The Backtracker History Show
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The history show on Bradley Stoke Radio in Bristol, released as a podcast later, all about interesting historical true tales from the UK and beyond. Also a trustee of Steep Holm Island in the Bristol Channel.
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Step into the world of Gordon Welchman, the quiet mastermind behind Allied #codebreaking. Discover how his traffic analysis reshaped intelligence & powered the hidden machinery of #BletchleyPark.
If you want to know who really changed the game from the shadows, this episode is for you. #WW2 #Enigma
If you want to know who really changed the game from the shadows, this episode is for you. #WW2 #Enigma
At #Winchester Cathedral, you'll find a memorial to Francis Thomas McDougall, the first Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak, whose appointment was “the first consecration of an English Bishop performed outside the British Isles”.
#ChurchofEngland #Asia #AdventAngels #FrescoFriday
#ChurchofEngland #Asia #AdventAngels #FrescoFriday
December 5, 2025 at 10:24 AM
At #Winchester Cathedral, you'll find a memorial to Francis Thomas McDougall, the first Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak, whose appointment was “the first consecration of an English Bishop performed outside the British Isles”.
#ChurchofEngland #Asia #AdventAngels #FrescoFriday
#ChurchofEngland #Asia #AdventAngels #FrescoFriday
Took some photos of last night's Cold Moon, the last #Supermoon of 2025. This only happens when a full #Moon coincides with the Moon’s closest approach to #Earth in its elliptical orbit, a point known as #perigee. The next full Moon, on 3 January 2026 is the #WolfMoon & will be yet another supermoon
December 5, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Took some photos of last night's Cold Moon, the last #Supermoon of 2025. This only happens when a full #Moon coincides with the Moon’s closest approach to #Earth in its elliptical orbit, a point known as #perigee. The next full Moon, on 3 January 2026 is the #WolfMoon & will be yet another supermoon
Pop over to #NationalTrust #ClevedonCourt in #Somerset to spot this charming piece. Nailsea glass “friggers” are quirky, one-off creations from the old #Nailsea Glassworks. Playful shapes and latticino striping, the glassblowers’ own artistic experiments.
#GlassObjectThursday #History #Decoration
#GlassObjectThursday #History #Decoration
December 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Pop over to #NationalTrust #ClevedonCourt in #Somerset to spot this charming piece. Nailsea glass “friggers” are quirky, one-off creations from the old #Nailsea Glassworks. Playful shapes and latticino striping, the glassblowers’ own artistic experiments.
#GlassObjectThursday #History #Decoration
#GlassObjectThursday #History #Decoration
The "tower" at #Bristol Temple Meads is a clock tower, part of the station’s Gothic frontage designed by Matthew Digby Wyatt and Henry Lloyd between 1871 and 1878. I'm not sure if it's got #Christmas lights in this photo, but it looks incredible
#TrainTuesday #TowerTuesday
#TrainTuesday #TowerTuesday
December 2, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The "tower" at #Bristol Temple Meads is a clock tower, part of the station’s Gothic frontage designed by Matthew Digby Wyatt and Henry Lloyd between 1871 and 1878. I'm not sure if it's got #Christmas lights in this photo, but it looks incredible
#TrainTuesday #TowerTuesday
#TrainTuesday #TowerTuesday
In St Peter’s churchyard in Filton, Bristol, a modest granite memorial with a Latin cross honours locals lost in the Wars. This monument stands as a quiet symbol of the community’s remembrance. In today’s show, we highlighted a few of the names engraved in its stone. #LestWeForget #Military #History
December 1, 2025 at 1:18 PM
In St Peter’s churchyard in Filton, Bristol, a modest granite memorial with a Latin cross honours locals lost in the Wars. This monument stands as a quiet symbol of the community’s remembrance. In today’s show, we highlighted a few of the names engraved in its stone. #LestWeForget #Military #History
#OnThisDay (70 years) Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was an American civil rights activist, best known for refusing to give up her bus seat in #Montgomery, #Alabama, in 1955. It sparked the Montgomery bus boycott. She is sometimes known as the "mother of the #CivilRights movement" #BlackLivesMatter
