Neptune's Warning collar 'On the Dizzy Brink'

'On the Dizzy Brink'

Denis Law and Jimmy Johnstone enjoying a game of table tennis in the hotel grounds

In the foreground two figures are resting having carried out work on the site

Hold out-and we'll soon bring the Masters to their Senses

Neptune's Warning collar 'On the Dizzy Brink''Neptune's Warning', 1875. Neptune sits on a small raft, with Britannia held safely on his knee. Recently, two of the new iron clad men of war ships, the Vanguard and Iron Duke had collided off the coast of Ireland. Although there had been no loss of life, the Vanguard had been lost, at the cost of half a million pounds. At the end of November 1875, another incident involved Iron Duke. She was being tested in the Channel when she suddenly began to