The Portsmouth Society - News
| News | Trafalgar 200 | |
| Earlier news | We have been involved in the public consultation about the possible relocation
of the Nelson statue (at present in an inconspicuous location south of
Pembroke Road) and the Victory anchor on Clarence Esplanade. We decided
strongly against the statue going to the Cathedral green, which was one
suggestion. Nelson had no connection with the cathedral or with religion.
We opted for the suggestion he should go to a site towards the east end
of Long Curtain to a spot looking over the moat to the purported site of
his last embarkation before Trafalgar. The anchor we thought should go to the other (west) end of Long Curtain together with its plinth and inscriptions. It was reported to us that the statue had been paid for by a councillor Aldous who had difficulty in getting it accepted by the council of the time; and this was the reason for its ending up on a rather inconspicuous site. |