Monday, 25 March 2024
Saturday, 23 March 2024
The Jerry Can, a secret weapon of WW2
We have a look at the WW2 Jerry Can, amazing invention which was crucial to many victories of WW2 on both sides...
Who invented the can, and how did both sides manufacture a similar design which is still re manufactured today, and how well the original cans were made, that they are still being used 80 years on...
More soon...
Friday, 22 March 2024
Wednesday, 20 March 2024
The Lowry Trail - Berwick Upon Tweed
A winter day in Berwick Upon Tweed, and we walked around the town from across the Tweed at Berwick following the Lowry Trail.
The artist Laurence Stephen Lowry visited Berwick Upon Tweed many times before his death in 1976, and some of his most famous paintings were here around the Town of scenes of people going about their lives, and the Matchstick people and cats and dogs...
Here is a film of the walk, Music is `Pictures of Matchstick Men` by Kasabian