Sad to say that I can actually remember as a small boy at Chestnut Lane school in Amersham, lessons being cancelled for the afternoon in 1984 so we could all watch the Mary Rose being raised. In my mind’s eye I envisaged something like the included picture rising out of the English Channel. At the time the reality was I remember rather different and somewhat disappointing. However, since then, Henry VIII’s flag ship has taught us so much about the Tudor warfare.
To mark the creation of the Mary Rose’s own museum the BBC have produced this great interactive webpage to allow you to explore the ship. It is well worth a visit.
If only they had been able to do this when I was nine…
Mr Kydd.