December 1, 2025 at 1:14 PM
#OnThisDay (70 years) Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was an American civil rights activist, best known for refusing to give up her bus seat in #Montgomery, #Alabama, in 1955. It sparked the Montgomery bus boycott. She is sometimes known as the "mother of the #CivilRights movement" #BlackLivesMatter
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Heard about the Nottingham Chartist caught running guns into South Wales? George Black’s story is one of 42 told in Chartist Lives
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November 30, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Popped over to the #Bristol Zoo project yesterday while the sun was behaving. It’s coming along nicely, with a new arrival, the Philippine chevrotain, ‘mouse deer’, an endangered and very cute little thing. It was hiding so no photo, but here are the snaps I did manage to get. #Conservation #Deer
November 30, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Popped over to the #Bristol Zoo project yesterday while the sun was behaving. It’s coming along nicely, with a new arrival, the Philippine chevrotain, ‘mouse deer’, an endangered and very cute little thing. It was hiding so no photo, but here are the snaps I did manage to get. #Conservation #Deer
This window was in the #Exeter #Wetherspoon George's Meeting House, an 18th-century Presbyterian chapel that became a Wetherspoon pub in 2005 and still has original features, such as a pew, stained-glass windows, and historical plaques from the chapel. #StainedGlassSunday #Religion #Devon #Pubs
November 30, 2025 at 12:41 PM
This window was in the #Exeter #Wetherspoon George's Meeting House, an 18th-century Presbyterian chapel that became a Wetherspoon pub in 2005 and still has original features, such as a pew, stained-glass windows, and historical plaques from the chapel. #StainedGlassSunday #Religion #Devon #Pubs
In 2002, twelve vaulted chambers up to 36 ft deep were discovered inside the Leigh Woods abutment of the Clifton Suspension Bridge, the 110ft landmark built by #Brunel between 1836-1840, the first part of the bridge to be completed. I explored it a few years ago. #BridgesThursday #Bristol #History
November 27, 2025 at 9:17 AM
In 2002, twelve vaulted chambers up to 36 ft deep were discovered inside the Leigh Woods abutment of the Clifton Suspension Bridge, the 110ft landmark built by #Brunel between 1836-1840, the first part of the bridge to be completed. I explored it a few years ago. #BridgesThursday #Bristol #History
I'll just leave this here. Let me know what you think.
#TheProdigy #HMRoyalMarinesBand #Orchestra #Music #MashUp
youtu.be/FJBdGTN56rU
#TheProdigy #HMRoyalMarinesBand #Orchestra #Music #MashUp
youtu.be/FJBdGTN56rU
The Prodigy Medley | The Bands of HM Royal Marines
YouTube video by The Bands of HM Royal Marines
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November 26, 2025 at 9:45 AM
I'll just leave this here. Let me know what you think.
#TheProdigy #HMRoyalMarinesBand #Orchestra #Music #MashUp
youtu.be/FJBdGTN56rU
#TheProdigy #HMRoyalMarinesBand #Orchestra #Music #MashUp
youtu.be/FJBdGTN56rU
Lucy Tower is a 12th-century stone tower inside Lincoln Castle, built on a raised motte for defence a& residence. Later used as a Victorian prisoners’ burial ground, it now forms part of the castle’s wall walk and offers striking views over #Lincoln. #MotteMonday #MilitaryMonday #Norman #History
November 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Lucy Tower is a 12th-century stone tower inside Lincoln Castle, built on a raised motte for defence a& residence. Later used as a Victorian prisoners’ burial ground, it now forms part of the castle’s wall walk and offers striking views over #Lincoln. #MotteMonday #MilitaryMonday #Norman #History
Step into the world of Gordon Welchman, the quiet mastermind behind Allied #codebreaking. Discover how his traffic analysis reshaped intelligence & powered the hidden machinery of #BletchleyPark.
If you want to know who really changed the game from the shadows, this episode is for you. #WW2 #Enigma
If you want to know who really changed the game from the shadows, this episode is for you. #WW2 #Enigma
November 24, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Step into the world of Gordon Welchman, the quiet mastermind behind Allied #codebreaking. Discover how his traffic analysis reshaped intelligence & powered the hidden machinery of #BletchleyPark.
