Cunard liner, Queen Elizabeth II

Dec. 12, 1967 - Fitting out the Queen Elizabeth II: In a year's time the most expensive passenger liner ever built will be on her maiden voyage to the sun, but today there is no hint of future magnificance as the Queen Elizabeth II is fitted out in the clamm mists of the Clyde. She is a gloomy warren of bare metal, echoing to the noize of welding and hammering and fulled with training cables and hissing airlines. The aluminum decks where bikini clad travellers will sun bathe under Caribbean skies are treacherous with ice. Halls and lounges which will glitter with jewels and parties are now adorned only by notices warning John Brown shipyard workers that further writing on the walls will not be permitted and that employees persisting in this wasteful there are indications that Cunard has changed its mind during the building of the 29 million ship. A bulkhead now marked as the site of a theatre bar carries almost erased lettering showing it was originally to have been a cabin class lounge. Photo shows in the shadow of the 58, 000 ton Cunarder, being fitted out in the clammy mist of the Clyde, some of the army of shipyard workers play football during their lunchbreak

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