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Photographed in 1976, this inn sign could be found outside the Mitchell's and Butler's pub almost underneath Spaghetti Junction between Aston and Erdington. It commemorated the Armada of 1588 - the so-called 'La Flota Armada Invencible'. However, the title proved to be something of a misnomer when the British, under the command of Sir Francis Drake, gave the fleet a good kicking outside the port of Cadiz in 1587 in an engagement that was dubbed "singeing the king of Spain's beard". The Armada would later make it to Calais before being forced to the Gravelines where the real ding-dong took place. Both sides ran out of ammunition before the wind carried the Armada into the North Sea. In trying to circumnavigate the British Isles, more than fifty ships were destroyed, largely from wrecking.
Date: 1976 Source: 6"x4" Photo

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