This week marks the 200th anniversary of the founding of the place where I live – #Waterlooville200 here in Hampshire, close to the coastal city of Portsmouth. Our town was, as one might expect, named after the battle and there are many local reminders named in honour of the key individuals – Nelson, Wellington and Waterloo itself. In a rather low-key but quite typically British manner, Waterlooville now in the Borough of Havant, has marked the occasion with a range […]

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