Anyway all this chimed with something discussed on the skyscrapercity site a month or so ago about the feasiblity of bringing the QE2 back up the Clyde to Yorkhill Quay (with all due acknowledgement to JSweenypm) where she would form part of the Riverside Museum's exhibits:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthrea ... ge=5&pp=20
So I'd be interested to hear what people on Hiddenglasgow think. Would having one of Glasgow's / Clydebank's / the Clyde yards' greatest shipbuilding and engineering acheivements back in the heart of the city, moored in the river that gave birth to her, as a tribute to all the men that worked on her and all the men who worked in the Clyde yards, be a worthwhile thing?
To my mind this would capture the imagination of the Scottish public; in a single move would reunite the city with its river; and would be a potent and instantly recognisable symbol for Glasgow. Who needs the Eiffel tower or the London eye, or the Sydney opera house when you have the QE2?! And, dare I say it better, even than Edinburgh castle is for Edinburgh?!!!

What do you all think?
Cheers
CC