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As long as he didnt need aid when he got back...Oh my goodness just had a read about him.... the Babe Magnet hahaha. oh well Love it blind or so they say...
Last edited by dizzybint; 07-20-2016 at 09:19 AM..
As long as he didnt need aid when he got back...Oh my goodness just had a read about him.... the Babe Magnet hahaha. oh well Love it blind or so they say...
A bit of history I dont remember being taught at school.. that I came across..
By 1864, a total of 27 shipyards and 25,000 men on the Clyde were working around the clock to build ships for the Confederacy. Around 3,000 Scots worked on-board these ships in direct violation of British neutrality in the conflict. Around a third of all Confederate Blockade runners were built at Scottish shipyards situated all along the Clyde from Govan to Greenock. Such examples include the CSS Robert E Lee and SS Fingal, which were constructed in Glasgow, in addition to the Greenock built SS Tristram Shandy and CSS Advance. Recent research suggests that Confederate agents were based in Bridge of Allan in Stirlingshire, where they could avoid Yankee counter agents and meet with shipping magnates. A furious US Government later called for compensation from the British Government for prolonging the Confederate war effort, maintaining that British shipyards could be liable for a staggering £8 billion in damages. After the US Government threatened to seize Canada and the West Indies as compensation, Britain eventually agreed to pay a mere £7.4 million in 1877.
The British textile industry that was their major industry at the time, employing millions, was dependent on cotton from the southern states, so it was a big incentive for them to support the Confederacy. They tried to do it with as little public notice as possible, for obvious reasons.
The British textile industry that was their major industry at the time, employing millions, was dependent on cotton from the southern states, so it was a big incentive for them to support the Confederacy. They tried to do it with as little public notice as possible, for obvious reasons.
They were supposed to be impartial though.. but then its politics , business and money and stinks.. Like myself not many of us from Glasgow know what went on.... this seems to have been airbrushed out of the history books.. or maybe I just wasnt paying attention all those years ago..
I had a look at the man..and hes on my NO GO area.. even worse than Mick Jagger. you missed out loaded...
I forgot two important ones:
Funny is sexy.
Intelligent is sexy.
He was a real threat.
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