Tuesday, 15 May 2012



Watched Dan Snow last night on Dig WWII BBC. Extremely interesting. Looking into the contribution  N.Ireland made to   WWII campaign. Didn"t realise that H&W designed and produced what became the Churchill Tank. Great big lump of a thing--- not very comfy I should imagine and I would think pretty scary during an attack --- respect to those who operated them. The footage of a Spitfire, which crashed at a speed of three hundred mph, being raised from a bog in Donegal was amazing.  Even more amazing was  the Irish Army  cleaning up  and firing one of the machine guns  without renewing any parts, the lack of oxygen in the bog having preserved it. Next installment should be good! They will be at Mallin Head.

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