Bagpuss
@jimmybagpuss.bsky.social
Military 'historian', Independent Company member
Fab afternoon doing #hiddenlondontours of Clapham South tunnels built during the war to protect Londoners during the Blitzes from 41-44. Cheers @ltmuseum
October 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Fab afternoon doing #hiddenlondontours of Clapham South tunnels built during the war to protect Londoners during the Blitzes from 41-44. Cheers @ltmuseum
Very happy the conpany I work for is celebrating #BlackHistoryMonth.
Especially with an armed forces segment.
Especially with an armed forces segment.
October 20, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Very happy the conpany I work for is celebrating #BlackHistoryMonth.
Especially with an armed forces segment.
Especially with an armed forces segment.
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Don’t forget to buy your tickets for the IWM Podcast Live Festival on Saturday 1 November. Jack and guest host Lucy Betteridge Dyson will be doing a live episode of the Forgotten War Podcast.
Tickets available now in the link 👇
www.iwm.org.uk/events/podca...
Tickets available now in the link 👇
www.iwm.org.uk/events/podca...
September 20, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Don’t forget to buy your tickets for the IWM Podcast Live Festival on Saturday 1 November. Jack and guest host Lucy Betteridge Dyson will be doing a live episode of the Forgotten War Podcast.
Tickets available now in the link 👇
www.iwm.org.uk/events/podca...
Tickets available now in the link 👇
www.iwm.org.uk/events/podca...
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This is such a good story!!
Hello! In this week's episode we talk to Adam Hart about his new book, OPERATION PIMENTO. Adam shares details of his journey from Switzerland to Spain, tracing the steps of his Great-grandfather, a bomber pilot who evaded capture with help from the Resistance.
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Episode 55 - Operation Pimento: Escape, Evasion and Resolution, with Adam Hart - Never Mind The Dambusters
This week, we're joined by Adam Hart, to discuss his new book about a downed Halifax pilot, who also happens to be his great-grandfather. Operation Pimento is a riveting story of courage, d...
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September 17, 2025 at 12:49 PM
This is such a good story!!
@jmcn.bsky.social @normagraham.bsky.social @badsocialism.bsky.social @marybrazier.bsky.social @danellin.bsky.social fab talks! Thank you. The Arsenal delivers.
September 15, 2025 at 10:02 AM
@jmcn.bsky.social @normagraham.bsky.social @badsocialism.bsky.social @marybrazier.bsky.social @danellin.bsky.social fab talks! Thank you. The Arsenal delivers.
So great & happy to see @normagraham.bsky.social talking 1st Canadian Para 🇨🇦 at #WeHaveWaysfest fünf.
September 13, 2025 at 6:48 AM
So great & happy to see @normagraham.bsky.social talking 1st Canadian Para 🇨🇦 at #WeHaveWaysfest fünf.
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We are delighted to announce we will be doing our first ever LIVE episode at the Imperial War Museum podcast festival on Sat 1 Nov - get your tickets here 👇
www.iwm.org.uk/events/podca...
Rob is in the Far East in November, so Jack will be joined by guest host @lmbd1418.bsky.social
www.iwm.org.uk/events/podca...
Rob is in the Far East in November, so Jack will be joined by guest host @lmbd1418.bsky.social
August 8, 2025 at 12:41 PM
We are delighted to announce we will be doing our first ever LIVE episode at the Imperial War Museum podcast festival on Sat 1 Nov - get your tickets here 👇
www.iwm.org.uk/events/podca...
Rob is in the Far East in November, so Jack will be joined by guest host @lmbd1418.bsky.social
www.iwm.org.uk/events/podca...
Rob is in the Far East in November, so Jack will be joined by guest host @lmbd1418.bsky.social
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Good morning! Ep 48 is now live. We share our top 10 bomber command books - fiction, popular history, academic, biography & a wild card! Links to all titles in the show notes. Which are your favourites?
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Episode 48 - "Desert Island Books" : Our Top 10 Bomber Command Reads - Never Mind The Dambusters
This week we each share our top 5 Bomber Command books in the categories of popular history, memoir, academic, fiction and we also throw in a wild card! What are your favourites? Do you love or hate o...
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July 30, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Good morning! Ep 48 is now live. We share our top 10 bomber command books - fiction, popular history, academic, biography & a wild card! Links to all titles in the show notes. Which are your favourites?
www.buzzsprout.com/2327200/epis...
www.buzzsprout.com/2327200/epis...
