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The Cutty Sark is a Grade II listed public house at 6-7 Ballast Quay, Greenwich, London. [1] It was built in the early 19th century, [1] replacing an earlier pub, The Green Man. It was initially called The Union Tavern, but was renamed The Cutty Sark Tavern when the tea clipper came to Greenwich in 1951. [2]
Cutty Sark is a British clipper ship. Built on the River Leven, Dumbarton, Scotland in 1869 for the Jock Willis Shipping Line, she was one of the last tea clippers to be built and one of the fastest, at the end of a long period of design development for this type of vessel, which ended as steamships took over their routes.
On October 6, 1885, the Cutty Sark was the first to load wool in Sydney and sail south. Soon the Thermopylae began to overtake her. A race ensued between the two "hounds of the seas". Moving south of New Zealand, the Cutty Sark nearly capsized. The big test for sailing ships was to pass Cape Horn, [3] which the Cutty Sark rounded after 23 days ...
The tea merchants were committed to a payment when their tea would sell at a loss. To add to this, the first two tea clippers had signalled off Deal early on the morning of 6 September, followed by a third (Serica) at 1:00 pm. These three ships would create a glut of new season tea, so prices were bound to fall further.
A tea tray with elements of an afternoon tea. English afternoon tea (or simply afternoon tea) is a British tradition that involves enjoying a light meal of tea, sandwiches, scones, and cakes in the mid-afternoon, typically between 3:30 and 5 pm. It originated in the 1840s as a way for the upper class to bridge the gap between lunch and a late ...
The Cutty Sark is a tea clipper ship built in Scotland, now in permanent dry dock at Greenwich, London Cutty Sark may also refer to: Cutty Sark (whisky), a brand of Scotch whisky "Cutty Sark" (short story), a short story by Ivan Yefremov; Cutty-sark (witch), a character created by Robert Burns in Tam o' Shanter
The Cutty Sark Preservation Society was formed 2 years prior to the reconstruction of the Cutty Sark in 1952. The feedback from English-speaking readers forced Yefremov to "upgrade" the storyline with some new facts from clipper's life. [1] The story popularized the Cutty Sark in the USSR and Russia.
"Lions" by Dire Straits (mentions – The Cutty Sark, Tea Clipper in dry dock at Greenwich) "Lions of Charing Cross" by Blow Monkeys "Little Miss Pipedream" by The Wombats ("cause foggy London town's not built for me or you") "Little Miss Portobello" by Kevin Coyne "The Little Old Church Near Leicester Square" by Freddy Martin