If you want to know who really changed the game from the shadows, this episode is for you. #WW2 #Enigma
If you want to know who really changed the game from the shadows, this episode is for you. #WW2 #Enigma
A small Salzburg-style statue in Parade Gardens, #Bath, shows young #Mozart playing violin on a bronze drum with animals at his feet. Commissioned by Mrs Purnell in memory of her son Mark (1938–1985), it was unveiled with Yehudi Menuhin present. #SculptureSaturday #SaturdayStatue #Music #Squirrel
November 22, 2025 at 2:12 PM
A small Salzburg-style statue in Parade Gardens, #Bath, shows young #Mozart playing violin on a bronze drum with animals at his feet. Commissioned by Mrs Purnell in memory of her son Mark (1938–1985), it was unveiled with Yehudi Menuhin present. #SculptureSaturday #SaturdayStatue #Music #Squirrel
#Salisbury Cathedral’s modern baptismal font by William Pye is a bronze and marble cross with water so still it becomes a mirror, spilling in perfect sheets over every edge. #FontsOnFriday #Sculpture #Baptism #Religion
November 21, 2025 at 11:54 AM
#Salisbury Cathedral’s modern baptismal font by William Pye is a bronze and marble cross with water so still it becomes a mirror, spilling in perfect sheets over every edge. #FontsOnFriday #Sculpture #Baptism #Religion
A few days ago, I went on a dog walk using the Poet's Walk route in #Clevedon It's one of my favourites In the middle photo, you can just see #SteepHolm island in the distance. I also took some photos of the lovely St Andrews #Church. #WoodlandWednesday
#WildlifeWednesday
#WednesdayWalks
#WildlifeWednesday
#WednesdayWalks
November 19, 2025 at 9:25 AM
A few days ago, I went on a dog walk using the Poet's Walk route in #Clevedon It's one of my favourites In the middle photo, you can just see #SteepHolm island in the distance. I also took some photos of the lovely St Andrews #Church. #WoodlandWednesday
#WildlifeWednesday
#WednesdayWalks
#WildlifeWednesday
#WednesdayWalks
Not entirely sure how I feel about this. Thoughts?
November 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Not entirely sure how I feel about this. Thoughts?
Not entirely sure how I feel about that.
November 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Not entirely sure how I feel about that.
This episode is all about Captain Noel Godfrey Chavasse, a doctor and soldier who became one of only three people ever to receive the Victoria Cross twice. His compassion in the field and his calm bravery under fire helped save many men. Link in the comments
#Podcast #History #WW1 #Military
#Podcast #History #WW1 #Military
November 17, 2025 at 11:10 AM
The Lord Mayor's Chapel in #Bristol features a late-medieval dark wood and gold ceiling from around 1500, stretching the full length of the nave and chancel. There's also some lovely #StainedGlass #BristolHistory #MedievalArchitecture #HiddenGems #CeilingsOnSunday #StainedGlassSunday
November 16, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The Lord Mayor's Chapel in #Bristol features a late-medieval dark wood and gold ceiling from around 1500, stretching the full length of the nave and chancel. There's also some lovely #StainedGlass #BristolHistory #MedievalArchitecture #HiddenGems #CeilingsOnSunday #StainedGlassSunday
Here is a statue from outside the #Portsmouth #DDay Story Museum dedicated to the Allied soldiers who fell during the Second World War
#SculptureSaturday #SaturdayStatue
#SculptureSaturday #SaturdayStatue
November 15, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Here is a statue from outside the #Portsmouth #DDay Story Museum dedicated to the Allied soldiers who fell during the Second World War
#SculptureSaturday #SaturdayStatue
#SculptureSaturday #SaturdayStatue
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Here is the door of the Barracks on #SteepHolm island in the #BristolChannel .The #Victorian Barracks would have housed some 28 soldiers in addition to the Master Gunner and his wife in the married quarters.
www.steepholm.online
#AdoorableThursday #DoorwayThursday
#Military #Army #Gulls #Nature
www.steepholm.online
#AdoorableThursday #DoorwayThursday
#Military #Army #Gulls #Nature
November 13, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Here is the door of the Barracks on #SteepHolm island in the #BristolChannel .The #Victorian Barracks would have housed some 28 soldiers in addition to the Master Gunner and his wife in the married quarters.
www.steepholm.online
#AdoorableThursday #DoorwayThursday
#Military #Army #Gulls #Nature
www.steepholm.online
#AdoorableThursday #DoorwayThursday
#Military #Army #Gulls #Nature
This #November, as the nation falls silent, our new episode uncovers the stories behind the names we remember, tales of courage, sacrifice, and humanity in the darkest times. Join us as we honour their legacy and explore why true bravery is never forgotten. #LestWeForget #Armistice #WW1 #WW2
November 10, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This #November, as the nation falls silent, our new episode uncovers the stories behind the names we remember, tales of courage, sacrifice, and humanity in the darkest times. Join us as we honour their legacy and explore why true bravery is never forgotten. #LestWeForget #Armistice #WW1 #WW2
November 9, 2025 at 12:53 PM