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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · 4d

Did some archive work at @vickersmg.bsky.social today. Quite emotional, lots of log books from aircrews who were KIA and this Christmas card wish Xmas to be bomb-free. Then again, there is this unintentionally funny wedding photo.

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · 8d

It worked well 2 years ago and wr mostly just set reading with some qs and we just check. Our logic being we just wanted them to read it. We have now hit the crowd who just take the sanction for not doing it.

Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · 26d

1. Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner - Warren Zevon
2. The Unquiet Grave - The Dreadnoughts (actually a 1800s folk song but their version)
3. Jolene - Dolly Parton
4. Barrett's Privateers - Stan Rogers
5. Black Letters - The Dreadnoughts

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · 26d

I've got a couple which give a narrative of the July Crisis and another for mobilisation - if you're happy to DM an email address I can scan them as a word doc for you this weekend

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · 27d

Does it mention the bloody sandwhich shop?

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · 27d

I'll check my copy of Alex Watsons the Fortress tomorrow, but I remember that being pretty solid as he's only just providing context for a major Russian/Austro-Hungarian battle

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · Sep 6

This was pykrete. Experiments were done with ice, and sawdust bit was seen as impractical
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pykrete

Pykrete - Wikipedia

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · Sep 6

This has nothing on the chicken sustained nuclear landmine
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Pe...

Blue Peacock - Wikipedia

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · Aug 26

It's the sheer volume of upside-down Union flags and Swiss flags painted on mini-roundabouts that I find really baffling. So proud to put the flag up but too lazy to go check how to do it properly.

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · Aug 25

Helms Deep easily stands out as one of the greatest battle sequences ever put on screen.

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · Aug 22

I'm looking at Priya Satia's Empire of Guns. It looks at the role of the Quaker Galton family. Neat little study into how one industry changed society, impacted the Transatlantic Trade and how it impacted India and N. America. + links to Wedgewood, Lloyd's + Barclays and Boulton.

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · Aug 11

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · Aug 10

Hadn't thought of the ACW angle. We discussed this on our discord and my mind went to the Boer War for very similar reasons. Russo-Japanese War also isn't a bad shout as MG use was so primitive, it'd why most nations dropped wheeled carriages as they were such obvious targets

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · Aug 10

A project long in the making. It you want to know the concepts and practicalities of early Machineguns, then this episode of Dispactes from the Dugout by us @vickersmg.bsky.social will be essential viewing for you. Lots of discussion on what the impact of the MG was in 1914
youtu.be/jAFZm_yKB64?...

Maxim - Vickers - Trenches | Dispatches from the Dugout

YouTube video by Vickers MG Collection & Research Association

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · Aug 7

#7 Not an Arhem specialist but know the general gist. Interesting way of looking at the Battle from a single day, and Murray is really good at contextualising the events, at least with someone with more than passing knowledge. Solid storytelling
www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0D5J8Q3L...

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · Aug 7

#6 - on the audio book catchup. I loved Fry's earlier Greek books, but this one just didn't do it for me. I studied the Odessy years ago and am very familiar with the story, so this might be due to my own preconceptions, but it just didn't flow very well.
3/5
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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · Aug 7

Book #5 - much belated, McEwan's Attonement. Loved the themes and really liked the style it was written in. Compelling story and though it had a number of SWW tropes they weren't so burdensome to make it a hard read.
4/5
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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · Jul 25

They're also the paper complaining on how roughly private schools have been treated by the Gov, ignoring that they have even longer holidays

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · Jul 4

We found 4pm midweek was the best time - we got a ferry 2 hours early and we're brushed through passport control. Our EU passport holders weren't even checked

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Owen Williams @mrbwteach.bsky.social · Jun 26

Recently I've been experimenting with a new type of booklet for students in KS3. Unlike my GCSE booklets, students don't write in these and instead use an exercise book for their class work. These booklets are also less task-based, consisting mainly of a story to be read and discussed in class.

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · Jun 23

When we did our range day for Y13, that was a genuine moment. 😅

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · Jun 23

Caught up with 2 of our Y12s who had done work experience @vickersmg.bsky.social. It was great seeing their joy at accessing the archive and being involved in the process of catalouging primary material. That was their focus, learning how to strip a MG was just a side feature for them.

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · Jun 18

Couldn't agree more. I've taught in both and absolutely despise the setting of humanities subjects

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · Jun 16

We're having a department rerooming for various reasons and managed to keep my room.
Made it clear they would have to prise my room from my cold, dead hands - so I totally feel the sentiment!

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Dave Voisey @davev-vickersmg.bsky.social · May 12

And as always, I shall spend a huge amount of my timing dispelling g Wehraboo myths regarding the Second World War.

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