Julie McDowall
@nuclearwar.bsky.social
Author of Attack Warning Red. Get it here: https://linktr.ee/attackwarningred
Presenter of Atomic Hobo podcast. Get it here: https://podfollow.com/the-atomic-hobo
Presenter of Atomic Hobo podcast. Get it here: https://podfollow.com/the-atomic-hobo
Fond memories. Facebook tells me it's three years since my husband I re-enacted Threads up on the moors above Sheffield.
September 15, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Fond memories. Facebook tells me it's three years since my husband I re-enacted Threads up on the moors above Sheffield.
I just love the placement of this photo next to the nuclear headline.
June 10, 2025 at 11:34 AM
I just love the placement of this photo next to the nuclear headline.
If you're enjoying my Four Minutes Of...pod episodes where I examine nuclear war films, a reminder that I'm doing FOUR MINUTES OF THE WAR GAME over on Patreon. Writing the latest episode now. Join us for £3 a month. Link in comments.
March 12, 2025 at 9:37 AM
If you're enjoying my Four Minutes Of...pod episodes where I examine nuclear war films, a reminder that I'm doing FOUR MINUTES OF THE WAR GAME over on Patreon. Writing the latest episode now. Join us for £3 a month. Link in comments.
We remember the melting milk bottles from Threads. They also appear in When The Wind Blows. We see them as the couple take a walk around their post-bomb garden. Grass looks a funny colour, dear...
March 10, 2025 at 11:58 AM
We remember the melting milk bottles from Threads. They also appear in When The Wind Blows. We see them as the couple take a walk around their post-bomb garden. Grass looks a funny colour, dear...
The hardback of my book is on a limited deal on Amazon.
Link below⬇️
Link below⬇️
March 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The hardback of my book is on a limited deal on Amazon.
Link below⬇️
Link below⬇️
Both THREADS and WHEN THE WIND BLOWS have scenes where the husband emerges from the refuge to get water at the ruined sink for his wife.
March 6, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Both THREADS and WHEN THE WIND BLOWS have scenes where the husband emerges from the refuge to get water at the ruined sink for his wife.
JC Penney provided clothing for the mannequins in the Nevada nuclear tests. They used 'before and after' pics of each one in this advert. You'll see some mannequins have an 'after' pic which is just a black space with the caption: MISSING.
More in tomorrow's podcast episode.
More in tomorrow's podcast episode.
February 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
JC Penney provided clothing for the mannequins in the Nevada nuclear tests. They used 'before and after' pics of each one in this advert. You'll see some mannequins have an 'after' pic which is just a black space with the caption: MISSING.
More in tomorrow's podcast episode.
More in tomorrow's podcast episode.
Peace talks which exclude Ukraine? Get a life!
February 19, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Peace talks which exclude Ukraine? Get a life!
"Heads were generally pockmarked."
Report from a 1953 nuclear test which placed mannequins in the path of the blast.
Report from a 1953 nuclear test which placed mannequins in the path of the blast.
February 19, 2025 at 10:49 PM
"Heads were generally pockmarked."
Report from a 1953 nuclear test which placed mannequins in the path of the blast.
Report from a 1953 nuclear test which placed mannequins in the path of the blast.
More pod episodes, interviews, photos and archive material here on Patreon.
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February 8, 2025 at 6:47 PM
More pod episodes, interviews, photos and archive material here on Patreon.
Link below ⬇️
Link below ⬇️
NEW EPISODE
Four Minutes of When The Wind Blows, Part 4
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Four Minutes of When The Wind Blows, Part 4
Link below ⬇️
January 29, 2025 at 8:59 PM
NEW EPISODE
Four Minutes of When The Wind Blows, Part 4
Link below ⬇️
Four Minutes of When The Wind Blows, Part 4
Link below ⬇️
Tomorrow morning, Part 4 of my podcast series on When The Wind Blows.
I'm giving it the same treatment as Threads in my 4 Mins of Threads episodes.
Catch up with the previous episodes at the link below ⬇️
I'm giving it the same treatment as Threads in my 4 Mins of Threads episodes.
Catch up with the previous episodes at the link below ⬇️
January 28, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Tomorrow morning, Part 4 of my podcast series on When The Wind Blows.
I'm giving it the same treatment as Threads in my 4 Mins of Threads episodes.
Catch up with the previous episodes at the link below ⬇️
I'm giving it the same treatment as Threads in my 4 Mins of Threads episodes.
Catch up with the previous episodes at the link below ⬇️
Hello to new followers from @scarredforlife.bsky.social
You can get my TWELVE HOURS OF THREADS podcast episode at the link below.
Twelve hours of Threads analysis, with no ads.
You can get my TWELVE HOURS OF THREADS podcast episode at the link below.
Twelve hours of Threads analysis, with no ads.
January 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Hello to new followers from @scarredforlife.bsky.social
You can get my TWELVE HOURS OF THREADS podcast episode at the link below.
Twelve hours of Threads analysis, with no ads.
You can get my TWELVE HOURS OF THREADS podcast episode at the link below.
Twelve hours of Threads analysis, with no ads.
Nightmare fuel: creepy civil defence puppets
January 14, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Nightmare fuel: creepy civil defence puppets
THREADS is a Christmas film, so get in the mood.
December 24, 2024 at 10:07 AM
THREADS is a Christmas film, so get in the mood.
Glasgow looking like Threads today.
Pic from DJSuperLemon1 on Twitter.
Pic from DJSuperLemon1 on Twitter.
December 11, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Glasgow looking like Threads today.
Pic from DJSuperLemon1 on Twitter.
Pic from DJSuperLemon1 on Twitter.
Time to get those decorations up.
December 8, 2024 at 10:47 AM
Time to get those decorations up.
Bought a subscription to the Saturday Evening Post archives.
I came for the nuke stuff, but I stay for the boiled babies.
I came for the nuke stuff, but I stay for the boiled babies.
November 28, 2024 at 1:18 PM
Bought a subscription to the Saturday Evening Post archives.
I came for the nuke stuff, but I stay for the boiled babies.
I came for the nuke stuff, but I stay for the boiled babies.
Dolly Parton's career takes an unexpected turn...
November 25, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Dolly Parton's career takes an unexpected turn...
Loving ELIZABETH THE QUEEN by Alison Weir. Non-fic about Liz 1.
Seems she invented a cure for deafness which involved clamping wee hot loaves to your ears.
Seems she invented a cure for deafness which involved clamping wee hot loaves to your ears.
November 20, 2024 at 11:11 PM
Loving ELIZABETH THE QUEEN by Alison Weir. Non-fic about Liz 1.
Seems she invented a cure for deafness which involved clamping wee hot loaves to your ears.
Seems she invented a cure for deafness which involved clamping wee hot loaves to your ears.