tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post2027412458155711164..comments2024-03-20T23:43:28.613+00:00Comments on Caroline's Miscellany: Prince Frederick's bargeCarolineLDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00197813252586559665noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-56409412647165213052012-01-09T23:11:38.464+00:002012-01-09T23:11:38.464+00:00Yes, there's a lovely (but very long) account ...Yes, there's a lovely (but very long) account in a contemporary newspaper of huge crowds on the bridges watching the barge go past on that last journey. Presumably they were hoping for a glimpse of Prince Albert and his children as well as the barge itself.CarolineLDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00197813252586559665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-24814631709200779652012-01-02T20:12:52.215+00:002012-01-02T20:12:52.215+00:00I saw the Prince's barge on a recent visit to ...I saw the Prince's barge on a recent visit to the NMM and it is certainly a splendid piece of work. I would have liked to visit the interior to imagine what it would have been like to travel in the barge but that, for obvious reasons, is not allowed.<br /><br />Compared with past centuries, the Thames today is a fairly quiet highway and only old pictures or photos give us some idea of what it was like when it was used as a main thoroughfare. Even then, of course, the passing by of a Royal barge would still have caused a stir.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com