Born in Brigg, the Mayor of
North Lincolnshire, Coun Peter Clark is to name a train in Barton station next Saturday (April 26) at noon. Some Brigg Blog followers might be interested in driving north for the ceremony. Or it might just be possible to get there by train from Brigg, changing at Habrough to the Cleethorpes-Barton service.
Coun Peter said: "I am
thrilled to bits the name John (Longitude) Harrison has been chosen to
coincide with the 300 year anniversary of the Longitude Act, which John Harrison
is famous for and is going to be celebrated locally in Barrow on Humber and
elsewhere across the world.
"I live in
Barrow on Humber, where John Harrison also once lived. I hope the train will
promote and publicise who John Harrison was and create a huge tourist attraction
for North Lincolnshire."
1 comment:
Now we've got the Brigg 'raft' home - should we now pursue the prospect of having one of Harrison's chronometers on display at the Brigg Heritage Centre.....there are a number on display in Flamsteed House of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich - a hop-skip and jump from the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich - the official home of the Brigg 'raft'...
And not forgetting that it was the chance discovery of a Harrison chronometer in a garage that made Del-Boy a fortune!!!!
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