Bluebird stuff
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ccscott49
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Good news!!
But I would have thought a replica would have been better and preserve the original as found, maybe I'm wrong.
But I would have thought a replica would have been better and preserve the original as found, maybe I'm wrong.
itsonlymoney
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Yep this has been a valid argument.
Personally I think its debatable as to wether it should have been raised from the lake at all.
Personally I think its debatable as to wether it should have been raised from the lake at all.
ccscott49
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Raising yes, I think the family wanted that, preserving I think not. But really just my opinion, I feel it is best to show what happened to it, not as it was.
itsonlymoney
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Family may have wanted it but would Mr Campbell ? Without a body to bury in the usual way was this not in effect his headstone ?
No Regrets
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I don't think it matters what a dead guy wants, as nobody will ever know for sure.
However, it would make more sense to create a replica, which could be quite cheap in real terms, and then display the original after it has been cleaned and preserved.
Thats the best of both worlds.....History preserved, Punters happy!
£750K for a building to house the display is rather silly though.... /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
However, it would make more sense to create a replica, which could be quite cheap in real terms, and then display the original after it has been cleaned and preserved.
Thats the best of both worlds.....History preserved, Punters happy!
£750K for a building to house the display is rather silly though.... /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
Lakesailor
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The project follows two failed bids by the museum and Donald Campbell's daughter Gina for money from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
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The bids failed because they wouldn't follow the HLF wishes to display the wreckage "as found".
I'm totally in agreement with you on this. All the history of the record bid is distilled into the twisted wreckage.
A rebuilt Bluebird will be as exciting as any replica and have as much to do with Cambell's attempt as any replica would have.
It's an attempt by his daughter to wind back time.
She used, as her excuse, that she didn't want her father's epitaph to be a morbid reminder of the event. However if you go to the Ruskin Museum to see the Cambell display there is a loop video showing the crash over and over, a bit like Groundhog Day.
The project follows two failed bids by the museum and Donald Campbell's daughter Gina for money from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
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The bids failed because they wouldn't follow the HLF wishes to display the wreckage "as found".
I'm totally in agreement with you on this. All the history of the record bid is distilled into the twisted wreckage.
A rebuilt Bluebird will be as exciting as any replica and have as much to do with Cambell's attempt as any replica would have.
It's an attempt by his daughter to wind back time.
She used, as her excuse, that she didn't want her father's epitaph to be a morbid reminder of the event. However if you go to the Ruskin Museum to see the Cambell display there is a loop video showing the crash over and over, a bit like Groundhog Day.
ccscott49
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I agree with you lakey.
You see this is in my living memory, I was living in Preston at this time and frequented the lakes, rock climbing and being an engineering apprentice, all things mechanical interested me, so he was one of my heroes! I actually felt his loss. Anyway, I havent been to the museum, maybe I should if I vist UK and get up to my old haunts! Once the exhibit is finished and the building done etc.
As far as I'm concerned, the twisted wreckage IS his epitaph, he died in that machine, doing what he loved doing. I doubt he would be remembered so well, if he had lived and failed to break the record. Mind you he would probably have died trying again and again in some other machine anyway!
You see this is in my living memory, I was living in Preston at this time and frequented the lakes, rock climbing and being an engineering apprentice, all things mechanical interested me, so he was one of my heroes! I actually felt his loss. Anyway, I havent been to the museum, maybe I should if I vist UK and get up to my old haunts! Once the exhibit is finished and the building done etc.
As far as I'm concerned, the twisted wreckage IS his epitaph, he died in that machine, doing what he loved doing. I doubt he would be remembered so well, if he had lived and failed to break the record. Mind you he would probably have died trying again and again in some other machine anyway!
Dave_Snelson
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Having read all the replies, I have to say that I am on the side of restoration. A model is a model, the real thing cannot be beaten. We all know the history and although I was a 7 year old at the time, I remember the grainy black and white newsreel well - and so does the rest of the world, and putting this machine back together will not diminish that. (IMHO)
Lakesailor
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I can appreciate your position.
I feel that Gina is attempting to rewind time, to celebrate her father and his achievements and not to dwell on the tragedy.
But that is the history of his life and the way he died attempting the record demonstrates how dangerous it is and how brave he was.
I can't see how rebuilding the boat shows anything except showing what it used to look like.
A much more telling display would be a replica (like the slightly scaled down one at the Holker Motor Museum) alongside the remains of the real boat.
that, however is not possible as they have straightened out and reassembled the frame now. In fact, destroying the true memorial to a brave man.
I feel that Gina is attempting to rewind time, to celebrate her father and his achievements and not to dwell on the tragedy.
But that is the history of his life and the way he died attempting the record demonstrates how dangerous it is and how brave he was.
I can't see how rebuilding the boat shows anything except showing what it used to look like.
A much more telling display would be a replica (like the slightly scaled down one at the Holker Motor Museum) alongside the remains of the real boat.
that, however is not possible as they have straightened out and reassembled the frame now. In fact, destroying the true memorial to a brave man.
Dave_Snelson
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Yep - I can see your side of the coin as well.
