Show threadJdeBPAug 13, 2023

@YorksBylines

For a brief perspective from someone who did inspections on a #BibbyLine prison hulk in New York City in the 1990s on behalf of the U.S. Coast Guard, read John S. Klumpp's _An Ordinary Guy, an Extraordinary Tale: My Life and Times_.

JdeBPAug 11, 2023

"Come to England! You can die of tuberculosis or of legionnaires disease!"

Is this really the U.K. government tourist board slogan now?

#BibbyLine #tourism

Show threadJdeBPAug 11, 2023

@JohnWest_JAWS

The article made that point, too.

#Tuberculosis #BibbyLine

JdeBPAug 9, 2023

It's interesting that the previous prison hulk at Portland was also a Bibby Line ship.

A bit of research turns up that Bibby likes to call these things "coastels". I hope that everyone avoids that blatant marketing department whitewashing.

New York City, when it leased two in the 1990s, more honestly called it a "correctional facility".

#BibbyLine #PrisonHulks