Tuesday, 30 April 2013
forceon force at shows and tournament and Raffle and more...
Hi as some of you know ,Ive been a bit ill this last few months and its brought my Pointman activities for AAG to a bit of a stop ,well after months of scans and tests and treatments its got down to last option operation ,so waiting for date for this so once its down and I'm able to get out and about a bit more I will be at shows and start the tournament so will miss Triples this year which is a shame as its our biggest fund raiser .The raffle will definatley be taking place a lot bigger this year with some non wargaming stuff up for grabs as well .Will keep people posted .
Monday, 15 April 2013
Fort Paull Museum
Underground tunnel |
The sad end to a scared soldier sent into the cells |
Cold war Shutzenpanzer |
Victim of a land mine in 1973 |
Blackburn anti zeppelin triplane |
Inside the Beverly lower deck |
The last Blackburn Beverly |
Sunday, 14 April 2013
white devil
Just finished reading White Devil by Stephen Brumwell , The true story of Major Robert rogers raid on the Abenaki vilage of St Francis .I first heard of this raid in the classic film Northwest passage with Spencer Tracy playing Rogers , White Devil shows a very different version of events not for the faint hearted the book is a real adventure story very gripping and hard to put down ,a really enjoyable read that covers the FIW background as well .I was interested to find Rogers died in London so I looked up his grave site with a future visit in mind ,only to find that if Rogers ever had a grave marker it vanished a long time ago ,the grave yard is now concreted over and amongst the bodies removed to "other burial sites" Rogers is not listed at all ,a sad end to a real action hero .
Monday, 8 April 2013
Galava Roman Fort
On the Noerth shore of Lake windermere at Ambleside are the remains of a Roman fort and settlement called Galava .
The ruins are well described on information panels at each part of the building ,well worth a visit if in the area
The ruins are well described on information panels at each part of the building ,well worth a visit if in the area
Thursday, 4 April 2013
Pulp Fiction
A selection of Pulp Fiction books have been reprinted by Wordsworth Editions under the "Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural "series .They appear to be widely available from bookstores although I got mine through amazon ,they all have the cover price of £2.99 .They have very basic printing on pulp style paper which adds to the whole thing I think.I purchased four titles which are:
The case book of Carnacki The Ghost Finder .
The tales of a Edwardian ghost finder a 191 pages containing an introduction by D.S.Davies and 9 stories first published in Pearson's magazine in 1898-89.
The Right Hand of Doom & other tales of Solomon Kane.
203 pages consisting of an introduction by M.J Elliot,10 stories ,an appendix and 2 poems by R.E.Howard
The casebook of Sexton Blake .
The second thickest one in my first order of these books at 545 pages which includes a introduction by D.S.Davies ,7 stories first printed between 1908 and 1923 and a warning that some of the views described in the book are unacceptable today ? . Looking forward to reading this as i remember reading some of the stories after getting hooked on the 70,s TV show .
A Charlie Chan Omnibus.
The heaviest book weighing in at 641 pages ,Again an introduction by m.J.Elliot and 3 of the earliest Chan novels by Earl Derr Biggers ,The House Without a Key , The Chinese Parrot and Behindd that curtain .
Full details of the range can be found at www.wordsworth-editions.com
The case book of Carnacki The Ghost Finder .
The tales of a Edwardian ghost finder a 191 pages containing an introduction by D.S.Davies and 9 stories first published in Pearson's magazine in 1898-89.
The Right Hand of Doom & other tales of Solomon Kane.
203 pages consisting of an introduction by M.J Elliot,10 stories ,an appendix and 2 poems by R.E.Howard
The casebook of Sexton Blake .
The second thickest one in my first order of these books at 545 pages which includes a introduction by D.S.Davies ,7 stories first printed between 1908 and 1923 and a warning that some of the views described in the book are unacceptable today ? . Looking forward to reading this as i remember reading some of the stories after getting hooked on the 70,s TV show .
A Charlie Chan Omnibus.
The heaviest book weighing in at 641 pages ,Again an introduction by m.J.Elliot and 3 of the earliest Chan novels by Earl Derr Biggers ,The House Without a Key , The Chinese Parrot and Behindd that curtain .
Full details of the range can be found at www.wordsworth-editions.com
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