WARSHIP AS PLAYGROUND
LONDON, July 1. Five-year-old Patrick Massey-Daw-son, of Guernsey, Channel Islands, was given the battleship Nelson to play with yesterday. Patrick was christened in the ship when he was a baby. Yesterday the Nelson visited Guernsey, and Admiral Sir Charles Forbes invited him and a party of young friends on board. They were given the freedom of the ship for as long as they liked.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20026, 26 August 1939, Page 13
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67WARSHIP AS PLAYGROUND Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20026, 26 August 1939, Page 13
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