The #OldFrontLine #podcast comes to you from @sommecourt : together we explore the history & travel the battlefields of the Great War.
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Jun 13
New @OldFrontLinePod Q&A! We explore German #WW1 Death Cards, the impact of the 1918 Flu Pandemic, the origins of naming medals "Pip, Squeak and Wilfred", and how trenches were dug when the enemy was only yards away.
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Questions and Answers Episode 55 oldfrontline.co.uk/2026/06/1… via @OldFrontLinePod
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Jun 13
Questions and Answers Episode 55 oldfrontline.co.uk/2026/06/1… via @OldFrontLinePod
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A student contacted me today to ask if we could go to visit a relative buried in Railway Dugouts.
I answered “Yes”
Itinerary updated!
A new stop for me.
Thanks @CWGC for the excellent leaflet I picked up last week.
@sommecourt is there a @OldFrontLinePod that covers this?
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Last month I visited Vauquois, one of the most extraordinary battlefields
• 21 km of tunnels dug
• 519 mines detonated
• A village that disappeared
Today, much of this underground world still survives.
My latest video explores this hidden battlefield
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I just received 3 coffees from Nick F on @buymeacoffee! buymeacoffee.com/oldfrontlin…
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Podcast episodes often lead to book purchases 😁 Got a really nice used copy of "They called it Passchedaele" to a really good price at awesomebooks.com . It will be really nice to read 😊 @OldFrontLinePod
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Somme North: Serre to Thiepval oldfrontline.co.uk/2026/06/0… via @OldFrontLinePod
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As we head towards the 110th anniversary of the Somme, this is another great @OldFrontLinePod from @sommecourt - especially for Barnsley followers on here, given the role of the Pals at Serre.
Jun 6
Somme North: Serre to Thiepval. In the latest @OldFrontLinePod we begin the first of a three-part series looking at 1st July 1916 on the Somme.
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A perfect commuter companion this day! Always very nice and informative episodes! Thanks, Paul!
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Jun 6
Somme North: Serre to Thiepval. In the latest @OldFrontLinePod we begin the first of a three-part series looking at 1st July 1916 on the Somme.
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Questions and Answers Episode 54 oldfrontline.co.uk/2026/05/3… via @OldFrontLinePod
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May 30
In this latest @OldFrontLinePod QnA Episode we examine: observation balloons on the Western Front, white feathers, were there minefields on the battlefield, and trench foot.
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Quick canter up the adventure park track before the weather turns. Caught up on @OldFrontLinePod . Always enjoy listening when here as the landscape reminds me a bit of the Western Front as its plantation forest, lots of housing development around
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May 31
Thanks to all who joined me for a @OldFrontLinePod Podcast Supporters Evening tonight where we looked at #WW1 images connected to the build-up on the Somme in June 1916. (Photo colourised by @colour_history)
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I just received a coffee from Phil Moxon on @buymeacoffee! buymeacoffee.com/oldfrontlin…
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Thunder in the Mountains with Tom Isitt oldfrontline.co.uk/2026/05/2… via @OldFrontLinePod
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Thank you both for a very nice and informative podcast episode!
Thunder in the Mountains with Tom Isitt oldfrontline.co.uk/2026/05/2… via @OldFrontLinePod
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May 23
Thunder in the Mountains: in this latest @OldFrontLinePod we are joined by @masaccio60 to discuss his remarkable new book on the Italian Front in #WW1.
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