Knighthoods For Old Rope

[joeluke]

When I passed my cycling proficiency test, I got a certificate. These days, you get a knighthood.

Mind you, Trevor McDonald got one for reading the news

Who's next? Joey Barton for services to Sport?

[Iluvspikey]

I used to like it when the unsung heros who worked tirelessly for charity or the community got OBE's now it seems all you have to do is win a race or a game.

[ttfn]

Actually, jl, it was an MBE and not a knighthood:

"Master ropemaker Frederick Cordier has also been included in the honours list.

Mr Cordier has been made an MBE for services to rope making at Chatham’s Historic Dockyard.

He has worked at the dockyard ropery since 1962.

His knowledge and expertise ensure traditional ropemaking techniques are still used, maintaining a process of ropemaking that dates back on the site more than 400 years.

The ropery remains the oldest rope making facility in the UK. It still uses the quarter-mile long rope walk and machinery from the Victorian era, as well more modern equipment."