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Wynonie Harris

Wynonie Harris

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Today is the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, so I hope everyone raises a glass to Admiral Lord Nelson who led our navy to victory over the combined might of the French and Spanish fleets - a true English hero!

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Was Nelson in Lancashire named after Horatio Nelson, and if so what was it called before that?

I've been searching around and couldn't find out. The only bit of information of any interest that came up was that Burnley was originally called Brunley.
 
....and in Oswaldtwistle, we had Duncan Square, named after Nelson's contemporary (although not quite as illustrious), Admiral Lord Duncan.
 
Admiral Lord Duncan, Nelson's mentor, was yet another great naval hero to whom this country owes a debt of gratitude. In 1797, the Dundee-born Duncan commanded the British fleet which defeated the Dutch fleet at the Battle of Camperduin. The Dutch ships were about to pick up thousands of French troops to invade Britain. Thanks to Duncan, the invasion was thwarted. Personally, I think they should erect a statue of him on the empty plinth in Trafalgar Square, but I don't suppose it'll happen.

Incidentally, Tealeaf, I suppose you've sunk a few in your time in the Duncan Bar of the Trafalgar Tavern in Greenwich!
 
...Yeah..and in the Yacht next door, and in the Prince of Wales Feathers next door to the NMM...
 
Wynonie Harris said:
Admiral Lord Duncan, Nelson's mentor, was yet another great naval hero to whom this country owes a debt of gratitude. In 1797, the Dundee-born Duncan commanded the British fleet which defeated the Dutch fleet at the Battle of Camperduin. The Dutch ships were about to pick up thousands of French troops to invade Britain. Thanks to Duncan, the invasion was thwarted. Personally, I think they should erect a statue of him on the empty plinth in Trafalgar Square, but I don't suppose it'll happen.quote]
Don't think it would have been that bad being invaded by the Dutch, all that free sex and drugs.:)
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Cheers Lord Nelson, also bought the commemorative Battle of Trafalgar £5 coin, very nice it is too!
 
Tealeaf said:
...Yeah..and in the Yacht next door, and in the Prince of Wales Feathers next door to the NMM...
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Hmmm...sounds like a potential pre-match pub crawl before the Stanley v Orient match next season!

Talking of pubs, time to go and drink a toast to Admiral Lord Nelson - a man amongst men!
 
cashman said:
definatly worth raising a glass to that guy- anybody who whoops the frogs will do for me lol
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I'm on a diet so I had to have a cup of tea. Pity their wasn't more going on nationally............
 
Garinda on a thread about a long standing National Hero i believe comments should be held back.There is a time and a place.Point being your place or mine?
 
What Nelson really said before he died was, "Kismet, Hardy" - meaning Fate.

I have a copy of a letter from Nelson written to a man in Latchford, Warrington thanking him for some supplies. It's a lovely, chatty letter and he mentions his bit of trouble in Tenerife (he had his elbow shattered by a musket ball and had to have the arm amputated).

I like Nelson because, apart from being a hero and a great naval tactician, he was very "human", with his affair with Emma Hamilton and his vanity etc. The only one since him who compares is Churchill, another brilliant, but personally a bit flawed, man.

Do we only get one per century?
 
Human? Read adulterer. Lady Hamilton was married, and so was he, sadly though not to each other.

I don't think his personal morality matters a jot as to how he did his job. It's just interesting how our ideas about morality have changed, and what we don't know about doesn't hurt us, even in today's age of a relatively free press.
 
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