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Tuesday, 31 July 2012

Memorial for Italian troops in the Russian campaign

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Memorial for the Vicenza division that served on the Eastern Front, 1941-43.
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Wednesday, 25 July 2012

I've got a ticket to ride...

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but I don't care. Really. Train games do nothing for me. Preussische Ostbahn, Age of Steam, 18XX and Stephenson's Rocket leave me co...

Gun from German destroyer UJ-126

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The UJ-126 Steiermark was sunk near Terschelling on 10 July 1940 by British submarine H-31
Tuesday, 24 July 2012

Control panel from German cruiser Lützow

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Apparently a panel controlling emergency pumps on the German cruiser Lützow which was sunk during the Battle of Jutland in 1916. Picture t...
Sunday, 22 July 2012

Spanish gun

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Made by royal foundries in Brussels in 1623, by Johannes Sithoff. Probably captured by the Dutch and then used as naval gun. Ship probabl...
Saturday, 21 July 2012

18 pounders from the 1620s

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Lifted from an unidentified ship of the Amsterdam admiralty which sank off Terschelling. The guns were probably made in the early 1620s by t...
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Friday, 20 July 2012

Command tower of British submarine E-34, sunk July 20th 1918 off Vlieland

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Wednesday, 11 July 2012

London Under by Peter Ackroyd

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When I got Peter Ackroyd's London Under: The Secret History Beneath the Streets for my birthday, I didn't know what to think of it....
Tuesday, 10 July 2012

One month in, already looking back

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Well, only looking back to look ahead. When I started this blog I did have an urge, and a bit of direction of where I want this to go. I dec...
Sunday, 8 July 2012

Jazz under the guise of history

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Went to North Sea Jazz festival yesterday for the first time in my life (yes, that's what turning 40 does to you!) and although I'm...