The Berbery Apes

Winston Churchill said "when the apes leave Gibraltar, so will the British". Thats why a few new ones are brought in from Africa every now and then.

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God Save The Queen

March 10th 2007
I wasn't going to do a separate blog for Gibraltar, I thought I would just include it with Spain. Then I realised that would be playing into the hands of the Spanish so here it is stuck out on its own. I felt that I had to visit Gibraltar while in the area, seeing as it is one of the last remnants of the British Empire. As I walked from La Linea, across the runway and into Gibraltar, I wonder ... read more

Europe » Gibraltar

Strategically important, Gibraltar was ceded to Great Britain by Spain in the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht; the British garrison was formally declared a colony in 1830. In referendums held in 1967 and 2002, Gibraltarians ignored Spanish pressure and voted ... ... read more

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