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“The dispute casts a shadow over one of our greatest heroes”

At the end of February it seems that the trustees of the Ruskin Museum, a modest institution in the Lake District, ran out of patience.

In a post on their website they announced that they were to start legal action to regain possession of their most prized artefact: Bluebird K7, the hydroplane in which Donald Campbell died 56 years ago while attempting to break the World Water Speed Record.

The tone of the announcement hinted at the frustration the museum clearly feels about an ongoing wrangle which

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