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It's become very popular to go on a cruise and many of the big liners are leaving from Southampton. This is earning the city £300 million a year. The number of people chosing this form of holiday is expected to double over the next few years. The ships are getting bigger and recently, the Freedom of the Seas, the biggest one built yet, visited Southampton. In order to find out why cruises have become so fashionable, we visited one of the ships. |
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“It was first class. You couldn't have had better entertainment in London.” |
Hear the programmes
A visit to the Aurora
P&O Cruises - Philip Naylor
Working on Oceanliners 50 years ago - Stephen Martin
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