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Old photographs
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Norfolk Pubs
eagerly sought.
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for any original not already collected.
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Admiral Vernon took the port
of Porto Bello ( Portobello ) from the Spanish in 1739.
He is credited with the introduction in 1740, of watered down rum rations to his crew.
Vernon apparently had the nickname of `Old Grog' and so the reduced rum ration took on the
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