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 Topic: Greenwich Hospital Organization |
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| Roy Adkins Replies: 11 Views: 53119 |
 Forum: Age of Nelson Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 10:50 pm Subject: Greenwich Hospital Organization |
| Hello Keith,
Many thanks for your kind words about Jack Tar. We have done a bit on Greenwich pensioners in that book, pages 386 to 390, with some pictures in the second black-and-white plate sectio ... |
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| Topic: Able Seaman falls in Love with Cynthia the Sow - True Story |
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| Roy Adkins Replies: 1 Views: 17010 |
Forum: Age of Nelson Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 10:37 am Subject: Able Seaman falls in Love with Cynthia the Sow - True Story |
| Hello Peter,
What a pig tale... We never discovered that the sow's name was Cynthia, so very much look forward to seeing your evidence for this! Meanwhile, here is the book jacket, sort of pig f ... |
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| Topic: Age of Nelson main website |
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| Roy Adkins Replies: 8 Views: 40799 |
Forum: Age of Nelson Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 10:36 am Subject: Age of Nelson main website |
| That would be much better! Too subtle otherwise...
Roy |
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| Topic: Age of Nelson main website |
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| Roy Adkins Replies: 8 Views: 40799 |
Forum: Age of Nelson Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 10:23 am Subject: Age of Nelson main website |
| Hello Patrick,
Here is a thought. On our computer at home, we have this forum set up so that it is in 'Favourites'. We simply click on it and it takes us straight to this forum. The problem is that ... |
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| Topic: Tars and Tarts in Ivybridge |
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| Roy Adkins Replies: 2 Views: 17626 |
Forum: Age of Nelson Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 8:15 am Subject: Tars and Tarts in Ivybridge |
| Unfortunately, the library has had to cancel this event - our next Jack Tar talk will be at the Dartington Ways with Words festival on Wednesday 15th July, at 2pm. Dartington is near Totnes in Devon, ... | |
| Topic: Tars and Tarts in Ivybridge |
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| Roy Adkins Replies: 2 Views: 17626 |
Forum: Age of Nelson Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 2:13 pm Subject: Tars and Tarts in Ivybridge |
| 'Tars & Tarts: Life in Nelson's Navy', an illustrated talk on St George's Day based on our book Jack Tar. To be held in the library at IVYBRIDGE, near Plymouth (Devon), arranged by Ivybridge Libra ... | |
| Topic: Jack Tar, the review |
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| Roy Adkins Replies: 8 Views: 35615 |
Forum: Age of Nelson Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 2:20 pm Subject: Jack Tar, the review |
| I have a slight suspicion that the initial print run was not 100,000... But I have just discovered that you can buy the book online with some newspapers, such as the Daily Mail. Try:
http://www.mailb ... |
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| Topic: Jack Tar, the review |
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| Roy Adkins Replies: 8 Views: 35615 |
Forum: Age of Nelson Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 1:09 pm Subject: Jack Tar, the review |
| Very cleverly, the publisher has allowed Jack Tar to go out of print. It is still available in many bookstores, but not online! What a brilliant thing to do just before Christmas.... The book is curre ... | |
| Topic: USS/HMS Chesapeake / Chesapeake Mill |
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| Roy Adkins Replies: 8 Views: 47124 |
Forum: Age of Nelson Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 1:06 pm Subject: USS/HMS Chesapeake / Chesapeake Mill |
| Hello, I just looked your book up on Amazon (UK), which is only selling it through its marketplace sellers. It says it is published by the History Press - is this a US publisher? I look forward to see ... | |
| Topic: Exclusive: Jack Tar |
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| Roy Adkins Replies: 4 Views: 25576 |
Forum: Age of Nelson Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 7:46 am Subject: Exclusive: Jack Tar |
| Please note that the Warwick talk has now changed from the library to the Northgate Methodist Hall - they are both in Barrack Street. It's at 7pm.
We're also giving a talk at Exeter central library ... |
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| Topic: Exclusive: Jack Tar |
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| Roy Adkins Replies: 4 Views: 25576 |
Forum: Age of Nelson Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 5:51 pm Subject: Jack Tar talks |
| Patrick,
That's very kind of you to mention both our book and the article. The official publication date of 'Jack Tar' will be 2 October - just missing the 250th anniversary (the publisher decided ... |
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| Topic: The RN can keep you healthy |
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| Roy Adkins Replies: 3 Views: 21944 |
Forum: Age of Nelson Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 6:55 am Subject: More maths |
| If you subtract 1782, the year of the sinking of the Royal George, from 1841, the year of his death, then you get the figure of 59! So he cannot have resided at Greenwich for upwards of eighty years - ... | |
| Topic: The sad story of Jenkin Radford |
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| Roy Adkins Replies: 5 Views: 42020 |
Forum: Age of Nelson Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 11:18 am Subject: The sad story of Jenkin Radford |
| Been a bit busy, so have only just got round to posting a reply! Lesley and I deal with this story in 'The War for All the Oceans', pp.208-9. This was a critical incident that led to the outbreak of w ... | |
| Topic: Moll Swanson |
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| Roy Adkins Replies: 4 Views: 44881 |
Forum: Age of Nelson Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 11:10 am Subject: Moll Swanson |
| Alas, no. Has anyone else? | |
| Topic: George Watson |
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| Roy Adkins Replies: 15 Views: 111776 |
Forum: Age of Nelson Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 5:28 pm Subject: George Watson |
| Emily,
I will email you asap, as it'll be easier to compose, but a word of warning! The published literature may be a pale shadow of what the seamen originally wrote. William Richardson's memoirs w ... |
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