I’m very happy to see how much attention the Collingwood Society managed to gather for Old Cuddy (and the society as well) this Trafalgar Day!

For starters, here’s a report and a short video clip of
A Toast To Admiral Collingwood: Trafalgar Day Celebrated In Tynemouth And Newcastle
Dozens of people turned out in Tynemouth to raise a glass to Admiral ( Read more... )

Of course a new exhibition with that title had to open on Trafalgar Day.


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I admit, the Great British Bake-Off it ain’t, but I can assure you that the cake tastes much better than the icing looks.

Here’s to the noble fellow Collingwood, our dear Old Cuddy. May there be many more cakes we can eat and glasses we can empty in his honour.


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Huzzah for Northumbria Police: charged with burglary, an individual from Newcastle is due to appear at Newcastle Magistrates’ Court on Monday April 8. A second man has been bailed pending further enquiries, and a third “remains in custody helping with enquiries”. I hope this means he’s tied to a chair and has to watch endless repeats of Geordie ( Read more... )

Ladies and gentlemen, your help is urgently needed:

The Lord Mayor of Newcastle’s Mansion in Fernwood Road in Jesmond has been broken into on 1 April. Police believe that burglars broke in through the cellar overnight between last Monday and Tuesday. The criminals stole

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While countless activities in and around Morpeth were taking place today to remember our highly esteemed Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, those of us who couldn’t attend unveilings and speeches were left with a puzzle. I recently stumbled over this alleged portrait of “Admiral Collingwood” which is attributed to John Hoppner.


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7 March is just around the corner, and that means we’ll see the 203rd anniversary of Admiral Lord Collingwood’s death. It has become a bit of a tradition to place flowers on his tomb at St. Paul’s that day, but unfortunately, Old Cuddy will have to go without flowers this year.

“What? You can’t not do that!”

Well, little did my heathen self ( Read more... )

Time to mark 29 January, 7.30pm in your diaries, agendas and electronical devices (the back of a beer mat is also acceptable, as long as it’s the Collingwood 2010 Festival Ale)!


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I hope this will bring all Age of Sail aficionados out there a little extra-cheer. May you and your loved ones have a Merry Christmas and a Blessed Yule! Neither is complete without a decent ghost story, read by candlelight, accompanied by a mug of hot cocoa.

THE RADIANT BOY (*.pdf file)
Four Ghost Stories from the Age of Sail
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Read all about it over at Old Cuddy:
What better time to join the Collingwood Society than Christmas?
Newsletter, programme for 2013, constitution, membership application form - it’s all there, so what are you waiting for?

You admiral needs you!


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