UJ, Admiral or not the Gentleman concerned was an absolute card, as you say slashing aside whomever tried to get in his way.
A chip of the "Nelsonic Block".
Did you see the curious Union Flag that was flown by some tourists on the harbour entance? Made from a white bed sheet, sky blue and pink beach towels. Clever old stick my Ma!
My only bad memory of the whole 10 day thing was narrowly missing out on a Darwin Award, by rushing out to pick up some hot shrapnel form the fort shelling. My Pop nearly laid an egg but was too late to stop me.
Imagine my surprise when on turning around to go back inside, lo, there were some really big sharp bits that I must have "missed" on the way out
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I had a new one torn for me by my Pop after that.
