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Sailing giants bid fond farewell; It was a special day on the Mersey as the Tall Ships race flotilla made an emotional departure. Laura Sharpe joined the unprecedented crowds to wave goodbye TALL SHIPS A SPECTACULAR FAREWELL.(News)
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Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
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July 22, 2008
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Byline: Laura Sharpe
MERSEYSIDE waved a fond and spectacular farewell to the magnificent Tall Ships yesterday.
The thousands of sunsoaked spectators lining the banks of the River Mersey, from Otterspool to Crosby, for the Parade of Sail finale, saw the number of visitors over the event's long weekend smash through the 1m mark.
The Tall Ships had been expected to be one of the crowning centrepieces of Liverpool's Capital of Culture celebrations - and it was.
The predictions of 800,000 visitors were left well behind as the event outstripped anything in recent Merseyside memory in terms of popularity.
Liverpool's successful Mathew Street Festival attracts ...
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502 words
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537 words
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197 words
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tall ships' day 2 lures 2 million to boston temperature, long lines no...
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July 13, 1992 ;
Don Aucoin, Globe Staff;
787 words
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July 18, 1999 ;
231 words
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337 words
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Daily Post (Liverpool, England);
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94 words
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Tall ships thrill for expat Geordie.(News)
Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England);
August 1, 2005 ;
755 words
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Freedman, Lew;
777 words
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