Prebon Tullet - his life at sea
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KenMcCulloch
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Dylan, I think the phrase you were striving to find was 'living as a woman'.
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Judders
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I met Tullett a few years back in the RCIYC in St Peter Port.
KenMcCulloch
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You may, possibly, have done so. Was he/she wearing a blazer or a cocktail dress?
Judders
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A very old musto snug with a small motif sewn into the back, something about a Whitbread on a boat called Heiniken or something...
Blueboatman
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Sounds like the old chap I met who claimed he would have 'got the tshirt' for that, the first backwardly mobile rtw effort, had it been invented then.
IIRC that old Musto thingy was a tad aromatic, on account of Tulletts extraordinary belief that his superannuated good health was due entirely to not cleansing body, soul or garments.
IIRC that old Musto thingy was a tad aromatic, on account of Tulletts extraordinary belief that his superannuated good health was due entirely to not cleansing body, soul or garments.
Parsonsheath
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While I understand Tullet was open about his affair with Rocna, the family of Shackleton are adamant that the pair were never more than good friends
Sniper
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This was a remarkable double bluff. Prebon was actually born a man and for most of his earlier years therefore had no problem in living as a man (although fellow foredeck hands were always disquieted by his choice of shore-going garb - a dreadnaught skirt) Following a serious accident involving an over-centre running backstay lever released too early, however, Prebon accepted the inevitability of his/her situation and put about the myth that he had actually been born a woman.
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KenMcCulloch
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If 'she' was east-coast, perhaps she was into dykes???
You may be confusing the English branch of the family with the Dutch Tullets, well known for sticking their fingers in dykes.
claymore
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Your communication has stirred an ancient memory, which I have managed to verify, having spent the day in the library at Claymore Towers.
My grandfather employed a Tullett as a beater for 2 seasons from 52 - I should clarify that was 1852.
The journal is written favourably and at the end of the season he was hired for the remainder of the winter and into the 53 season to assist with the breeding programme.
An extract from the entry 17th April 1853 reads "Tullett, one of the temporary estate workers shows a natural ability with the birds"
I hope that helps with your project and wish you well in your endeavours. The Shackletons were close friends of our family, although naturally the business with Daphne did cast a bit of a blight on things - amazing trick though, saw it myself but I was only a boy at the time.
My grandfather employed a Tullett as a beater for 2 seasons from 52 - I should clarify that was 1852.
The journal is written favourably and at the end of the season he was hired for the remainder of the winter and into the 53 season to assist with the breeding programme.
An extract from the entry 17th April 1853 reads "Tullett, one of the temporary estate workers shows a natural ability with the birds"
I hope that helps with your project and wish you well in your endeavours. The Shackletons were close friends of our family, although naturally the business with Daphne did cast a bit of a blight on things - amazing trick though, saw it myself but I was only a boy at the time.
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Reading Livingstone's Diaries in Blantyre, Lanarkshire, the other week, I was struck by how little comment is made by the great explorer and missionary, of the part played by one of Prebon Tullet's antecedents, PraiseGod Habbakuk Tulet (note the single 'l', Ed) in the selection of expedition clothing and maps for Livingstone's final expedition.
It is perhaps ironic that when Livingstone's body was finally repatriated (without his heart, which was removed by tribesmen, and which remains in Africa) that it spent some time resting at No.1 Savile Row, which was then the headquarters of the Royal Geographic Society, and is now the home of tailors Gieves & Hawkes.
It is believed that P-G G Tulet was a commision-earning trader working amongst the coffee houses of the city of London, and Livingstone's ammanuensis was never fully satisfied that the two ever met.
Frankly, Dylan, the link between my Tulet and yours is tenuous to say the least. It would therefore be prudent to assume that Prebon's direct ancestors retained the use of the double 'l' in their surnames, thus leading to the fascinating possibility that Welsh bllood flows in Prebon's veins and arteries. To me as a devoted follower of the Clupea harengus rubescens it is more important to devote time to annotating the changes to this most misunderstood 'll' from the time of Samuel Pepys onwards, so as to ensure that the proper records of our greatest explorer can be amended, rather than finding anything to prove that the London Boat Show has any connection with a brokerage firm of international standing and reputation.
It is perhaps ironic that when Livingstone's body was finally repatriated (without his heart, which was removed by tribesmen, and which remains in Africa) that it spent some time resting at No.1 Savile Row, which was then the headquarters of the Royal Geographic Society, and is now the home of tailors Gieves & Hawkes.
It is believed that P-G G Tulet was a commision-earning trader working amongst the coffee houses of the city of London, and Livingstone's ammanuensis was never fully satisfied that the two ever met.
Frankly, Dylan, the link between my Tulet and yours is tenuous to say the least. It would therefore be prudent to assume that Prebon's direct ancestors retained the use of the double 'l' in their surnames, thus leading to the fascinating possibility that Welsh bllood flows in Prebon's veins and arteries. To me as a devoted follower of the Clupea harengus rubescens it is more important to devote time to annotating the changes to this most misunderstood 'll' from the time of Samuel Pepys onwards, so as to ensure that the proper records of our greatest explorer can be amended, rather than finding anything to prove that the London Boat Show has any connection with a brokerage firm of international standing and reputation.
Sybarite
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Terminal Baldness? Tantrum Blasts? Toe Bends? Terrible Burps? Go on give us a clue.
TB: a well-known affliction that many of us in this parish also suffer from.
Plevier
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My interest having been sparked by this noble saga, I thought I would look at Wikipedia to get a summary of the great (wo)man's life. Imagine my horror when all I could find was a variety of entries about a bunch of bankers (sic).
I trust at the end of your researches you will attend to this, Dylan?
(Happy Christmas everyone!)
I trust at the end of your researches you will attend to this, Dylan?
(Happy Christmas everyone!)
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They are sand-bankers which are also known to be areas near where you must not venture.
Another famous sand-banker was known by the cryptic name of Lee Shore.
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FinbarTullet....a Local Hero
Finbar Tullet the famous Irish entrepreneur has often been credited with the slowest ever circumnavigation of the UK. Using a log cut off an oak tree from the family estate in deepest Buckinghamshire he fashioned a rudimenty mast and boom and attached it to the back of a rather bemused Mollusc of the genus Arion ater agg, Sails were hastily fashioned from the remnants of an OPI rig that were mysteriously found one morning on the family washing line....... and so the voyage began.
The epic voyage commenced from Botolph Claydon, in Buckinghamshire at 12.00am on 31st Jan 2000 and has so far reached, (2011), ..... the end of the drive.......just another 4,500 miles to go...it has not yet been confirmed that Arion ater agg has amphibious qualities.....maybe the next seven or eight years will prove/disprove this theory.......we wait.....
Finbar Tullet the famous Irish entrepreneur has often been credited with the slowest ever circumnavigation of the UK. Using a log cut off an oak tree from the family estate in deepest Buckinghamshire he fashioned a rudimenty mast and boom and attached it to the back of a rather bemused Mollusc of the genus Arion ater agg, Sails were hastily fashioned from the remnants of an OPI rig that were mysteriously found one morning on the family washing line....... and so the voyage began.
The epic voyage commenced from Botolph Claydon, in Buckinghamshire at 12.00am on 31st Jan 2000 and has so far reached, (2011), ..... the end of the drive.......just another 4,500 miles to go...it has not yet been confirmed that Arion ater agg has amphibious qualities.....maybe the next seven or eight years will prove/disprove this theory.......we wait.....
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