Raising of the Mary Rose
Original ID : 2035 Created On : 2003-07-11 Last Modified : 2005-05-01
The most anti-climactic moment of a generation’s primary school life. Everyone got the afternoon off to watch this momentous event on the TV in the assembly hall, and what emerged? A couple of planks of soggy wood. Everyone shuffled off home disappointed that the promised magnificent galleon and flagship of Henry VIII’s war fleet had spectacularly failed to appear.