The trouble about jukeboxes is that everyone wants them. Take the cargo of the Transpacific, a giant ship plying the line from Hamburg to Quebec in May 1971. Swathed in the fog in the North Atlantic, it ran aground on the tiny Isle aux Marins. The crew were taken off for safety, but the precious cargo was left on board. Twenty four hours later and many households in the archipelago boasted a juke box of their own. Take a look at this clip and you’ll see what the Transpacific looks like now!
The trouble about jukeboxes
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Rosie Millard braves the fog of St Pierre et Miquelon and visits the rotting carcass of the Transpacific cargo ship which at one time was very groovy
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Rosie Millard
Rosie Millard lives in central London, and is a feature writer, columnist and general all-round hack. Having been Arts Correspondent at the BBC for 10 years, she is now at the Sunday Times where she interviews the influential and famous, with a special sideline in celebrity chefs. She is equally at home on radio and TV and can often be found at the BBC chatting away on the Jeremy Vine show or Breakfast News, or at Sky doing pieces on Sky Arts. She has four children and a husband who cooks like a dream. Having spent the last two decades setting up this cosy arrangement, she, Mr Millard and the children are currently on a giant trip around the French overseas terretories where the spiders are as big as the croissants and the Tricoleur flies over coral reefs. She plays the piano and is a slightly obsessive long-distance runner.
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