Bobbie Johnson 🇺🇦
@bj13johnson1.bsky.social
Military history enthusiast, esp FWW. And cat lover. Ex Naval and Military nurse as well as NHS and university lecturer. Volunteer in several military museums
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Martha, a Munition-maker
Manufactures shells
Martha's Father is a baker:
Cakes are what HE sells.
Martha swears the shells she makes
Do more damage than his cakes ...
Perhaps.
#WW1
Manufactures shells
Martha's Father is a baker:
Cakes are what HE sells.
Martha swears the shells she makes
Do more damage than his cakes ...
Perhaps.
#WW1
November 21, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Martha, a Munition-maker
Manufactures shells
Martha's Father is a baker:
Cakes are what HE sells.
Martha swears the shells she makes
Do more damage than his cakes ...
Perhaps.
#WW1
Manufactures shells
Martha's Father is a baker:
Cakes are what HE sells.
Martha swears the shells she makes
Do more damage than his cakes ...
Perhaps.
#WW1
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“Now let’s see, where was I?…oh yes…3: Overrule/Ignore expert advice; 4: Authorise the purchase of unsuitable and overpriced PPE from mates of colleagues; 5: Grant Peerages to fellow conspirators; 6: Deny all responsibility for thousands of deaths; 7: Make another fortune on the Lecture circuit.
November 20, 2025 at 10:29 PM
“Now let’s see, where was I?…oh yes…3: Overrule/Ignore expert advice; 4: Authorise the purchase of unsuitable and overpriced PPE from mates of colleagues; 5: Grant Peerages to fellow conspirators; 6: Deny all responsibility for thousands of deaths; 7: Make another fortune on the Lecture circuit.
An impressive set of medals. Cpl Poole RAMC.
At the Museum of Military Medicine. Currently being packed up ready to move out of Keogh barracks this month.
At the Museum of Military Medicine. Currently being packed up ready to move out of Keogh barracks this month.
November 19, 2025 at 8:59 AM
An impressive set of medals. Cpl Poole RAMC.
At the Museum of Military Medicine. Currently being packed up ready to move out of Keogh barracks this month.
At the Museum of Military Medicine. Currently being packed up ready to move out of Keogh barracks this month.
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Really good to hear Stella Creasy on @newsagents.bsky.social saying students should be removed from immigration figures. Of course they should! And they make up a huge chunk of the figures - around half. They’re part of the success story of global Britain - coming here to get a great education.
"I know there are a lot of MPs who are deeply uncomfortable at the idea of frisking people at the border to see if we can remove their jewellery," says Stella Creasy.
"That's not the way we want to manage somebody who is a victim of torture"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/labo...
"That's not the way we want to manage somebody who is a victim of torture"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/labo...
Labour’s new immigration plan 'not progressive, or practical', says Stella Creasy | The News Agents
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced tough new measures to deter asylum seekers from attempting to enter the UK. Will her methods be enough, or is this simply an attempt to win back support…
www.thenewsagents.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Really good to hear Stella Creasy on @newsagents.bsky.social saying students should be removed from immigration figures. Of course they should! And they make up a huge chunk of the figures - around half. They’re part of the success story of global Britain - coming here to get a great education.
What a story!
More about the 1922 strike: nottinghamnursinghistory.wordpress.com/2022/04/12/s...
November 17, 2025 at 7:40 PM
What a story!
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AAC Granby veterans - We are currently compiling the history of the AAC involvement in Gulf War 1. We welcome contributions to Ops Normal Volume 2. Please contact me at opsnormal1957@gmail.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM
AAC Granby veterans - We are currently compiling the history of the AAC involvement in Gulf War 1. We welcome contributions to Ops Normal Volume 2. Please contact me at opsnormal1957@gmail.com
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#OTD in 1854, Florence Nightingale wrote a letter to surgeon Dr Bowman with statistics from Scutari Hospital. She later used it in her Coxcomb Chart to prove that most deaths during the Crimean War were caused by diseases rather than battle wounds. See the chart in our #ArtofNursing exhibition!
November 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
@nursinghistory.bsky.social
Spotted on farce book
Spotted on farce book
November 14, 2025 at 1:05 PM
@nursinghistory.bsky.social
Spotted on farce book
Spotted on farce book
Putting a few old medals onto a database yesterday (😲)….
I actually had these in my hand!
I actually had these in my hand!
November 13, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Putting a few old medals onto a database yesterday (😲)….
I actually had these in my hand!
I actually had these in my hand!
A few pics from the Armistice day service this morning. A good turnout of around 100 people at Royal Hospital Haslar
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 PM
A few pics from the Armistice day service this morning. A good turnout of around 100 people at Royal Hospital Haslar
My great uncle who was forgotten in the family until last year. I suspect my dad was named for him.
23/05/1916
23/05/1916
November 11, 2025 at 9:41 AM
My great uncle who was forgotten in the family until last year. I suspect my dad was named for him.
23/05/1916
23/05/1916
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Time for this blog’s annual outing - busting some equine myths of the First World War.
