Dave Voisey
@davev-vickersmg.bsky.social
History Teacher, ITT mentor and Education Officer at the Vickers MG Collection - interested in discussing how we teach warfare
Absolutely, minus the pay a 4 day week should offer. Can I assume that you've also experienced the chappy end of timetabling that part-time mothers often experience - the worst tend to be with 2 week timetables
December 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Absolutely, minus the pay a 4 day week should offer. Can I assume that you've also experienced the chappy end of timetabling that part-time mothers often experience - the worst tend to be with 2 week timetables
I wish, but the reality is that this requires more money and funding to make it viable. Especially at Secondary level. Shame, as it would be a real bonus.
December 1, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I wish, but the reality is that this requires more money and funding to make it viable. Especially at Secondary level. Shame, as it would be a real bonus.
Also obligatory @vickersmg.bsky.social content as the 'Ottoman' MGs are quite likely British Army extras using Vickers guns, inc. A really early gun.
Also, the film was directed by Asquith's son!
Also, the film was directed by Asquith's son!
November 25, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Also obligatory @vickersmg.bsky.social content as the 'Ottoman' MGs are quite likely British Army extras using Vickers guns, inc. A really early gun.
Also, the film was directed by Asquith's son!
Also, the film was directed by Asquith's son!
This has, however, reminded me of The Walls have Ears and Soldaten. Both are about the bugging of conversations of German PoWs and the intel gained. The op is well after the song was coined, but it still produced a major insight into Nazi Germany
November 13, 2025 at 10:48 PM
This has, however, reminded me of The Walls have Ears and Soldaten. Both are about the bugging of conversations of German PoWs and the intel gained. The op is well after the song was coined, but it still produced a major insight into Nazi Germany
My inner optimist says the former, but my far dominant cynic just says that some 19-year old thought it would be fucking hilarious.
November 13, 2025 at 10:18 PM
My inner optimist says the former, but my far dominant cynic just says that some 19-year old thought it would be fucking hilarious.
2/ This was seen obviously in the Trench Magazines of the FWW (ala Wipers Times) but also on the Falkands, Air Raid Waring Red became I'll have a Garibaldi instead to Galtieri's Dead which sparked newspaper rumours for a simple play on words.
November 13, 2025 at 9:07 PM
2/ This was seen obviously in the Trench Magazines of the FWW (ala Wipers Times) but also on the Falkands, Air Raid Waring Red became I'll have a Garibaldi instead to Galtieri's Dead which sparked newspaper rumours for a simple play on words.
That's really cool! Maxim and the folks who worked with him had to do some proper miles in the early days
November 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
That's really cool! Maxim and the folks who worked with him had to do some proper miles in the early days
And the connection to industry in that image - the Italian machine gun would likely have been made by FIAT.
November 3, 2025 at 11:39 PM
And the connection to industry in that image - the Italian machine gun would likely have been made by FIAT.
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Sounds really promising - I’ll direct her that way.
Also found this during lunch time, looks like there might be some important narratives to explore here huskiecommons.lib.niu.edu/allfacultyot...
Also found this during lunch time, looks like there might be some important narratives to explore here huskiecommons.lib.niu.edu/allfacultyot...
Five Hundred African Voices: A Catalog of Published Accounts by Africans Enslaved in the Transatlantic Slave Trade, 1586-1936
The importance of published accounts by African slave ship survivors is well-known but not their existence in large numbers. Fogleman and Hanserd catalog nearly five hundred discrete accounts and more...
huskiecommons.lib.niu.edu
October 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Sounds really promising - I’ll direct her that way.
Also found this during lunch time, looks like there might be some important narratives to explore here huskiecommons.lib.niu.edu/allfacultyot...
Also found this during lunch time, looks like there might be some important narratives to explore here huskiecommons.lib.niu.edu/allfacultyot...
In fairness, reenactors are another breed
October 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
In fairness, reenactors are another breed
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.
September 30, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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.
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
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
September 13, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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
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
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
September 12, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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
Does it mention the bloody sandwhich shop?
September 11, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Does it mention the bloody sandwhich shop?
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
September 11, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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
This was pykrete. Experiments were done with ice, and sawdust bit was seen as impractical
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pykrete
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pykrete
Pykrete - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
September 6, 2025 at 8:28 PM
This was pykrete. Experiments were done with ice, and sawdust bit was seen as impractical
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pykrete
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pykrete