Returned to Fall River to see the things we missed the first time. I rode the old-fashioned merry-go-round, but Roy didn't want to go on it. Then we went the Heritage Museum and looked at all the old photographs. During the 1800's and early 1900's, Fall River was the leading producer of cloth in the nation. It was sad to see the pictures of all those little kids who had to work in the mills twelve hours a day, six days a week, for ten cents an hour, when they should have been going to school and playing.
The replica of the Bounty has returned, so we visited it. The guides were dressed in the costumes of the day. We learned that Fletcher Christian might have made his way back to England and lived out his life in his native Cumberland, but there is no proof of that.
We also learned that there were five versions of the movie. The first was a silent movie. The second came out in 1930 and provided Errol Flynn with his first starring role. The classic version, starring Charles Laughton, Clark Gable, and Tyrone Power, came out in 1935. It's the only version I've seen, and it's one of my three all-time favorite movies. This replica of the Bounty was made for the 1960 version. Another version was made around 1980 and starred Anthony Hopkins. I'd never even heard of that one.
We returned to the battleship Massachusetts and ate lunch in the Ward Room, as we did before. Then we explored the parts of the ship that we'd missed. Went up to the bridge and all around.
When we left the Massachusetts, we visited the submarine, Lionfish. That was interesting, and so was the destroyer, Joseph P. Kennedy.
We caught the six-o'clock bus back to New Bedford. Got off at the Ponderosa and ate a middling good supper. Then we returned to the boat.
Listened to the weather report. Sounds good for Monday: sunshine and 15-knot winds. Phoned Marilyn. She and Don will be down shortly before noon.
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