| Trafalgar Day 16:55 - Oct 21 with 1248 views | SaintNick |
On Trafalgar Day it's worth remembering that Nelson was 5ft 6in and his statue is 17ft 4.
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| Trafalgar Day on 17:13 - Oct 21 with 1228 views | thissceptredsaint |
I like that. Lol as they say these days |  | | |
| Trafalgar Day on 17:30 - Oct 21 with 1204 views | SaintNick |
| Trafalgar Day on 17:13 - Oct 21 by thissceptredsaint |
I like that. Lol as they say these days |
I know it was a cheap joke but i got it in a sail | |
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| Trafalgar Day on 16:23 - Oct 22 with 1004 views | 130yrs_and_one_Cup |
It's nice that you appreciate one of our historic days. Serious question, are there any historic days associated with your town, apart from the Soton Boat show? |  |
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| Trafalgar Day on 16:44 - Oct 22 with 996 views | JaySaint |
| Trafalgar Day on 16:23 - Oct 22 by 130yrs_and_one_Cup |
It's nice that you appreciate one of our historic days. Serious question, are there any historic days associated with your town, apart from the Soton Boat show? |
Did not realise Trafalgar is a Pompey thing? |  |
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| Trafalgar Day on 16:48 - Oct 22 with 990 views | DellHero_Would |
| Trafalgar Day on 16:44 - Oct 22 by JaySaint |
Did not realise Trafalgar is a Pompey thing? |
Trafalgar is part of Greater portsmouth , keep up! | |
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| Trafalgar Day on 16:59 - Oct 22 with 978 views | kingslandstand1 |
| Trafalgar Day on 16:48 - Oct 22 by DellHero_Would |
Trafalgar is part of Greater portsmouth , keep up! |
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| Trafalgar Day on 17:03 - Oct 22 with 964 views | 130yrs_and_one_Cup |
| Trafalgar Day on 16:44 - Oct 22 by JaySaint |
Did not realise Trafalgar is a Pompey thing? |
Well, the fleet was based in Pompey, many of the men lived and were trained in Pompey including Nelson. Many of the ships were built, and refurbished in Pompey, The fleet sailed from Pompey, and returned to Pompey. So Portsmouth was mainly responsible for one of the most historical days in this countries history. Trafalgar day is still celebrated every year in Pompey, and his flagship still sits in the Dockyard with hundreds of thousands of people visiting it each month.
But, apart from that, not much. | |
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| Trafalgar Day on 17:51 - Oct 22 with 948 views | Chesham_Saint |
Let’s move Trafalgar Square to portsMouth then shall we? What a bunch of desperate saddos.
Unfortunate fact that Nelson, our no 1 Naval hero was from Norfolk and his crew were from all parts of the country and many nations. Oh, and as a hard-on for any BLM pilgrims reading this, if you look closely at the friezes at the base of Nelson’s column, one of the crew depicted there is clearly a black man. |  |
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| Trafalgar Day on 23:31 - Oct 22 with 879 views | SaintNick |
| Trafalgar Day on 17:03 - Oct 22 by 130yrs_and_one_Cup |
Well, the fleet was based in Pompey, many of the men lived and were trained in Pompey including Nelson. Many of the ships were built, and refurbished in Pompey, The fleet sailed from Pompey, and returned to Pompey. So Portsmouth was mainly responsible for one of the most historical days in this countries history. Trafalgar day is still celebrated every year in Pompey, and his flagship still sits in the Dockyard with hundreds of thousands of people visiting it each month.
But, apart from that, not much. |
Nelson actually lived in London, you are right though many of the men lived in Portsmouth shortly before the press gang knocked them on the head and forced them to go to sea against their will. | |
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| Trafalgar Day on 23:52 - Oct 22 with 868 views | dirk_doone |
| Trafalgar Day on 23:31 - Oct 22 by SaintNick |
Nelson actually lived in London, you are right though many of the men lived in Portsmouth shortly before the press gang knocked them on the head and forced them to go to sea against their will. |
They were just the ones who were too fat and unfit to run away like they did in the English Civil War. |  |
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| Trafalgar Day on 09:26 - Oct 23 with 811 views | SaintNick |
| Trafalgar Day on 23:52 - Oct 22 by dirk_doone |
They were just the ones who were too fat and unfit to run away like they did in the English Civil War. |
I am starting a new competition, the winner will be the person who posts up a thread about an event in history where 130 doesn't use it to claim that Portsmouth were a significant part of this happening and that Southampton have never been significant in history ever and are in Pompey's shadow. | |
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| Trafalgar Day on 09:37 - Oct 23 with 802 views | JaySaint |
| Trafalgar Day on 17:03 - Oct 22 by 130yrs_and_one_Cup |
Well, the fleet was based in Pompey, many of the men lived and were trained in Pompey including Nelson. Many of the ships were built, and refurbished in Pompey, The fleet sailed from Pompey, and returned to Pompey. So Portsmouth was mainly responsible for one of the most historical days in this countries history. Trafalgar day is still celebrated every year in Pompey, and his flagship still sits in the Dockyard with hundreds of thousands of people visiting it each month.
