tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3877896513227043132.post250946152277209299..comments2023-04-25T16:00:28.993+01:00Comments on CarpeDyem's Microcosm: Another Walk Along Whitehaven Harbour - The Last Place of an Attempted Invasion of Mainland EnglandCarpeDyemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16248971594038892709noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3877896513227043132.post-11717658108641996072011-02-15T01:16:09.634+00:002011-02-15T01:16:09.634+00:00Not John Paul Jones from Led Zeppelin then!?!Not John Paul Jones from Led Zeppelin then!?!Wonky Watthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01696846135544484842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3877896513227043132.post-57861704356083521712011-02-13T23:44:46.057+00:002011-02-13T23:44:46.057+00:00There does appear to be a lot of history in this n...There does appear to be a lot of history in this neck of the woods. Lots for me to find out.<br /><br />Your tale of strangeness to fight friends, reminds me of the Football game played in no-mans land on Christmas Day 1914, between the british and the germans. Very poignant and sad.CarpeDyemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16248971594038892709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3877896513227043132.post-17693517050490486142011-02-13T03:16:25.627+00:002011-02-13T03:16:25.627+00:00WOW! You live in a place of history . . be it funn...WOW! You live in a place of history . . be it funny if they actually did sit down together and get drunk.<br /><br />When the British were at Fort George in Canada and the Colonists were in Fort Niagara (both located at wher the Niagara River and lake Ontario meet . . opposite sides) . . . the Colonists had been over in Canada having supper with their British friends..<br /><br />When word arrived that war had been declared, they fnished their meal, enjoyed the drinks that came after and the colonists rowed their boats back to Fort Niagara<br /><br />The next day, they started battle.<br /><br />How strange it must be to have to fight your friends<br />Hoow strpaulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15846739006616734636noreply@blogger.com