Winger
"I didn't make the claim"
I did - read my posts. Iwas sure it was there that I read it but find tha I no longer have my copy.
No ideological slant whatever - I really don't do that - just a piece of information I've carried for 3 or 4 decades.
We once discussed it with Walter Pardon, who was a Nelson enthusiast and he had never heard of it, but he did say that he believed Nelson was not popular with his men prior to Trafalgar.
As I say, I'll do my best when we come back from Kerry.
Thanks for your SO'P warning - like the barber's cat - all wind and pee.
He has been honest enough to tell us in the past that he doedn't believe in research so.....
Jim Carroll