The History Chap Podcast

125: Black Tot Day - The End of a Royal Navy Tradition


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On the 31st July 1970 a 300 year naval tradition ended.

The daily ritual in the Royal Navy of receiving a tot of Rum.

It is remembered as Black Tot Day.

Join me as I explore this, now lost, tradition.

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