#OnThisDay 21 October 1809 – Nelson’s Pillar was opened to the public for the first time, on the fifth anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar. pic.twitter.com/BgpbbQoajY
— Festival of History (@HistFest) October 21, 2020
Looking for rubble, in fairness.
Meanwhile..
Officially Nelson Pillar without the ‘s, as I discovered when editing a book after having changed it throughout! Note the tram signage… this one’s from the @NLIreland Eason collection pic.twitter.com/TVNWXpbdde
— Ruth McManus (@RMcMnow) October 21, 2020
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I wish they had kept the pillar and just toppled Horatio. It would have been a great view.
+ 1.
+ 2 The view on top was well worth a tanner. Was it 127 stone steps?
remember the old joke:
what’s black and went up and down Nelson’s pillar ?
Winnie!
Similar enough from the late 80’s:
What has Dublin and Winnie Mandela got in common?
Neither have seen Nelsons column for ages!
Love this post, thanks.
some of Charger Salmon’s comments are interesting, imo
Harry Crosbie apparently has a lot of the rubble of the pillar in storage
That’s the point!