History

[summerisle]

The nom-de-plume used by Edgar Allan Poe when enlisting into the US Army in Boston.

 

[summerisle]

There's something nasty in the woodshed concerning Chanel perfume.

From Nazis to Churchill: The stink behind Chanel No. 5

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www.haaretz.com

 

[tsubaki]

One of the stranger tales of WW2:

Georg Konrad Morgen

 

[Naisy'sCharitableLeanings]

My granny lied about her age to get into the army in advance of WW2. She wrote a book about her experiences, which was restricted by the OSA. She was at Beaumanor and was part of the team that cracked the Enigma Code. She died last year having suffered from dementia for her last years. Such a colourful backstory, but like so many others of that generation, which made genuine sacrifices for their country as was the mood at the time, ended up blowing the small amount of money she’d accumulated over her lifetime paying for well intentioned, but barely adequate care, about which she knew very little. She was boss.

Sorry to quote my own post, but it’s been a couple of years since Granny died and I’ve been Googling her, so please indulge me/her. I hope this just under 10-minute video links up OK - I’ve been in bits here watching it. It’s very ‘her’, pre-dementia. I’m guessing it was filmed in the late 90s when her book came out. Bless her - proud beyond belief.

Joan Nicholls | Wireless Operator

<p>Joan Nicolls gives a thoroughly interesting account of her time in the ATS where she was recruited into the Y-service. </p>

www.legasee.org.uk

 

[Naisy'sCharitableLeanings]

Sorry to quote my own post, but it’s been a couple of years since Granny died and I’ve been Googling her, so please indulge me/her. I hope this just under 10-minute video links up OK - I’ve been in bits here watching it. It’s very ‘her’, pre-dementia. I’m guessing it was filmed in the late 90s when her book came out. Bless her - proud beyond belief.

Joan Nicholls | Wireless Operator

<p>Joan Nicolls gives a thoroughly interesting account of her time in the ATS where she was recruited into the Y-service. </p>

www.legasee.org.uk

Sorry, doing it again - this is her book...

Amazon product ASIN 0953818608

 

[summerisle]

The strange tale of The Grateful Dead, basketball and Lithuania.

Olympic Basketball & The Grateful Dead

sportshistoryweekly.com

 

[Paris]

Been reading up on the My Lai Massacre.

Words cannot describe how much I hate the American establishment and those who are guilty.

Nixon decrying those who uncovered the mass-murder of innocent men, women and babies as Jewish conspirators.

 

[summerisle]

 

[summerisle]

Nothing like a bit of porpoise.

 

[summerisle]

 

[summerisle]

 

[Acrobat]

This is not really history, probably not, but I find it fascinating. A current co-worker of mine, a very sweet little old lady, was hitch hiking somewhere in the Seattle area when she was in her early twenties. She was offered a ride by a well spoken handsome young man but was surprised to see no passenger front seat, a 'fake plaster cast' in the shape of an arm on the back seat - of his Volkswagen beetle/bug. She thought it very suspicious and said no thank you. He pulled away but stopped his car about 200ft in front of her.....but pulled away again before she reached it.

About a month later, pictures of Ted Bundy were released just after his capture...…..and she recognized him.

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

 

[summerisle]

Blimey.

 

[summerisle]

Nazi propaganda poster distributed in France.