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Good morning ! Episode 47 is now available. Listen to the fabulous Paul Woodadge of WW2 TV debate the memory of the bombing war in Normandy. A really thought-provoking discussion.
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Episode 47 - Remembering the Bombing War in Normandy, with Paul Woodadge - Never Mind The Dambusters
This week, we tackle some thorny issues with our with guest Paul Woodadge, the host of YouTube show WW2TV about the multifaceted history of RAF Bomber Command during World War II. Growing ...
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July 23, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Good morning ! Episode 47 is now available. Listen to the fabulous Paul Woodadge of WW2 TV debate the memory of the bombing war in Normandy. A really thought-provoking discussion.
www.buzzsprout.com/2327200/epis...
www.buzzsprout.com/2327200/epis...
Amazing tour of the Houses of Parliament today by @blackredcoats.bsky.social 👏
🤯House of Commons was obliterated in & House of Lords was used instead. HoCs wasn't rebuilt until the 1950. @marybrazier.bsky.social @hicksy.bsky.social @robertlock.bsky.social @historybowsh.bsky.social
🤯House of Commons was obliterated in & House of Lords was used instead. HoCs wasn't rebuilt until the 1950. @marybrazier.bsky.social @hicksy.bsky.social @robertlock.bsky.social @historybowsh.bsky.social
July 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Amazing tour of the Houses of Parliament today by @blackredcoats.bsky.social 👏
🤯House of Commons was obliterated in & House of Lords was used instead. HoCs wasn't rebuilt until the 1950. @marybrazier.bsky.social @hicksy.bsky.social @robertlock.bsky.social @historybowsh.bsky.social
🤯House of Commons was obliterated in & House of Lords was used instead. HoCs wasn't rebuilt until the 1950. @marybrazier.bsky.social @hicksy.bsky.social @robertlock.bsky.social @historybowsh.bsky.social
Just reading 'Steaming to Victory' by Michael Williams & nice bit on London Transport'as contribution to the HP Halfiax. @lydiajane13.bsky.social
July 1, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Just reading 'Steaming to Victory' by Michael Williams & nice bit on London Transport'as contribution to the HP Halfiax. @lydiajane13.bsky.social
So looking forward to this. Loved Forgotten Armour!
June 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
So looking forward to this. Loved Forgotten Armour!
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🌩️🏃RELEASE DAY! Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945 is out now!
Get your copy today wherever you get your books - Amazon, Waterstones, WHSmith and many more!
#ww2 #history #author #writer #tanks #india #burma #myanmar #historian #greatest #thunder #run #army #battle #forgotten #war #artillery #guns
Get your copy today wherever you get your books - Amazon, Waterstones, WHSmith and many more!
#ww2 #history #author #writer #tanks #india #burma #myanmar #historian #greatest #thunder #run #army #battle #forgotten #war #artillery #guns
June 27, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Thank you @missiontoofar.bsky.social 😊
June 23, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Thank you @missiontoofar.bsky.social 😊
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Jack & Rob have loaded up, sharpened their Kukris, pulled on their slouch hats & are ready to go - tomorrow is Series 2 is on, The Forgotten War Pod is back!
16 episodes charting the retreat of 1942 in detail - more narratives telling the story, but also interviews & books reviews. Not to be missed!
16 episodes charting the retreat of 1942 in detail - more narratives telling the story, but also interviews & books reviews. Not to be missed!
June 1, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Jack & Rob have loaded up, sharpened their Kukris, pulled on their slouch hats & are ready to go - tomorrow is Series 2 is on, The Forgotten War Pod is back!
16 episodes charting the retreat of 1942 in detail - more narratives telling the story, but also interviews & books reviews. Not to be missed!
16 episodes charting the retreat of 1942 in detail - more narratives telling the story, but also interviews & books reviews. Not to be missed!
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My thoughts on Facebook earlier
May 15, 2025 at 9:28 AM
My thoughts on Facebook earlier
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On This Day 13/05/1943. 🧵
Steve departs Scampton on what will be his final trip to Duisburg. His first trip as a commissioned officer. Having been reposted to the squadron on commission 11/05/1943.
Steve, pilot Paul, friend & Navigator Mac have all been away on commissioning courses….
