Antiques Roadshow

Sep 27, 2015 20:27

We've just had a Nelson autograph letter on Antiques Roadshow, making a gift of a sheep to a naval officer! The naval officer accepted the sheep with gratitude, took it on board, it ended up in the Battle of Trafalger, survived the battle and was duly taken back to Devon where it was crossed with local Devonshire sheep and sired an award winning ( Read more... )

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mheloyse September 27 2015, 20:33:58 UTC
Your last sentence screams "fic"!

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hooloovoo_42 September 27 2015, 22:18:22 UTC
Awesome!

And yes!

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fengirl88 September 27 2015, 22:56:39 UTC
oh, that is glorious! and yes, Nicola so would...

The Nelson Fleece?

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ylla September 28 2015, 09:49:08 UTC
Sheep! Thank you for pointing this out, I'd have missed it otherwise :)

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