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Great photos Tommi. I'd love to see the one taken moments after the Russian peasants discover electricity for the first time.

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compare those French guys with one of the Brits.
No help for heroes!


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I reckon he got his missus there to stitch a brim on an old shako
 
I tried working out who the kings were, one king i knew, two kings not sure about, third king some idea by the fourking fifth king i realised i han`t a clue
 
The nine Kings
The Nine Sovereigns at Windsor for the funeral of King Edward VII. Standing, from left to right: King Haakon VII of Norway, King Ferdinand of Bulgaria, King Manuel of Portugal, Kaiser Wilhelm II of the German Empire, King George I of The Hellenes (Greece) and King Albert I of the Belgians (Belgium). Seated, from left to right: King Alfonso XIII of Spain, King-Emperor George V of the Great Britain and King Frederick VIII of Denmark.
 
Showing your age Brian I don't remember them :whistle: Ps where are you getting the dulcote from
For that insult i'm no telling ye,get it right up you Ron.
On a more serious note Ron i got it from e-bay but can't remember the name of the company but if you Google Dulcote u.k. you'll find it o.k.The spray is very good but the small bottle for brushing on is amazing.Shake the bottle, brush on straight from the bottle and it will go matt in under a minute.
Brian
I tried working out who the kings were, one king i knew, two kings not sure about, third king some idea by the fourking fifth king i realised i han`t a clue
 
Just on the topic of Waterloo veterans, I'd just like to mention that there is an old country village about 100 kms inland from where I live which was settled by British Waterloo veterans, in the early 1820's, who were given large allocations of land to settle in Australia.
In the early 1800's it must have felt like the end of the Earth. It still feels like that today, except for the pub there. It was quite literally as far away from Europe as was possible then, as indeed it is now. There was a large indigenous population of Aboriginals living there at the time too, but that didn't seem to matter.....that's just my little snippet of the scant Waterloo history, that I'm aware of, which exists down here.
 
Just on the topic of Waterloo veterans, I'd just like to mention that there is an old country village about 100 kms inland from where I live which was settled by British Waterloo veterans, in the early 1820's, who were given large allocations of land to settle in Australia.
In the early 1800's it must have felt like the end of the Earth. It still feels like that today, except for the pub there. It was quite literally as far away from Europe as was possible then, as indeed it is now. There was a large indigenous population of Aboriginals living there at the time too, but that didn't seem to matter.....that's just my little snippet of the scant Waterloo history, that I'm aware of, which exists down here.

That's interesting Mark, what's the name of the village and are there records of the names of the veterans?

Roger.
 
Roger, the village is called Wollombi, and it does have a local museum as well as the pub ( which is also infamous for it's "Dr. Jurd's Jungle Juice") but I really don't know any further specific detail than that.
I'll have to make it my homework to gather some more detail~ stay tuned!
 
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