kind mugs people have in their kill Hen cabinets. It you re disc reel Oil Tun take our Mug Over to the Mer v Al and took Lor Sharks. I he docklands Light Kail was closes All Day pm weekends and alter10 . Vve knights. I he Tower Gateway terminus is adjacent to the timer i Hll tube station Nickels Are not transferable. The Cutty Sark is open from 10 To 5 . Noon to 5 . On sundays most of the year. It slays open until . From taster through sept. To. Smipes Magder be