But, apart from that, not much. |
none of the fleet came from Plymouth. None of the sailors lived in Plymouth? | |
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| Trafalgar Day on 10:09 - Oct 23 with 784 views | Ron11 |
| Trafalgar Day on 17:03 - Oct 22 by 130yrs_and_one_Cup |
Well, the fleet was based in Pompey, many of the men lived and were trained in Pompey including Nelson. Many of the ships were built, and refurbished in Pompey, The fleet sailed from Pompey, and returned to Pompey. So Portsmouth was mainly responsible for one of the most historical days in this countries history. Trafalgar day is still celebrated every year in Pompey, and his flagship still sits in the Dockyard with hundreds of thousands of people visiting it each month.
But, apart from that, not much. |
Apart from that, HMS Victory was built in Chatham Dockyard. | | | |
| Trafalgar Day on 10:16 - Oct 23 with 778 views | Chesham_Saint |
| Trafalgar Day on 23:52 - Oct 22 by dirk_doone |
They were just the ones who were too fat and unfit to run away like they did in the English Civil War. |
The chances of press ganging in skatesville must have been quite small after a while, as men would have legged it to safety pretty quick which is why the press roamed inland and to other ports (Southampton for example) to find them.
Portsea was more likely populated with broken men, incapable old people and pox-ridden whores (some things never change....) making them unsuitable for service. | |
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| Trafalgar Day on 21:28 - Oct 23 with 723 views | 130yrs_and_one_Cup |
| Trafalgar Day on 23:31 - Oct 22 by SaintNick |
Nelson actually lived in London, you are right though many of the men lived in Portsmouth shortly before the press gang knocked them on the head and forced them to go to sea against their will. |
He lived on top on the Square Tower, and he also had a place in London. he had money didn't he? | |
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| Trafalgar Day on 21:29 - Oct 23 with 722 views | 130yrs_and_one_Cup |
| Trafalgar Day on 09:26 - Oct 23 by SaintNick |
I am starting a new competition, the winner will be the person who posts up a thread about an event in history where 130 doesn't use it to claim that Portsmouth were a significant part of this happening and that Southampton have never been significant in history ever and are in Pompey's shadow. |
We had nothing to do with your cup win in 76, well except for providing the goal scorer. | |
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| Trafalgar Day on 21:30 - Oct 23 with 720 views | 130yrs_and_one_Cup |
| Trafalgar Day on 09:37 - Oct 23 by JaySaint |
none of the fleet came from Plymouth. None of the sailors lived in Plymouth? |
see use of the word 'many' | |
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| Trafalgar Day on 21:31 - Oct 23 with 718 views | 130yrs_and_one_Cup |
| Trafalgar Day on 10:09 - Oct 23 by Ron11 |
Apart from that, HMS Victory was built in Chatham Dockyard. |
also, see use of the word 'many' | |
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| Trafalgar Day on 21:32 - Oct 23 with 717 views | 130yrs_and_one_Cup |
| Trafalgar Day on 10:16 - Oct 23 by Chesham_Saint |
The chances of press ganging in skatesville must have been quite small after a while, as men would have legged it to safety pretty quick which is why the press roamed inland and to other ports (Southampton for example) to find them.
Portsea was more likely populated with broken men, incapable old people and pox-ridden whores (some things never change....) making them unsuitable for service. |
But fit enough to win 2 league championships | |
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| Trafalgar Day on 22:11 - Oct 23 with 700 views | djsaint |
On 11 August 1415 Henry V sailed from Southampton with an army of about 12,000 men.
Pretty historic day?
Two fingered salute to you 130
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| Trafalgar Day on 08:04 - Oct 24 with 652 views | JaySaint |
how many? which ones? | |
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| Trafalgar Day on 09:51 - Oct 24 with 625 views | Ron11 |
There were many reasons for Victory being built in Chatham.
One of many being the skills were there, along with a positive attitude to hard work.
And they knew how to treat horses with kindness. | | | |
| Trafalgar Day on 10:42 - Oct 24 with 609 views | Chesham_Saint |
| Trafalgar Day on 22:11 - Oct 23 by djsaint |
On 11 August 1415 Henry V sailed from Southampton with an army of about 12,000 men.
Pretty historic day?
Two fingered salute to you 130
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Interestingly (to me anyway) the remains of at least one of the hulls of that fleet can still be seen on the mud of the Hamble at low tide.
The sort of mud which the ‘skylarks’ in portsMyth harbour used to grovel around in looking for pennies tossed in from passengers on the Gosport ferry. I guess that’s what kids had to do in Portsea with no known parentage to look after them. Rashford would have been appalled. | |
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