History

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[degsy]

Did you know hitler had a cousin who lived in Liverpool. Dont know if he was a scouser but i read an article about it a few years ago

He was a rs, lived in Stanhope St, hot bed of rs nazi-ism that Stanhope St.*
*note; not all of the above may be true...but hitler was a kopite deffo...I mean stands to reason, what else would a bad meff like that be.

 

[PhilM]

In the 60's the American air force set up a simulation war game exercise to practice defending their country against Russian invasion. The RAF sent 8 vulcan bombers to be the russian side. Only one got shot down and the RAF nuked new york.

The Americans said it was a fluke and restarted the war games. It happened again.

These were part of the Sky Shield exercises, but there were examples in Northern Europe too. The V-Force, in most cases, met their objectives with relative ease.

The Vulcans went off their agreed/scheduled flight paths (the Yanks didn't like this), flew aggressively and used our superior counter-measures to evade capture.

It also highlighted a combination of US arrogance and poor planning, with their assumptions based on very limited criteria (intelligence and beliefs).

 

[summerisle]

Intrigued about Sean's Bar.

 

[summerisle]

Well, now you know.

 

[wm02]

Intrigued about Sean's Bar.

Very interesting. A bit surprising that Greece’s oldest company is fairly recent

 

[summerisle]

More satisfying than 'Yer Ma'.

 

[summerisle]

Blimey.

Blue plaque to honour Yorkshirewoman who was locked in asylum for calling vicar a liar

Mary Heaton spent 41 years in a Wakefield asylum for challenging a cleric. Finally, her life and suffering are being recognised

www.theguardian.com

 

[summerisle]

Belfast in 1833, where the name Lady hasn't yet reached.

 

[aazak]

A mate of mine forwarded this picture taken in Croke Park to me (his grandfather is in it) :

 

[gonetomorrow]

Did you know hitler had a cousin who lived in Liverpool. Dont know if he was a scouser but i read an article about it a few years ago

Yes. Hitler is believed to have come over and visited him. Beryl Bainbridge wrote a novel about it - Young Adolf.

 

[summerisle]

A possible inspiration for George Orwell's 1984 - a division of the world into 5 Superstates.

The utopian 1920s scheme for five global superstates

Austro-Japanese aristocrat Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi later concentrated on plans for Pan-Europe.

bigthink.com

 

[summerisle]

Very catchy. lol

 

[LEONARD]

Belfast in 1833, where the name Lady hasn't yet reached.

It was probably an RC dog, owners obviously in the Orange Lodge.

 

[sdk]

Strange that they don't list Van Dyke.