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Who is the greatest British historical figure of all time?
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"Churchill? Nelson? Wellington? Tell me your opinions. " Joey Essex lol  | |||
"Churchill? Nelson? Wellington? Tell me your opinions. " Wellington was from trim co meath .....was never proud of the fact ...famously said just because you are born in a stable doesn't make you a horse | |||
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"Churchill? Nelson? Wellington? Tell me your opinions. Joey Essex lol "
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"Churchill? Nelson? Wellington? Tell me your opinions. Joey Essex lol
You beat me to it pmsl "Margaret Thatcher (sexy too) | |||
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he had a fab house too everything water powered! even had a lift ! he'ya man!
just a bloke with a shed tho! | |||
"a shout for Oliver Cromwell anyone?" Just not in the Ireland room - if you please! | |||
"a shout for Oliver Cromwell anyone?" No. He was a sour faced miserable cunt. | |||
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"a shout for Oliver Cromwell anyone? No. He was a sour faced miserable cunt. " . Who banned Christmas! | |||
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"Isambard Kingdom Brunel & Robert Stephenson for engineering brilliance. Sir Isaac Newton for science & mathematics They can be judged not only what they gave Britain but what they gave to the world" These and Fred Dibnah | |||
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"Gareth Edwards...what a scrum half!" Now that's the right answer x | |||
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"Gareth Edwards...what a scrum half! Now that's the right answer x " Surely Gareth Edwards, what a score  | |||
"God. Influencing peoples' lives since the year dot" I had no idea the 'big man' was British!! lol | |||
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"Queen Victoria, owned the biggest empire ever, and had a shit load of kids with someone who had a cock piercing. "Aren't them lot all German? YaY to the PA Ring originator | |||
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"Queen Victoria, owned the biggest empire ever, and had a shit load of kids with someone who had a cock piercing. "He didn't have a cock piercing . Just one of those things that everyone thinks is true but isn't. | |||
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"Joey Barton " He has lost the plot. | |||
"Queen Victoria, owned the biggest empire ever, and had a shit load of kids with someone who had a cock piercing.
He didn't have a cock piercing . Just one of those things that everyone thinks is true but isn't."He did but Queen Vic sucked it out by accident, so another reason to admire her.
(PS i'm not taking this topic seriously). | |||
"Captain James Cook, Shackleton." Fyi. Shackleton's Way is well worth a read. | |||
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"Bobby moore the only enlish man that will ever lift world cup" Oh definitely, my footballing hero,,,,,how could I forget him,,,,,,,!  | |||
"William Wallace ??" I always preferred Gromit myself ! | |||
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"Hmm nobody's mentioned Oscar Wilde." Maybe because he was Irish? | |||
"Robert catesby "The most important day of his life was a failure. | |||
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"Robert catesby
The most important day of his life was a failure.".At least he tried at least he tried  | |||
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"Hmm nobody's mentioned Oscar Wilde." he was from Dublin Ireland...wasn't British | |||
"Charles Darwin - shifted the landscape globally." William Wallace! Oh the controversy. | |||
"Hmm nobody's mentioned Oscar Wilde. Maybe because he was Irish? ". He was British actually, Ireland didn't become independent from the United Kingdom until 1922. George Orwell was born in India but was still considered a British citizen. | |||
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"William Wallace ??" You beat me to it! | |||
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"Churchill? Nelson? Wellington? Tell me your opinions. Wellington was from trim co meath .....was never proud of the fact ...famously said just because you are born in a stable doesn't make you a horse" It has always been my belief that the man was a total snob. He objected to the railways because common people would be able to move around. He had no respect for the army that served him. As far as he was concerned, they were scum. | |||
"Charles Darwin - shifted the landscape globally. William Wallace! Oh the controversy. " ALFRED Wallace. I'm such an idiot. Long day. | |||
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"a shout for Oliver Cromwell anyone? No. He was a sour faced miserable cunt. . Who banned Christmas!" Lol, this is true ! | |||
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" Hard to see that happening if were still relying on planes powered by internal combustion engines. " The Jet engine is an internal combustion engine, just not a piston one :P | |||
"Mary Seacole " Pleasantly surprised to see a Caucasian bringing her up but as much as she is now a forgotten hero I still wouldn't class her as one of the "greatest" Britons. | |||
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"Mary Seacole Pleasantly surprised to see a Caucasian bringing her up but as much as she is now a forgotten hero I still wouldn't class her as one of the "greatest" Britons." She won an award for being the greatest black Briton recently. My daughter studied her at school and hers is a great story. | |||
"Arthur Scargill" He'd get Putins vote! | |||
"Mary Seacole Pleasantly surprised to see a Caucasian bringing her up but as much as she is now a forgotten hero I still wouldn't class her as one of the "greatest" Britons. She won an award for being the greatest black Briton recently. My daughter studied her at school and hers is a great story. " Your daughter studying her at school is a great step forward. | |||
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"Charles Darwin - shifted the landscape globally." | |||
"This is difficult to answer. Do you go for a warlord who made a difference: Churchill, Nelson, Wellington, Marlborough, Henry V, Athelstan, Alfred? A scientist? Jenner, Whittle, Darwin, Newton, Hawking? Someone on the social side, Beveridge, Lloyd George? The Arts? Shakespeare, Wodehouse, Coward, Bede? Arguments can be made in favour of all, even if in some cases it may be said that it would have turned out much the same if they'd not done anything, ie, someone else would have invented it, beat the French, and so on. However, Alfred the Great (the only Great we have) seems to tick more of the boxes. He was the last man standing out of the Anglo-Saxon kings and without him, this place would have fallen under the sway of the Danes. He revitalised the arts and laid the foundations for a unified state, work carried on by his successors, Edward the Elder and Athelstan. On the other hand, this land fell to the Danes under Cnut little more than a century later, but by then it was unified land, the Anglo-Danish part, anyway." Alfred also saved the English language, and arguably England. He'd get my vote. | |||
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"Well I'll say Nelson, not only an English hero but from Norfolk too! P." I thought he was south African? and anyway... didn't he go to prison ? | |||
"Well I'll say Nelson, not only an English hero but from Norfolk too! P. I thought he was south African? and anyway... didn't he go to prison ? " Please tell me you're joking | |||
"Well I'll say Nelson, not only an English hero but from Norfolk too! P. I thought he was south African? and anyway... didn't he go to prison ? Please tell me you're joking" MANDELA | |||
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"Well I'll say Nelson, not only an English hero but from Norfolk too! P. I thought he was south African? and anyway... didn't he go to prison ? Please tell me you're joking" lol please tell me you didn't really ask that question....lol  and every other pmsl out there  | |||
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"Hmm nobody's mentioned Oscar Wilde. he was from Dublin Ireland...wasn't British" During His Life Time Ireland was British | |||
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"Well I'll say Nelson, not only an English hero but from Norfolk too! P. I thought he was south African? and anyway... didn't he go to prison ? Please tell me you're joking lol please tell me you didn't really ask that question....lol and every other pmsl out there " I don't recall seeing you post before so couldn't judge. Plus there are some pretty dumb-ass people that do post so I thought best to check | |||
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"Boudicca or whatever she's called now a days " Def, she was a force to be reckoned with and led armies. watched a history program about her and she was awesome, terrifyingly awesome. Dx | |||
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