Making Men: Navy Recruiting Ads
“Join the Navy and feel a man!” exhorted the famous Royal Navy recruiting slogan from the early 1980s. Or at least, the famous RN recruiting… Read More »Making Men: Navy Recruiting Ads
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Charles’ Hole in t’Wall Closes
The finest little bar on the Seven Seas is closing. After forty years of entertaining the sailors of the Royal Navy, Charles’ Hole in t’Wall… Read More »Charles’ Hole in t’Wall Closes
God Save The Sea Queen: Gibraltar’s Lovely Charlie
Gibraltar, otherwise known as ‘The Rock’, is the full stop to the sentence of Europe. It has been besieged no less than fourteen times. The… Read More »God Save The Sea Queen: Gibraltar’s Lovely Charlie
Union Street Blues: Plymouth’s Last ‘Run Ashore’?
According to the Daily Telegraph’s front page, it’s ‘Sunset’ for the Senior Service: ‘Navy to cut its fleet by half’. The Navy that once ruled the… Read More »Union Street Blues: Plymouth’s Last ‘Run Ashore’?