Steve departs Scampton on what will be his final trip to Duisburg. His first trip as a commissioned officer. Having been reposted to the squadron on commission 11/05/1943.
Steve, pilot Paul, friend & Navigator Mac have all been away on commissioning courses….
May 12, 2025 at 9:21 AM
On This Day 13/05/1943. 🧵
Steve departs Scampton on what will be his final trip to Duisburg. His first trip as a commissioned officer. Having been reposted to the squadron on commission 11/05/1943.
Steve, pilot Paul, friend & Navigator Mac have all been away on commissioning courses….
Steve departs Scampton on what will be his final trip to Duisburg. His first trip as a commissioned officer. Having been reposted to the squadron on commission 11/05/1943.
Steve, pilot Paul, friend & Navigator Mac have all been away on commissioning courses….
Great to see the @tankmuseum.bsky.social 's Churchill tank in Luton, where 5,600+ were built at the Vauxhall motor works.
May 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Great to see the @tankmuseum.bsky.social 's Churchill tank in Luton, where 5,600+ were built at the Vauxhall motor works.
The National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park & the volunteers that run them are superb! It's so wonderful to see working (replicas) of Alan Turing's Bombe, Bill Tutte's Tunny machine & Heath Robinson.. and of course Tommy Flower's COLOSSUS.
May 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park & the volunteers that run them are superb! It's so wonderful to see working (replicas) of Alan Turing's Bombe, Bill Tutte's Tunny machine & Heath Robinson.. and of course Tommy Flower's COLOSSUS.
Stunning Bluebell wood on way to work this morning.
April 29, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Stunning Bluebell wood on way to work this morning.
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I’m in Liverpool for work and popped up a day early (despite the football) to go to the Western Approaches museum. My Great Grandfather George Philip Grieve was sunk in December 1940 by U101 in the Atlantic….
April 27, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I’m in Liverpool for work and popped up a day early (despite the football) to go to the Western Approaches museum. My Great Grandfather George Philip Grieve was sunk in December 1940 by U101 in the Atlantic….
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Ep 12: Q&A - the Finale of Series 1 of The Forgotten War Pod is out now! Rob and Jack dive into all sorts of nooks and crannies of the Burma Campaign, for example the impact of the 18th British Division if it had gone to Rangoon instead of Singapore in 1942?
April 21, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Ep 12: Q&A - the Finale of Series 1 of The Forgotten War Pod is out now! Rob and Jack dive into all sorts of nooks and crannies of the Burma Campaign, for example the impact of the 18th British Division if it had gone to Rangoon instead of Singapore in 1942?
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NEW EPISODE OUT TODAY!
Today sees the release of our last episode for series 2 before we take a short break. Our guest is the head of the Norwegian War Graves Service, Haakon Vinje, discussing Norwegian airmen in RAF Bomber Command during WW2
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Today sees the release of our last episode for series 2 before we take a short break. Our guest is the head of the Norwegian War Graves Service, Haakon Vinje, discussing Norwegian airmen in RAF Bomber Command during WW2
nevermindthedambusters.buzzsprout.com/2327200/epis...
Episode 43 - Norwegian Heroes of Bomber Command, with Haakon Vinje - Never Mind The Dambusters
In the final episode of this series, hosts James Jefferies and Jane Gulliford Lowes are joined by the head of the Norwegian War Graves Service, Haakon Vinje, to explore the often-overlooked cont...
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April 16, 2025 at 6:14 AM
NEW EPISODE OUT TODAY!
Today sees the release of our last episode for series 2 before we take a short break. Our guest is the head of the Norwegian War Graves Service, Haakon Vinje, discussing Norwegian airmen in RAF Bomber Command during WW2
nevermindthedambusters.buzzsprout.com/2327200/epis...
Today sees the release of our last episode for series 2 before we take a short break. Our guest is the head of the Norwegian War Graves Service, Haakon Vinje, discussing Norwegian airmen in RAF Bomber Command during WW2
nevermindthedambusters.buzzsprout.com/2327200/epis...
Finally sorting my dads MAC pc; factory restore, backing it up for data storage so I can sell. Seeing the old holiday pics & then the last email he ever sent has been an unexpected, and very emotional journey.
April 19, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Finally sorting my dads MAC pc; factory restore, backing it up for data storage so I can sell. Seeing the old holiday pics & then the last email he ever sent has been an unexpected, and very emotional journey.
