Designer makes it good in Liverpool

LONDON: WHEN graphic designer Diana Michelle Culey, 24, left Sabah for Liverpool in search of work experience, little did she realise that her foray there would be part of the city’s proud history and heritage.

A chance meeting and subsequent work experience with Winston Elizabeth & Windsor, a London-based collectibles company, led to Culey designing and producing commemorative plates to mark 175 years since the first-ever transatlantic ocean liner set sail from the Mersey in Liverpool.

The first Cunard transatlantic crossing which was made by MS Britannia left the Mersey for Halifax and Boston on Saturday July 4. 1840.

On Saturday, the Queen Mary 2 (QM2) recreated that historic event whichand it was attended by a huge crowd.

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