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 magnificence as the Queen Elizabeth II is fitted out in the clammy mists of the Clyde. She is a gloomy warren of bare metal, echoing to the noise of welding and hammering, and fulled with trailing cables and hissing air-liners. 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 will be suspended or dismissed. Here and there are indications that Cunard has changed its mind during the building of the29million 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 The quarter-deck swimming pool taking shape - on the 58, 000 Cunarder

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Adorned Aluminum Bikini-clad Bulkhead Cables Changed Clammy Clyde Cunard Cunarder Decks Dismissed Echoing Expensive Fitted Fitting Further Glitter Gloomy Halls Hammering Hint Hissing Indications Jewels Lettering Lounge Lounges Magnificence Maiden Mind Mists Noise Notices Permitted Suspended Trailing Travellers Treacherous Warning Welding

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