This Is Her: The Sad Fate of MV Royal Iris

Описание: Back to Woolwich!
MV Royal Iris hosted and inspired some of the biggest names in music in the 1960s, and is fondly remembered by many Merseysiders - so how the heck did she end up rotting away in Woolwich?

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Sources and further reading

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Roya...

IanVisits: Royal Iris – the Mersey ferry rusting away on the Thames
https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/...

Royal Iris awaits her fate
https://web.archive.org/web/200711071...

Former Mersey ferry gutted by fire, BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c...

Mersey Ferries Meets Merseybeat: Riverboat Shuffle Cruises
Includes a picture of the Beatles playing on Royal Iris, taken by Mike McCartney.
https://www.merseyferries.co.uk/about...

Keith Chesworth’s 2006 pictures
https://web.archive.org/web/201003081...

2014 Urbex – Gabe 28 Days Later
https://www.28dayslater.co.uk/threads...

Music Dayz fact for 25/8/61
The Beatles support Mr. Acker Bilk's Paramount Jazz Band on the MV Royal Iris.
https://musicdayz.com/fact/16924/

The long and exciting career of SS Royal Iris, 1906-1961
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Roya...

Mersey Pirate photo via SatKids
https://www.paulmorris.co.uk/satkids/...