Timbers ‘shivering’ originally meant the shaking of a wooden ship, sometimes to pieces, when battered by adverse conditions. In the case of famous ships these pieces were often preserved and then sold off as souvenirs. The pounding taken by the redoubtable Trafalgar battleship HMS Bellerophon, her damage was inflicted by French cannon fire.
Wick Antiques was established by Charles Wallrock in the early 1980s. Having grown up in the Antiques world Charles developed an extensive wealth of knowledge.
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