Straight from the horse’s mouth
The run up to Armistice Day is truly the season of duff military history, so on that theme, I thought I’d share some of my top equine myths of the First World War… 1. ‘The British…
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November 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Time for this blog’s annual outing - busting some equine myths of the First World War.
HMS Alliance day
November 8, 2025 at 2:43 PM
HMS Alliance day
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I've never really understood the logic of "targeted vaccination".
Of course, money is a huge issue and we seek to get the most out of every £ spent.
Of course COVID and flu waves would be far worse without it.
But, what doesn't sit well for me is the following...
Of course, money is a huge issue and we seek to get the most out of every £ spent.
Of course COVID and flu waves would be far worse without it.
But, what doesn't sit well for me is the following...
November 6, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I've never really understood the logic of "targeted vaccination".
Of course, money is a huge issue and we seek to get the most out of every £ spent.
Of course COVID and flu waves would be far worse without it.
But, what doesn't sit well for me is the following...
Of course, money is a huge issue and we seek to get the most out of every £ spent.
Of course COVID and flu waves would be far worse without it.
But, what doesn't sit well for me is the following...
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An important week for #LabourAchievements. I’m especially happy with 2 new National Forests and the Gov working with Airbnb to help victims of abuse. Labour #FixingBritain
November 6, 2025 at 11:49 AM
An important week for #LabourAchievements. I’m especially happy with 2 new National Forests and the Gov working with Airbnb to help victims of abuse. Labour #FixingBritain
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We've been down on the beach today picking up firework debris. It's odd, isn't it, that you can be fined £250 for dropping litter but somehow it's OK to launch rockets containing plastic casings into the sky.
November 5, 2025 at 6:23 PM
We've been down on the beach today picking up firework debris. It's odd, isn't it, that you can be fined £250 for dropping litter but somehow it's OK to launch rockets containing plastic casings into the sky.
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At risk of repetition...
AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!
AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!
November 2, 2025 at 6:30 AM
At risk of repetition...
AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!
AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!
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So ask yourself...
Why the concern for women only when the perpetrator is a migrant?
Why the concern for women only when the perpetrator is a migrant?
October 31, 2025 at 10:22 AM
So ask yourself...
Why the concern for women only when the perpetrator is a migrant?
Why the concern for women only when the perpetrator is a migrant?
An excellent conference followed by a very nice dinner with good company at the joint Gallipoli Association and WFA day
November 1, 2025 at 10:09 PM
An excellent conference followed by a very nice dinner with good company at the joint Gallipoli Association and WFA day
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A woman is killed by a man every 3 days in the UK...
78% are murdered by a partner/ex
Yet not once have I heard Reform talk about this
Not once have I heard them back measures to protect women’s safety
In fact, they voted against them...
78% are murdered by a partner/ex
Yet not once have I heard Reform talk about this
Not once have I heard them back measures to protect women’s safety
In fact, they voted against them...
October 31, 2025 at 10:22 AM
A woman is killed by a man every 3 days in the UK...
78% are murdered by a partner/ex
Yet not once have I heard Reform talk about this
Not once have I heard them back measures to protect women’s safety
In fact, they voted against them...
78% are murdered by a partner/ex
Yet not once have I heard Reform talk about this
Not once have I heard them back measures to protect women’s safety
In fact, they voted against them...
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Man on a bus: I did my kids’
Halloween make‑up. They loved it,
but it scared their friends. I might have overdone it. I’m a trauma surgeon.
Halloween make‑up. They loved it,
but it scared their friends. I might have overdone it. I’m a trauma surgeon.
October 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Man on a bus: I did my kids’
Halloween make‑up. They loved it,
but it scared their friends. I might have overdone it. I’m a trauma surgeon.
Halloween make‑up. They loved it,
but it scared their friends. I might have overdone it. I’m a trauma surgeon.
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Oh, look at this - the letting agents apologise for NOT applying for the rental license & say Rachel Reeves would have been under the impression the license HAD been applied for.
Can we have the apologies now from everyone who have been absolutely obnoxious today in their handling of the story?
Can we have the apologies now from everyone who have been absolutely obnoxious today in their handling of the story?
October 30, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Oh, look at this - the letting agents apologise for NOT applying for the rental license & say Rachel Reeves would have been under the impression the license HAD been applied for.
Can we have the apologies now from everyone who have been absolutely obnoxious today in their handling of the story?
Can we have the apologies now from everyone who have been absolutely obnoxious today in their handling of the story?
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#OnThisDay 1915 the Girton & Newnham Unit of the Scottish Women's Hospitals set sail from Liverpool to Serbia to set up a hospital unit in Salonika. This photo, taken 2 days before they departed, is from the album of Nurse Annie Allan heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/items/show/408
#histnursing #histmed #WW1
#histnursing #histmed #WW1
October 30, 2025 at 10:51 AM
#OnThisDay 1915 the Girton & Newnham Unit of the Scottish Women's Hospitals set sail from Liverpool to Serbia to set up a hospital unit in Salonika. This photo, taken 2 days before they departed, is from the album of Nurse Annie Allan heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/items/show/408
#histnursing #histmed #WW1
#histnursing #histmed #WW1
October 29, 2025 at 9:37 AM