Sybarite
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but it is the tradition in the navy to wear a black tie....
John
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Trafalgar - not a word in the French papers....
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jimi
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Re: Trafalgar - not a word in the French papers....
Do they have a Hastings Day instead?
Do they have a Hastings Day instead?
cliff
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Re: Trafalgar - not a word in the French papers....
Or an Agincourt day?
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Or an Agincourt day?
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longjohnsadler
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Re: Trafalgar - not a word in the French papers....
The Spanish seem to be getting in on the act, tho apparently they want a big tourist attraction at Cape Trafalgar.
The Spanish seem to be getting in on the act, tho apparently they want a big tourist attraction at Cape Trafalgar.
jimi
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What I want to know is ..
How did Nelson know to call his boat "The Victory", he'd have looked a bit stupid if he'd lost.
How did Nelson know to call his boat "The Victory", he'd have looked a bit stupid if he'd lost.
l'escargot
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Re: What I want to know is ..
He didn't, there is no "The"!
He didn't, there is no "The"!
longjohnsadler
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Re: What I want to know is ..
Apparently HMS OKif You Think Your Ard Enuf
wasn't sanctioned by the Admiralty.
Apparently HMS OKif You Think Your Ard Enuf
wasn't sanctioned by the Admiralty.
JKay
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Re: What I want to know is ..
The Sarf Landon Lads would have liked "HMS AVIT"
cheers Joe
The Sarf Landon Lads would have liked "HMS AVIT"
cheers Joe
MASH
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Re: What I want to know is ..
Jimi, unless my memory is at fault HMS Victory was (is) a First Rater and not a bloody submarine. She is also square rigged on all three masts. Therefore she is a ship, not a %$£@*!!ing boat!
Pulheese!
And ditto the above Victory was nearly as old as Nelson himself at Trafalgar - so he certainly had no hand whatever in naming her.
Jimi, unless my memory is at fault HMS Victory was (is) a First Rater and not a bloody submarine. She is also square rigged on all three masts. Therefore she is a ship, not a %$£@*!!ing boat!
Pulheese!
And ditto the above Victory was nearly as old as Nelson himself at Trafalgar - so he certainly had no hand whatever in naming her.
Thistle
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Re: Trafalgar - not a word in the French papers....
In Brittany earlier this year they seemed to think that Trafalgar was the best thing that ever happened to the French. Perhaps it's all a function of distance from Paris.
In Brittany earlier this year they seemed to think that Trafalgar was the best thing that ever happened to the French. Perhaps it's all a function of distance from Paris.
landaftaf
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Re: Trafalgar - not a word in the French papers....
I understand it is considered to have been a localised naval squirmish of no significance ......... and taught that in school.
no wonder they dont commemorate it - like many other 'hiccups' in their distant and recent past ..........
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I understand it is considered to have been a localised naval squirmish of no significance ......... and taught that in school.
no wonder they dont commemorate it - like many other 'hiccups' in their distant and recent past ..........
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RichardPerou
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Re: Trafalgar - not a word in the French papers....
Many posters to this site seem to have a thing about the French.
When was the last time that the English stood up for their rights?
In Bedarieux there is a small plaque in memory of sixty odd locals who tried to act against the coup d'etat by Napoleon III in 1850. Several of them were killed out of hand, the rest exiled to Devils Island or Algeria. Nine years later they were allowed back home, those that had survived.
Scattered around the local countyside are memorials to Frenchmen who died in guerilla action against the occupying forces.
The French still have a republic, the English are subjects. Perhaps they have better things to do than live in the past.
Many posters to this site seem to have a thing about the French.
When was the last time that the English stood up for their rights?
In Bedarieux there is a small plaque in memory of sixty odd locals who tried to act against the coup d'etat by Napoleon III in 1850. Several of them were killed out of hand, the rest exiled to Devils Island or Algeria. Nine years later they were allowed back home, those that had survived.
Scattered around the local countyside are memorials to Frenchmen who died in guerilla action against the occupying forces.
The French still have a republic, the English are subjects. Perhaps they have better things to do than live in the past.
