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Article: INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF THE SEA
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- June 1, 1996
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"Ahoy there, my lover," calls a West country lass behind the
counter, "don't forget your change." Her catering caravan's parked
behind a giant amphitheatre in the shape of a gigantic whale, jaws
open to engulf Bristol harbour. The water teems with ships of every
kind, pennants aflutter from a forest of masts. Folk who wouldn't
know their Futtock-Shroud from their Hermaphrodite Brig hand over
20 quid admission and pour into Bristol's first-ever Festival of
the Sea.
Four years in the planning and finally launched last bank
holiday weekend, the festival drenched its 90-acre waterfront site
in briny references - from marine movies to dockside fish-gutting
demos - all dangling a pounds 5m ...