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rustyruth Posts: 18775 Joined: 23rd Oct 2012 Location: England | Posted at 22:35 on 22nd June 2014 Yep, that's the one Vince. I was sat reading through a tourist leaflet last night and I came across it, after a double take thinking it a misprint I checked on the internet, and sure enough Tiree it is. Well done and over to you  |
Vince Hawthorn Posts: 12758 Joined: 19th Apr 2010 Location: UK | Posted at 22:40 on 22nd June 2014 That one is a surprise, had to follow a few hunches to get there. I have a quizzy in mind but want to check a couple of things first. Thank you Ruth. |
| Vince Hawthorn Posts: 12758 Joined: 19th Apr 2010 Location: UK | Posted at 22:47 on 22nd June 2014 OK, In 1986 a peace treaty was signed to end a state of war that had lasted for 335 years between what two peoples and what was unique about this war? |
| rustyruth Posts: 18775 Joined: 23rd Oct 2012 Location: England | Posted at 23:13 on 22nd June 2014 I don't know which war yet, but I suspect no one ever drew arms against the other side, or didn't even know they were at war. |
| rustyruth Posts: 18775 Joined: 23rd Oct 2012 Location: England | Posted at 23:13 on 22nd June 2014 I don't know which war yet, but I suspect no one ever drew arms against the other side, or didn't even know they were at war. |
| rustyruth Posts: 18775 Joined: 23rd Oct 2012 Location: England | Posted at 23:14 on 22nd June 2014 Whoops !! |
| rustyruth Posts: 18775 Joined: 23rd Oct 2012 Location: England | Posted at 23:19 on 22nd June 2014 The Isles of Scilly ring a bell here, but I'm not sure who the dispute was with, I'm thinking it's somewhere in Europe ? I've read this somewhere and I'm sure it was when we were in Cornwall. |
| rustyruth Posts: 18775 Joined: 23rd Oct 2012 Location: England | Posted at 17:48 on 23rd June 2014 I was just sat here watching the world go by, when I had a thought, The Netherlands ? |
| Vince Hawthorn Posts: 12758 Joined: 19th Apr 2010 Location: UK | Posted at 22:05 on 23rd June 2014 And you have indeed thought right, it all started towards the end of the Civil War ( not the one we first think of called The Anarchy between Stephen and Maud/Matilda ). The Dutch favoured the Parliametarians and when the Cavaliers retreated toward the West country and one of the Dutch ships sank near the Scillies for which the Dutch blamed the people of the Isles of of Scilly whereby the Admiral of the fleet declared a state of war which lasted all those years. There has been debate whether the state of war was valid but either way it was resolved in 1986. Well done Ruth, is it your police training that has given you this long and retentive memory? |
| rustyruth Posts: 18775 Joined: 23rd Oct 2012 Location: England | Posted at 22:19 on 23rd June 2014 Thanks Vince, I've had this long retentive memory for as long as I can remember, it got me into jobs in the Police which often I wasn't qualified for, murder incident rooms mainly. Thing is now I'm getting older things come back in sections rather than all at once. I'll have a think and be back |
