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Bar made from ‘magnificent’ cruise liner

Go inside the Bristol bar whose fittings come from the famous Mauretania cruise liner.

Go inside the Bristol bar whose fittings come from the famous Mauretania cruise liner. When it was scrapped in 1935 some of the parts were bought by Bristol wine merchant Ronald Avery for his HQ on Park Street. In 1906 is was the largest ship in the world, breaking records for trans-Atlantic crossings. ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Bristol’s Steve Yabsley met up with Kit Breach, whose family owns the building, and Ronald’s granddaughter Mimi.

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