Husband, dad of two & single handed gardener at Boldshaves, Kent. Collects WW2 stuff. Anderson Shelter, siren & Austin Ten owner. Planes & Mil history.
A wonderful visit to @ChartwellNT yesterday. It’s always clear to see why Winston Churchill loved this place. The house always feels homely and welcoming, and the gardens and grounds so beautiful. @katieculture#veday80thanniversary
Final conservation completed to a compressed air cannister from our 2018 V1 flying bomb excavation near Ashford Kent. Our article describing the study featured in Issue 5 @IronCrossMag (2020). Images of recording and cataloguing taking place today (3.2025) #archaeology
Continuing to catalogue the conservation to date of our September 2024 V2 rocket excavation at Westerham. Item being photographed is a burner cup with the remains of the central liquid oxygen diffuser #Archaeology
THE SERVICE OF YOUTH: #ww2 was not only won by adults. Through numerous youth organisations, children played their part on #britain's #HomeFront. Using rare artefacts, I tell the history of these forgotten groups only in the current @britainatwar magazine
A link to the 1st of two ITV television articles by @AbiBrackenITV (broadcast September 2024)
Previous post features Abi’s 2nd article (broadcast 5.11.2024) and an earlier 2019 article by @derekjohnsonitv detailing our V2 rocket excavation at Platt, Kent
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C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) above the Tankerton Slopes at 19:51 BST today, estimated magnitude was around 4.
Single frame at 70 mm, ISO 1600 at 5 seconds from my D7500.
V2 Westerham: day 3 of preliminary washing. The effects of impact and detonation in sand - remains of a graphite vane (steering rudder) attachment shoe with triangular key (for alignment on launch platform) and air bottle @planthireHE @colin_dimmock #archaeology
V2 Westerham excavation: second of three days of preliminary washing. A spline shaft on a rudder steering control rod & a completely flattened burner cup (fuel injector) unit - originally round from the combustion chamber @planthireHE @colin_dimmock #archaeology
V2 Westerham 16.9.2024: images of today’s study in sand, having the effect of halving the depth the rocket achieves compared to clay (2.5m sand : 5m clay). Images: crater profile, combustion chamber fragment and turbo pump central spline shaft @planthireHE #archaeology
V2 Westerham: the desktop analysis crater centre position determined as part of Sunday’s GPR reference survey. The 25m first scrape trench is marked up ready for when excavator work begins Monday 16.9.2924 morning to discover the crater profile @planthireHE #archaeology
Next Monday 16th September 2024 sees the beginning of our major V2 rocket excavation, study and analysis at Westerham, Kent. Generously sponsored by @planthireHE the team at Pearson TQ & with the help of the Squerryes Estate.
Progress will be shared on this platform
Our V1 conservation lecture preparation for Forestry England’s contribution to the CBA ‘Festival of Archaeology’: ‘The Battle Against The Flying Bomb: evidence from four Forestry England owned woodlands’ Sunday 14.7.2024 1-3pm free King’s Wood Challock
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