Adventures of the Blackgang
Thalassophilia, Nautical History, Culture, and Art
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Ian Allan ABC of British Warships by H M Le Fleming, cover by A N Wolstenholme, 1954
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“Be British” dedicated to the gallant ill-fated crew of the Titanic
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HMS Durban
Officers v CPO’s “fancy dress walking football match”
Nanking, Christmas day, 1927
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Armoured cruiser HMS Kent, Monmouth-class, 9,800t
built 1903©, 14-6in, 23kts, 678 crew
Falkland Islands 1914. Sold 1920- Royal Navy recruiting poster in World War 1 -
Oct 1914 - Sep 1915, Apr 1915 - Sep 1917, South Atlantic Pacific, Sierra Leone (convoys);
Oct 1917 - Dec 1918, Sierra Leone (convoys), Cape of Good Hope (convoys);
Jan 1919 - Aug 1919, Cape of Good Hope (convoys), China
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George Formby - It Serves You Right
George Formby (1904 – 1961) born George Hoy Booth, was a British comedy actor, singer-songwriter, and comedian. He sang light, comical songs, accompanying himself on the banjo, ukulele, or banjolele. He was a major star of stage and screen in the 1930s and 1940s.
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Review: The Deep Blue Sea
The Deep Blue Sea may be the most British film I have ever seen, and I’ve seen Captain British’s English Anti-Yankee Jamboree (as yet unreleased in any format). What makes the film stand apart from the likes of Downton Abbey or Sense & Sensibility is its pervasive use of context to tell its story, which isn’t so much about the characters – although they are exceptional – as it is the specific, post-World War II English culture in which they inhabit….
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Amazing Stories, November, 1947
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vintage postcard: “The British are a nation of sailors”
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