#86 In the Navy (Free subscriber episode!)
Oh What A Time...
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4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 22 August 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
As a special summer treat in amongst our Alexander The Great mini-series, we thought we'd drop a subscriber episode onto the feed.
This episode was made available for subscribers on new year's eve 2024 and in it, Tom Craine has been exploring the reality of life in the navy; from being kidnapped on a night out and thrown aboard a ship, incredible rum rations, right through to sharing a ship with hundreds of rats - it’s all here.
We'll be back soon for more Oh What a Time but if you'd like to email the show, you can do so via: hello@ohwhatatime.com
Toodle-pip! Chris, Tom and Elis x
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| 1:56.8 | Welcome to Oh Water Time, the history podcast that discusses aging in the modern 21st century because I've realized recently that at the ripe old age of 44, I now walk more carefully downstairs in case I have a fall. |
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