"A group of working class children, black and white, playing together on 'Crown Street' in Canning Town, London, E16. " 1930s. Unattributed photograph for Barnaby's Studios Ltd. © Mary Evans Picture Library

From the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

During a Japanese attack on Bougainville in 1944, Seabee E.C. Scarborough searched his foxhole for more ammo. He found and opened a package of gun clips that contained a slip of paper upon which was printed "Inspected by Mrs. Bernice Scarborough"...his wife. #SeaStorySaturday

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#FunFact: Senior Lieutenant Kurt Welter of Germany is regarded by many as the highest scoring “jet” ace in history. Kurt is credited with 63 confirmed aerial victories, 20 of which were scored while flying a Messerschmitt Me-262, the world’s first operational jet fighter.

How can any university claim to stand for freedom of expression and thought if it caves in to this lawless president? These universities need to band together and resist Trump’s lawlessness. Appeasement will only feed the beast and put the rights of all of us at greater risk.

Lovely visit to Marston Moor battlefield yesterday, and with permission, walked to the viewpoint where the allied commanders were based on 2 July 1644. From here you can just see the obelisk (above the red dot) behind which Prince Rupert's Royalists were drawn up. Afterwards, we

This month we marked #BOB85 with tours, talks & events at the Bunker. The first without a known living pilot or WAAF, it reminds us to keep their memory alive. Our new exhibition & daily tours will continue & you can book your tickets via our website! 👉 battleofbritainbunker.co.uk

BBC News - Submerged D-Day Mulberry Harbour pontoon recovered in Southampton - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Over the past fortnight, we’ve moved into the heart of our P-47 crash site in north Essex. The team have been systematically machining and sieving in the area showing the greatest metal density, helping us investigate the same ground where, on 26th January 1944, 2nd Lt Lester

Junkers Ju-88A-4 of KG-40 displayed in the Norwegian Aviation Museum, Bodo Norway. The bomber crashed on Gardevarre Mountain near Smorfjord on 13 April 1942 when it ran out of fuel after attacking Russian warships. The remains were recovered from the mountainside in 1982.

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About time. BBC News - Military homes to be renovated in £9bn government plan bbc.com/news/articles/…

The irony meter just broke. The BBC isn't perfect, but it's one of the few things standing between our British values and a Trump-style takeover of our politics.

The real weakness of the BBC, as exemplified by recent events, is its failure to stand up to ludicrous claims from the right that it is somehow hugely biased to the left. Listening to Telegraph journalists bleat about a biased BBC, or Reform MPs enjoying more platforming than any

Still in the news. See The Telegraph... key.aero/article/laplan…

Anyone else noticed that their daily feed is rapidly filling with anti democratic, unpatriotic, anti British nonsense? Maybe it's just me, but this platform seems increasingly full of human ugliness.

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Going to leave X today. Thanks for the friendship. Going somewhere more positive. See you again!