I thought the BBC coverage if the pageant yesterday was lackluster and the commentators seemed to have little or no knowledge about the boats that were in it. One example of this was the Havengore. The BBC were interested one of Prince Andrew's daughters taking photos on her mobile, no mention of the history of the boat & the fact that it took Winston Churchill's coffin down the Thames. The MTB102 which took Churchill & Eisenhower to review the boats for the D Day landings & then had a part in the Dunkirk evacuation - a good close up photo, but not a word about what we were seeing. Every Dunkirk Little Ship has a story to tell, but not a mention. In fact we hardly got a glimpse of them. The working boats - a snapshot of our industrial past - no details, no comment. The BBC focused on the man powered section, and it was great that there were some olympic medalists in there. But to me this pageant was about our history. We need our grandchildren to know this history & the BBC did not tell it. A wonderful opportunity missed.
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