The leaving of Liverpool; JOE RILEY, a veteran of the 1984 and 1992 Tall Ships' visits to Liverpool, again reflects on one of the world's great maritime spectacles . . . as the city says farewell to the 08 Tall Ships visit.(News)

From: Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England) | Date: July 22, 2008 | Copyright information

Byline: JOE RILEY

I WAS on the cruise money couldn't buy: once more, after 16 years, mid-river, amid a fleet of ships that appeared to belong to a bygone age.

Bobbing and weaving among an armada of masts and rigging. But it could have been 1708 rather than 2008. Ascene waiting to be captured by the Venetian artist Canaletto or the English painter Joseph Turner.

Except that in this new age, it was digital cameras and videos recording a day when Live...

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