@TraffordTales@AthertonLRFC@FCTrafford I'm a regular as I live up the road. Smashing club, great ground and will be very hard to beat. Looking forward to my local Trafford 'away' day
If there was ever a permanent statue on the 'Fourth Plinth' at Trafalgar Square there is a good argument it should be Lord Collingwood (some may argue he should be on the column, rather than, or alongside Nelson)
- Collingwood's ship was the first into battle at Trafalgar
- He won the battle, having taken charge when Nelson died (Nelson was shot after roughly a quarter of the battle had taken place)
- Collingwood made sure not a single British ship was lost at or following the battle (22 French and Spanish ships were captured or lost)
- He was so successful, he was forced to remain in charge of the Mediterranean fleet for five more years to maintain stability, until he died - Britain's naval supremacy lasted for a century after
Collingwood never returned to England alive, despite both beginning and winning the Battle of Trafalgar, and despite several requests to return due to ill health (he had cancer) - he was deemed irreplaceable at sea
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Thank you for your attention to this matter.
@TalkTV@JuliaHB1 His session on Times radio last night was so grim. He actually said that the info Mandleson stated wasn't really useful in the markets! They suggested this is partly a Gordon Brown problem. Gut-wrenching stuff.