The Salford Crescent Cenotaph : Created by Inky from Stock Photo. Salford 10th November 2019 Carved into hewn stone each name mentioned someone who never came home now remembered for their actions on those fateful campaigns the list of names shines in the sun as the sun shines on each of their names poppies resting …
Category Archives: World War II
Mathilda
IWM North, September 2018 an acrostic poem by inkdrop, on the newest arrival in the Main exhibition space of IWM North in Trafford…. Made up at the Locomotion works in Bolton A Machine to bring terror to the enemies eyes Thundering across land and desert Hot on the tail of any enemy Infantry In time, …
Inky takes to the water
Venue : HMS Belfast, London Date : 20th February 2018 Early morning for me yesterday, as i took up the chance to visit another branch of the Imperial War Museum. As a Member of the Volunteer Team at IWM North, I’d been to Duxford, and Headquarters in London…but yesterday gave me the opportunity to visit …
Visiting Duxford
Monday 5th June 2017 IWM Duxford – Home to a lot of aircraft! Venue : Imperial War Museum Duxford, Cambridge An early morning start at IWM North on Monday, as we met up with fellow volunteers and staff from the other branches at IWM Duxford for Volunteers week. We travelled south through the Midlands on …
Flight
Hoped to see something special – and I wasn’t disappointed
Navy Blue
Navy ? A Nautical colour Very respected as the colour of the senior service Yachts to Dreadnoughts – are adorned in it North to South – Compass bearings Are used to navigate Vessels through dangerous waters – Yomping through ice and hiding from the enemy Naval Company Colours Anchored off the …
Timber Corps
A poem written by me on the timber corps of World War II Timber Corps Hail those ladies of great accord who took on the mighty scots pine the ones who were taught to handle great saws and felled the woods in line They strained with logs to create the planks and soldiers they all …
A Busman’s Holiday – In Cosford
#DiscoverWP Shared journeys Old Trafford, Manchester , 5th August Time : Zero Nine Hundred Hours. Location : Imperial War Museum North, Old Trafford, Manchester Destination : RAF Museum, Cosford, Shropshire Bill by the RAF Twin-propped Bomber – and it wasn’t raining! Having done the Great Orme (see here) Bill Nigel and me meet up for a trip …
Fish and Chips at the Great Orme
Enjoy the view – i walked up a very tall hill to get to it 🙂
Little Ol’ Red
#Red #Fire #Engine #War Little Old Red is resting, he’s done its best. When the world was at war, and bombs fell to the floor These crafty bombs made fire over concrete and grass so firecrews met round him to work t… Source: Little Ol’ Red
The Inkwell 