The Cutty Sark is as much a piece of our maritime heritage as Victory, Belfast or Warrior. It needs to be saved so the people who served on her are not forgotten. Her history is vital to this small island of ours.
Ian Nicholls, Manchester
To think of Lord Nelson’s tea-soldiers, our bravest and best, aboard the Cutty Sark all those years ago, courageously fighting their way through Al-Qaeda’s tea-blockade. Imagine the scenes as they arrived home in good old blighty, stepping onto the dock at Buckingham Palace amidst cheers and fireworks. The Duke of Wellington presents a box of ceremonial teabags to Winston Churchill who has been waiting there for 2 straight weeks, never giving up hope… just waiting there with a PROPER BRITISH kettle. I’m welling up just thinking about it.