TheBoatman
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Re: British attitudes to the French
Interesting concept "British attitudes" seeing as the British Isles are made up of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland?????
Did you mean "English" attitudes?
Having been born an "Englishman" in Ramsgate, Kent, I have no problem with disliking the French, it's in my genes. All across southern Britian for 100's for years we have been having various spats with them, the fact that Nelson kicked their tiny French butts should be celebrated at least it kept yet another dictator in check and ensured that Europe remained basically free!
During my working life I have travelled exstensively in Europe and it's always amazed me (but not surprised me) how badly the French are thought of amongst their "near" neighbours. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
Interesting concept "British attitudes" seeing as the British Isles are made up of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland?????
Did you mean "English" attitudes?
Having been born an "Englishman" in Ramsgate, Kent, I have no problem with disliking the French, it's in my genes. All across southern Britian for 100's for years we have been having various spats with them, the fact that Nelson kicked their tiny French butts should be celebrated at least it kept yet another dictator in check and ensured that Europe remained basically free!
During my working life I have travelled exstensively in Europe and it's always amazed me (but not surprised me) how badly the French are thought of amongst their "near" neighbours. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
bobfrost
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Re: British attitudes to the French
IMHO the most civilised people in Europe.
They eat local produce. Encourage small farmers. Drink too much and smoke too much over extended lunches. All bu**er off on holiday for a month in August. Support the arts. Read 'proper' newspapers. Learn philosophy as part of their baccelaureat. etc. etc.
Much prefer them to the beer swilling drongos of England who badly dressed and semi articulate clutter up the identikit High Streets over here.
Also keen on yachting and provide reasonably priced marinas.
Shame about the sanitation! /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
IMHO the most civilised people in Europe.
They eat local produce. Encourage small farmers. Drink too much and smoke too much over extended lunches. All bu**er off on holiday for a month in August. Support the arts. Read 'proper' newspapers. Learn philosophy as part of their baccelaureat. etc. etc.
Much prefer them to the beer swilling drongos of England who badly dressed and semi articulate clutter up the identikit High Streets over here.
Also keen on yachting and provide reasonably priced marinas.
Shame about the sanitation! /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
Sgeir
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Re: British attitudes to the French
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Interesting concept "British attitudes" seeing as the British Isles are made up of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland?????
Did you mean "English" attitudes?
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I was merely quoting the title of the above BBC article, but your response reinforces the point I was making, ie that those in Britain who are geographically closest to the French appear to have the greatest degree of antipathy towards them.
It does puzzle me though when you say that it's in your genes. After a few thousand years of being close neighbours, constant, trading, settlement, resettlement, conquest, marriage, holidays, anglo-gites etc etc etc, I would have thought that you'd be precisely identical in the genes department.
I think it's more a fall out between members of the same family.
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Interesting concept "British attitudes" seeing as the British Isles are made up of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland?????
Did you mean "English" attitudes?
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I was merely quoting the title of the above BBC article, but your response reinforces the point I was making, ie that those in Britain who are geographically closest to the French appear to have the greatest degree of antipathy towards them.
It does puzzle me though when you say that it's in your genes. After a few thousand years of being close neighbours, constant, trading, settlement, resettlement, conquest, marriage, holidays, anglo-gites etc etc etc, I would have thought that you'd be precisely identical in the genes department.
I think it's more a fall out between members of the same family.
absit_omen
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Re: British attitudes to the French
........and today, the beautiful Catherine Deneuve is 62!
A Perfect Frenchie
........and today, the beautiful Catherine Deneuve is 62!
A Perfect Frenchie
Slow_boat
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Re: British attitudes to the French
Is the 'Auld Alliance' referred to further proof that the Scots will back absolutly anyone to have a go at the English?
Is the 'Auld Alliance' referred to further proof that the Scots will back absolutly anyone to have a go at the English?
Grumpybear
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You can buy a splendid contemporary print of the battle in France. The caption reads;
"Great sea battle - English hero killed"
And they say new labour invented spin.......
"Great sea battle - English hero killed"
And they say new labour invented spin.......
Cornishman
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... are you surprised?
But wait until 2015!
But wait until 2015!
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