The 1805 Dispatches #26.01 February 2026 4 of 7 Remember that there is a whole treasure trove here https://www.facebook.com/The1805Club/ And there is another whole treasure trove here https://www.instagram.com/the1805club HORATIO NELSON: FEVER & FIRE Our old friend Adam Peston has long been busy on Nelson 'products', and has now come up with what could become an essential, and entertaining, one-man performance as and depicting Horatio Nelson. Adam says, "One of the things I have done in the show is explore Nelson's early life because I have become convinced that the seeds of his greatness lie in the key events and circumstances of his childhood - in particular his mother's death, his role as a 'middle child' and the all-important influence of his uncle Captain Suckling. My exploration of these things involved some imaginative thinking and – which may be controversial with the Nelson experts – but I hope it is taken in the spirit in which it is done. When presented with a lack of solid facts the dramatist must take a few leaps... "The show has really come together in a remarkable way. By chance a very eminent costume designer, Dougie Hawkes, who has just won a Primetime Emmy for period costume, lives in my village and has enthusiastically put together Nelson's wardrobe to a level of detail and quality that, I suspect, has not been done for a long time. This was essential and I now realise I could not have done the show without him. For Nelson's coat the company Darcy Clothing used the same company that made uniforms for Waterloo (yes they are still going!)." PEARL HARBOR COMMEMORATIVE DINNER Here is a photo of The 1805 Club members who were at the 7 December 2025 Pearl Harbor Commemorative Dinner held by the National Capital Commandery of the Naval Order of the US. The location was the Country Club of Fairfax, Virginia. They were all decked out quite nicely. L-R: Peter Pennington, David Warburton, Judy Pearson, Commander Lyndsey Netherwood (RN) Assistant Naval Attaché from the British Embassy (not a Club member), John Rodgaard, Nathan Bein, and Ralph Day.
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