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Friday, 5 April 2013

Launch day for the Rose of Sharon in St Ives 1969

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A gallery of photos from the archives courtesy of Raymond Stevens who worked aboard the Christaina S with Roger and Andrew Pooley. Some of the shots show the cleaning up operation after the Torrey Canyon ran over the Sevenstones Reef.  Many people reckoned the detergent used was more toxic and damaging to the environment than the oil it was supposed to disperse!