A service was held at Nelson Monument along Portsdown Hill to commemorate Trafalgar Day.
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00:00 My name is Jane Smith and I'm a member of the Nelson Society.
00:04 Jane, tell me where we are and what we're doing here this morning.
00:07 We're at the Nelson Monument which is on Portsdown Hill
00:10 and this monument is essentially a sea mark
00:14 but also a commemorative monument to Lord Nelson
00:17 and his death at the Battle of Trafalgar
00:20 and also the death of all the men who died at the same time.
00:23 And tell me about the Boson's Call.
00:28 Yes, during the service one of the ratings will sound the Boson's Call
00:35 and play the 'Be Still' which is an old order for people to stand to attention
00:43 and then afterwards he sounds the 'Get Going' really
00:49 to say they can return to duty
00:51 and this is very appropriate for this particular service.
00:55 It's authentic to the period.
00:59 Sometimes they've had a bugler playing last post.
01:01 Well, the last post wasn't written in 1805
01:05 so that's always an anachronism.
01:07 So the Nelson Society particularly are very keen to hear the Boson's Call
01:12 and to think that we're sort of going back to the 18th century as we should do.