Images Dated 15th January 2005

Admiral Nelson and Captain Hardy during Trafalgar

During the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805, it was shortly before Nelson was mortally wounded that a shot struck the fore brace bits on the quarter deck and passed between Nelson and Hardy. Both stopped and looked anxiously at each other then Nelson smiled and said, This is too warm work, Hardy, to last long'. This illustration represents the point at which he said those words during the battle

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Nelsons last signal at Trafalgar, 21 October 1805

At the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805, Nelson gives his famous last signal England expects that every man will do his duty'. He had said to his officers I must give the Fleet something by way of a fillip'. This last signal certainly buoyed the Fleet as there was an answering of enthusiastic cheering and England went on to win the battle though Nelson lost his life that day. This reproduction is from the original painting by Thomas Davidson

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Herring Fleet Fisher Women, East Coast of Britain, 1913

Photographs showing three views of fisher women who worked for the herring fleet on the East coast of Britain in 1913. At top, three women stand at the pickling trough, gutting and pickling herring. At centre, a group of women taking a break from their labours. At bottom, four women knitting as they walk, perhaps wearing their best clothes on a Sunday

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