Jim Toms Profile Banner
Jim Toms Profile
Jim Toms

@09EA63

3,541
Followers
2,105
Following
26,269
Media
135,270
Statuses

A normal bloke, happy family guy. With a few interests (planes, trains, tanks etc), oh, & an MBA from @uniofleicester . I was a soldier once.

Manchester UK
Joined January 2013
Don't wanna be here? Send us removal request.
@09EA63
Jim Toms
6 months
Please tell me I am not the only person on Twitter who couldn’t care less about Eurovision??
413
61
2K
@09EA63
Jim Toms
2 years
@russellcrowe Hope they were entertained...
7
11
1K
@09EA63
Jim Toms
2 years
Aye…
Tweet media one
69
346
1K
@09EA63
Jim Toms
1 year
Sending positive thoughts to ⁦ @shitscaredmum ⁩ & all the family right now as Laura goes through a bad time
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
9
14
814
@09EA63
Jim Toms
2 years
HMS Sheffield Memorial, Sea Lion Island as snapped by me in 1987
Tweet media one
12
44
645
@09EA63
Jim Toms
11 months
Time to dust this one off again tweeps
Tweet media one
49
60
620
@09EA63
Jim Toms
1 year
I’ll try not to bombard you all but I am quite a proud granddad right now
Tweet media one
80
6
590
@09EA63
Jim Toms
4 years
Xmas Jumper 1982 to 1998....
Tweet media one
44
15
550
@09EA63
Jim Toms
9 months
33 years ago tonight things started to get kinetic. #OpGranby #DesertStorm #FreeKuwait
Tweet media one
31
28
546
@09EA63
Jim Toms
4 years
Don’t forget to put the clocks back
Tweet media one
7
206
503
@09EA63
Jim Toms
4 years
If you know.... you know
Tweet media one
86
15
488
@09EA63
Jim Toms
2 years
Waterloo coming out from the barn this morning
23
33
395
@09EA63
Jim Toms
2 years
This has just broken me
17
43
362
@09EA63
Jim Toms
3 years
If you know you know…. cc @Posted_to_BAOR
Tweet media one
33
14
346
@09EA63
Jim Toms
7 years
😀😉🇬🇧🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇸
Tweet media one
9
155
314
@09EA63
Jim Toms
2 years
#TBT 20yrs old, 110lbs crushing my spine, Grytviken in the background Aaah, I was young once
Tweet media one
22
11
312
@09EA63
Jim Toms
2 years
#OTD 1986 - Argentine Puma shot down by the Royal Marines detachment on South Georgia under the command of Lt Keith Mills. My photo taken in March 1986 at the start of my tour down there. Doubt there's much left now
Tweet media one
16
16
299
@09EA63
Jim Toms
4 years
Not my photo - robbed from Facebook - Chally 1 towing a PaK40 on Op Resolute, Bosnia 1996. That piece of German hardware had been lurking around for 50+ years
Tweet media one
18
38
295
@09EA63
Jim Toms
5 years
Knock yourself out ⁦ @EatKnuckleFritz ⁩ 😉👍
14
45
278
@09EA63
Jim Toms
5 years
More Spitfires...? Go on then, I’ll spoil you 😉 The taxi out...
22
53
275
@09EA63
Jim Toms
3 months
Bacon grill.. chicken curry, spangles!!! Paging @Posted_to_BAOR
Tweet media one
57
8
255
@09EA63
Jim Toms
7 years
@randomsasha @jennafischer I can’t believe teachers over there have to purchase supplies out of their own pockets full stop, no matter whether tax deductible or not. Evening ladies
23
8
211
@09EA63
Jim Toms
2 years
One to send @Posted_to_BAOR into a wild frenzy...
Tweet media one
53
5
233
@09EA63
Jim Toms
4 years
One year ago this weekend - twilight reheat run - turn it up & hear the 🔥.....
18
29
229
@09EA63
Jim Toms
4 years
Our ⁦ @LEGO_Group ⁩ winter village has just had an upgrade #lights
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
13
8
234
@09EA63
Jim Toms
4 years
Overlord +76 years
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
4
22
224
@09EA63
Jim Toms
7 years
Nearly that time of year to put these on again 🇬🇧
Tweet media one
19
23
211
@09EA63
Jim Toms
11 months
Done I am alive!!!
Tweet media one
47
3
230
@09EA63
Jim Toms
4 years
Robbed from Facebook 😆
Tweet media one
40
23
207
@09EA63
Jim Toms
4 years
A blast from the past picked up from LinkedIn this morning. If you know... you know 😉
Tweet media one
56
7
203
@09EA63
Jim Toms
1 year
Ta dah!!!
Tweet media one
26
3
212
@09EA63
Jim Toms
3 months
Tweet media one
31
10
206
@09EA63
Jim Toms
4 years
In honour of the mighty Bedford trucks 90th anniversary today... #Bedford90
Tweet media one
10
11
189
@09EA63
Jim Toms
4 years
You know, twitter can be an amazing place sometimes - tweet a photo of an innocuous Army 4 ton Bedford GS lorry, 13 hours ago... it's been viewed more than 14,000 times today alone! Here's another one..
Tweet media one
22
12
183
@09EA63
Jim Toms
1 year
Welcome to the world new human!! Twitter - say hi to Eleanor (Ellie) Hope who made an appearance last night Grandparent’s are doing well, parents knackered!!
Tweet media one
46
4
185
@09EA63
Jim Toms
6 years
Spitfires as far as the eye can see near as dammit ⁦ @Flying_Legends
Tweet media one
11
33
177
@09EA63
Jim Toms
4 years
This.... you filthy buggers
Tweet media one
11
31
170
@09EA63
Jim Toms
10 months
Finally!! Wanted one of these for a long time
Tweet media one
54
0
175
@09EA63
Jim Toms
6 years
My car, parked up at work.... the significance.... driven by me!! