Penarth Dock, South Wales - the heritage and legacy

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Volume Twelve - Pre-Victorian to the Present Day - further aspects - Defence of the Realm - Penarth Head Fort and Coastal Battery . . .

The threat of invasion from the French and Germans was of concern for decades but John Bull (a.k.a. King George III) took a light-hearted view of the threat of 'The French Invasion' which was published in November 1793.

The French Invasion : or John Bull bombarding the Bum Boats.

The map was published when the possibility of a French invasion was feared imminent. George III, identified as John Bull, is illustrated within a Map of England & France.

John Bull, our superhero, with the assistance of the laxative, liquorice, grown up north in Pontefract, Yorkshire, (which has been actually named on the map!) repels the French 'Bum Boats' with his rectal discharge!

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