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I'm ChrisB.
"Anyway how does it feel to live in a country invaded and conquered by the Dutch ?"
Sorry if I'm just thick, or if my history knowledge is not what it should be (or maybe just another Senior moment), but the above quote has sailed straight over me.
My recollection of my history lessons is that we (English) were so fed up of stopping the Scots trying to move south to somewhere more palatable that we invited a large sub-contractor, based in the Italian capital as I recall, to come in and build a wall to keep them out. As usual, (maybe they set the precedent ), having filled the countryside with illegal foreign workers it took us ages, (centuries even), to get them to go home.
Note for Admin and Mods: this is intended as a joke - sorry Marco, I just couldn't resist it - naughty of me I know !!
DaveK.
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William of Orange invaded the south of England marched on London drove all the English soldiers out and took the throne...he did marry Mary Stuart...which gave him away in to remove James.
Link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_III_of_England
Its funny how this bit of English History is overlooked...how many invasions ohhh Romans, Normans and thats it....nope The Dutch too
Regards D S D L
Regards Neil
Hi Neil,
Thanks for increasing my knowledge of English history - I found the link very interesting and informative - the first 300 pages anyway !! I will speed-read the remaining majority next time I am incarcerated in hospital . However I feel that I must correct you, based on the information you supplied !!. The Dutch guy didn't invade us - no one in their right mind, not even a Dutchman, would invade England (a major world power at the time, if not the major world power), with a force of 14,000, 10,000 of whom were on foot. He was invited to come, he arrived with a mere nobleman's entourage when travelling , and was welcomed by all and sundry. It reads as if not a shot was fired, unless it was in celebration after their 'Welcome' party.!!
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Sorry Dave typical English man answer...a foreign king Dutch took the English thrown from the King. He landed with a foreign army seized control of London and whether or not shots were fired (its my understanding that some fighting did take part on a small scale)...so it was an invasion...James did not invite them. The Dutch teach their kids it was an invasion, the best kind one, that you win with little loss. IMHO it was
Sorry but the Dutch along with the French were a major force in the world then....England was on the up but not what it would be later on.
Regards D S D L
Last edited by Spectral Morn; 25-06-2009 at 22:17.
Regards Neil
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True.... or the victors write it.
Yes actually I was born in Lincolnshire but my blood is half French, and the other half (apparently) pure Celtic Irish...in fact the family history can be traced back to the ancient Kings of Munster.
James was the rightful heir of the English crown then...so whether he was popular or not doesn't count....IMHO A foreign king took the throne....it was an invasion
Regards D S D L
Regards Neil
Nahhhh!, never !!
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Excuse me while I puke!Am I to take it then that you are not fortunate enough to be born English ? That would explain a lot...
Oh for that sorry fate to be bestowed upon any poor individual...
Long live the Celts!!
Marco.
P.S Great pictures, Neil.
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