60th Anniversary of Bluebird's Unveiling

[captain sparkle]

BBC story here -

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-la ... e-30168158

[Pegasus]

Yes, nice gathering yesterday at Samlesbury Hall on the site of the engineering works for a tree planting and plaque unveiling by Gina to mark the 60th Anniversary of the handing over of Bluebird K7.

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More pics on the Speed Record Club's Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... 720&type=1

Phil

[Pegasus]

I understand the plaques were only collected on the day, the year, which should of course be 1954, will be corrected in due course!

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Phil

[Renegadenemo]

Shame they put the wrong year on the plaque though

Eh? if it's 60 years ago even I can do that calculation... What did the plaque say?

EDIT - as the pic of the plaque wasn't there when I started typing.
That's a pretty basic error. Now call me an anorak but didn't the boat have the pointy-out-the-front pitot on it from new too? That sticky-up one came later, did it not? Or am I wrong? The only reason I noticed is because we've just incorporated what we believe to be the fixings for the sticky-up pitot into the sponson lids for no good reason except they were still there in 67.

[Richie]

But it's only the 24th ? Should the event not have been done on the actual day ? Otherwise it kinda makes a mockery of the whole thing does it not ? Bit like celebrating Christmas on the 23rd December ? It's a really nice gesture that the golf club have erected the plaque, but somewhat embarrassing that it's wrong. Shame none of those who are rebuilding the actual thing were there, could have perhaps prevented the error.

Who was responsible for the plaque etc ?

[Pegasus]

Pic of the handing over ceremony from an earlier BBP diary piece proves the point.

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The tree planting and plaques were arranged by Campbell enthusiast Steve Whalley and largely at his own expense. Sunday was chosen to allow as many as possible to attend, there is to be another event on Wednesday to mark the actual day. Gina, ably assisted by Mr Whoppit, unveiled three plaques in total, one alongside the tree, then others in the Hall itself and the golf centre.

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Shame about the errors but overall I think Steve is to be applauded for marking an anniversary that would otherwise have most likely gone unnoticed.

Phil

[Richie]

Indeed...

[Renegadenemo]

Only a small error... These things happen.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/si ... ed-1334269

[malcolm uk]

Now call me an anorak

Bill, I think from recent evidence you are now officially an anorak! I will call you 'anorak' from now on ...............

the actual anniversary is on Wednesday, when a bunch of blokes will be working on the machine herself- a much better way to honour the thing.

But Mike, Gina (patron to the BBP) cannot plant a tree in the workshop.

Only a small error... These things happen. Jimmy-savile-headstone-unveiled-1334269

Bill, I thought you may have referred to the P word at the start of the list of claim to fame. Do we now call you the Chef of the BBP now?

Shame none of those who are rebuilding the actual thing were there

Looking at the SRC pictures that may not correct ................ or are my eyes deceiving me?

The lack of notice meant that many could not attend either day, including myself.

[Terminator]

Steve is to be commended for being the only person to realise the significance of this day/year and in a very short time he managed to pull together a gathering of people to mark such an important milestone in Bluebird K7 history i.e her birthplace I was very pleasantly surprised by Samlesbury Hall and its warm and welcoming staff a lovely Tudor building. A warm welcome awaited us and with any such event very hastily put together it did not come as any great surprise to find errors in the plaques that had to be made in a rush.

Obviously somebody (I doubt it was Steve) lost the detail in translation re date and probably the only image they had to hand at the time. It can be adjusted in time and should not detract from a nice day had by those able to attend. An event of this nature should have taken months to organise but on the whole I think it went along pretty well given the circumstances. Gina was on top form and gave of herself freely and spent time with many people asking questions about her father and the Bluebird. I spent most of my time showing a recent picture of K7 and explaining how she was coming together. People were overwhelmed at the hard work and passion that was being put into returning K7 to the water having seen her recovered back in 2001.
Novie Dzinora