Thursday, June 18, 2015

Waterloo 200th Anniversary


I didn't know it was 200 years old!

I thought it was the Eurovision winner for 1974. Maybe it's a traditional folksong that ABBA re-intepreted. Who knows?

Fnar!



But seriously, folks, I just found out today that there was an Australian on the Duke of Wellington's staff at the Great Battle. How about that?

6 comments:

  1. Never knew about the Aussie at Waterloo, they'll be making a film about his life soon....you'd think?

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  2. There was an Australian at Waterloo...of course! Who do you think was behind the bar at la belle alliance?

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  3. No wonder I'm a historical gamer. I came for music when I was 16 and stayed for the games. ;-)

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  4. Not an 'Aussie bleeder', but we have a connection to Waterloo right here in little old York, WA
    http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/meares-richard-goldsmith-2442

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  5. That's fascinating. Who knew?
    As for the Abba song, I so wish I could back in time to last week and stop myself from listening/watching. It is taking up far too much space in my cerebral cortex. Gah.

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