Clyde Queen is going for gold as auctioneers eye up Olympic role
RUSTING away and abandoned in a dock on the River Thames, it has been an ignominious retirement for a boat that brought pleasure to so many Glaswegians.
RUSTING away and abandoned in a dock on the River Thames, it has been an ignominious retirement for a boat that brought pleasure to so many Glaswegians.
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ALAN ROBERTSON
The 78-year-old steamer Queen Mary has endured the sad retirement after ferrying generations of families ‘doon the watter’ for more than 40 years.
Now the grand old lady of the Clyde could find a new lease of life as she goes to auction later this month.
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