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On the 21st October 1805 Admiral Lord Nelson defeated a combined French and Spanish fleet off Cape Trafalgar. During the battle he is shot and later dies of his wounds.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLn8r9kptCM

Many years later a group of people were being shown around HMS Victory and when they reached a point where a brass plaque was screwed to the deck the guide said "Ladies and Gentlemen this is where Nelson fell" and a voice from the back saod "I'm not surprised, I nearly tripped over it myself" :laughing-rolling:
 
It was on this day in 1984 that Nikki Lauda won the F1 drivers championship by 1/2 a point..
 
It was on this day in 2013 that TonyS became a dad ;-) congratulations dude and to Rebecca too, and welcome to the world Sid Symmonds :-)
 
Congratulations Tony and Becky.
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Jimbo4x4 said:
It was on this day in 2013 that TonyS became a dad ;-) congratulations dude and to Rebecca too, and welcome to the world Sid Symmonds :-)
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Great post Jimster :-)

Congrats Tony & Becky - glad Sid arrived safely :-) Hope you are all doing well :-)
 
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Congrats Tony and Becky. All the best for the future!
 
TonyP said:
Congrats Tony and Becky. All the best for the future!
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Joining in with the congratulations! A very special time for any family:icon-biggrin:

On the darker side, I remember being very affected by the Aberfan disaster. I was 13 years old at the time and I remember coming home from school to see on TV (black and white of course) the carnage and sadness of the event with real-time interviews with parents who's hands were bleeding from digging in the slag to try to find their kids. A very emotional time, both my parents were tearful even though we lived in Brum, we had a close affinity with Wales.

What annoyed me intensely and still does, was the coal board's complacency about its liabilities. Not our problem... Was their stance. For God's sake, if it's not theirs, whose was it? The villagers had to fund the removal of the remaining tips themselves, to ensure that there was no recurrence of the disaster. Disgusting state of affairs.

There's many websites dedicated to the disaster. Anyone interested should have a browse. Be prepared for an emotional ride, it was a terrible and desperate event. 116 children between the ages of 6 and 10 perished along with some 20 odd adults, teachers and other innocents.
 
Congratulations to the Symmonds family and its newest member! :icon-biggrin:
 
Congrats Tony and Becky!!

So - what's first? A pony or a scale 40 series??? :-)
 
Congrats Tony and Beck!

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Gav Peter said:
Great post Jimster :-)

Congrats Tony & Becky - glad Sid arrived safely :-) Hope you are all doing well :-)
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Thanks Gav, hope Tony and becky don't mind that I've posted this but then it is all over Facebook :-P seem to be babies popping up everywhere as I got a new nephew on Sunday, congrats to Mike and Sheena on the birth of Laurie Thomas :-) and mine and Laura's is due in march :-) :-)
 
Don't hog the limelight now Jim...

Bloomin Hattons...

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Well done Tony and Becky, congratulations indeed. So bonus punches at next Lincomb will be finding where you've left various baby paraphernalia.
 
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