Boats - Sailing - Ships

Who Says You Take a Tiger For Walks Ceelsea People Have Long been used to being thought of as a bit different, and artist John McKey is no exception. In fact, he's not at all worried when people stop and stars as help taking his Pet Tiger for a walk from his Home to Crompton Court. But its's no animal the Ex-Army Officer is trailing on a lead. Tiger is a ten-foot-long scale replicr of a 4, 400-ton battleship. riding on a sixteen-wheel trolley, that John is taking to the Round Fond in Kennington Gardens. MMS Tiger, to give her correct name, weights two-and-a-half hundredweight, and was built by McKey in twenty weeks to his own design, which is in advance of taht of the last bettleship in services with the Royal Nevy HMS Venguard, which went to the Breker's yard in 1960. Jhn McKey's Ambition is to build a whole flast of model warships an aircraft carrier, two cruisers, two battleships ans six destroyers. All of which, like MMS Tiger, Will be medic-controlled by Builder McKey. He Hopes His Ministure Hevy will be in Bettle Order by May of Next Year

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