SS Great Britain reopens in time for 50th anniversary of Bristol homecoming

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During lockdown the only visitors to Isambard Kingdom Brunel's great iron ocean liner SS Great Britain have been a skeleton crew retained to make sure the venerable vessel stays rust-free, and Izzy the dockyard cat.

From this weekend the first members of the public will be welcomed back to the ship in time to help celebrate the 50th anniversary of its return to its home port of Bristol after an extraordinary rescue mission.