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    Kathy Brown
    15/10/20

    Pickle Night Primer: Toasts and Etiquette

    Organising a Pickle Night? Need help with understanding some Naval etiquette and Pickle Night jargon? Although formats vary, there are some established must-have elements of a Pickle Night. We've sifted through some sample evenings held in naval establishments and civilian settings and picked out some of the basics you probably ...

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    Kate Jamieson
    12/08/20

    A New Perspective on Victory

    The National Museum of the Royal Navy is opening the doors once more post lockdown, at the end of the month, and we're looking forward to a new perspective on history.   Most famous for being the flagship of Horatio Nelson at Trafalgar, the Victory has a long history behind her. The ship was ordered in 1758 and laid down in...

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    Christopher Seaton and Trevor Waddington
    02/10/19

    Exeter: The Trafalgar Day Service

    The First Service In the late sixties and early seventies, a member of the Exeter Flotilla, Lieutenant Commander Adrian Martin MBE RD RNR wondered why Exeter, the capital of the seafaring County of Devon, did not celebrate the Battle of Trafalgar, especially when Lord Nelson had been made a Freeman of the City in 1801. In 1972...

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    Kathy Brown
    01/07/19

    Cornwallis Remembered 5th-7th July 2019

    Photo credit: Paul French/Southpoint filmsHampshire village Milford-on-Sea is host, this coming weekend, to a series of celebration events remembering the life of Admiral William Cornwallis (1744-1819). The 1805 Club has lent its support to the local history group, Milford-on-Sea Historical Records Society (MoSHRS) to plan a spe...

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    04/04/19

    The Victory Grand Tour Cape to Cape 2019

    Residents along The Trafalgar Way are in for a treat on May 18th this year!   Prepare for the spectacle of more than 40 classic cars competing in a grand odyssey of a rally which will have begun at Cape Trafalgar in Spain, passing through a town near you during the day. If you live, or plan to be visiting BLANDFORD FOR...

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    03/03/19

    Prizegiving aboard HMS Victory

    3rd March 2019 - An invitation-only event to reward the young prizewinners of our Autumn 2018 short story competition, "An Urgent Message". 3rd March 2019, HMS Victory, Portsmouth A prizegiving ceremony and tour of HMS Victory for the first prize winners of our short story competition and their families. Awards will be present...

    The Trafalgar Way on BBC news programme Spotlight
    24/09/18

    BBC Spotlight Item on The Trafalgar Way September 2018

    In September 2018, Adam Preston visited some schools along The Trafalgar Way to tell them its story, and to invite young people to enter our own short story competition. Here is an item about the competition as featured on BBC Spotlight, the south-west news programme, on 24th September 2018. ...

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