Rick W

Magical Trevor! Priceless!

I was thinking the other day while fighting with a battery compartment lid on the Ferret, when the practice of naming tanks stopped, or if it did? Quite often you see pics of WW2 armour with a name given by the crew on the side of the hull, but Ive never seen any examples of post WW2 armour with names on. Was this a practice outlawed by the army?

Thanks Mick.

Ooo! Thanks for that, took the lids off today and was thinking of charging in situ, they look pretty new anyway.

Thanks!

I need to take the batteries out of the Ferret to charge them up and have misplaced my manual temporarily. Can someone post me up a quick guide please?

No.1 No.2, Elefant?

Not so recent then! Oh , the power of the internet!

There recently was the death of a 98 year-old lady named Irena. During WWII, Irena got permission to work in the Warsaw Ghetto, as a Plumbing/Sewer specialist. She had an 'ulterior motive' .. She KNEW what the Nazi's plans were for the Jews (being German). Irena smuggled infants out in the bottom of the tool box she carried, and she carried in the back of her truck a burlap sack (for larger kids). She also had a dog in the back that she trained to bark when the Nazi soldiers let her in and out of the ghetto. The soldiers of course wanted nothing to do with the dog and the barking covered the kids/infants noises. During her time of doing this, she managed to smuggle out and save 2500 kids/infants. She was caught, and the Nazi's broke both her legs and arms and beat her severely. Irena kept a record of the names of all the kids she smuggled out and kept them in a glass jar, buried under a tree in her back yard. After the war, she tried to locate any parents that may have survived and reunited the family. Most had been gassed. Those kids she helped get placed into foster family homes or adopted.

I had to remove one of the fish out of our fish tank yesterday. I told the kids he would going to see Doctor Flushing at Twyfords fish hospital.

Try the Family Tree Forum as well, you get some cracking results from that site, be sure to introduce yourself first before wading in though!

Ooo, nice find.

It is a bad idea. If you could see some of the vehicle which get presented to us. I dont see whats not to like in a 12 month MOT, after all, wouldnt you want your car to be safe on the road?

Does anyone have any pics of jeeps in RAF markings circa 1942-43 they can post up?

We'll be going, not sure with which vehicle, but the jeep will be going. It will be in RAF disguise as well!

Blimey Paul. I wish I had your Job/Money/Time/Understanding missus (delete as appropriate)

Good stuff there, great link.

We need to see more...:shocked:

There is justice...

Plenty of suppliers, UK Batteries, or me!

Thinking of it.

How do you clean the patina off the the glovebox data plates so you can actually read them?

The Journal of Conflict Archaeology is availablt to view online and for free. http://www.maney.co.uk/index.php/journal-of-the-month-jca ( Apologies to mods in advance if this is against HMVF policy, feel free to remove)

Coming in the first weekend of September. 1940's weekend at the extensive grounds of Milton Keynes Museum. Re-enactors welcome, vehicles welcome. Will post details of registration forms etc after this weekend. http://www.mkmuseum.org.uk/

You have to wonder why... What do you know about these Adrian?