The Handy Man Ashore And Afloat
Apr. 10th, 2011 09:45 amI came across this splendid publication which is being sold by maritime and naval book dealer McLaren Books. The catalogue describes it as being "a really interesting work on the late Victorian navy, explaining in fascinating detail the working of the navy, naval routine, and the life that a seamen led in the Royal Navy of the period." Because I have a puerile sense of humour I have been giggling helplessly at the fact that this is edition is also described as being a little grubby. I'm sorry, I'll get me coat....

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Date: 2011-04-10 01:12 pm (UTC)*slinks off sniggering dirtily*
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Date: 2011-04-12 10:23 pm (UTC)All four of us here in Brooklyn are fans. My husband came into it from his mom. That would have been around 1970.
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Date: 2011-04-12 10:37 pm (UTC)There was a video a while ago floating around of Daniel Radcliffe singing the 'Element Song'
Eh?! That I will have to see, I certainly can't imagine it!
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Date: 2011-04-14 01:53 pm (UTC)my most often quote TL lines are :
and maybe we'll do
in a squirrel or two
which is of course from " Poisoning pigeons in the park"
when they dig up my tulip bulbs tge line surfaces often here !
maybe we need a Age of sail pastiche in the style of the great TL ...
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Date: 2011-04-14 10:52 pm (UTC)Another classic!
maybe we need a Age of sail pastiche in the style of the great TL
We'll get
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Date: 2011-04-14 01:55 pm (UTC)Every ( fangirl) home should have one
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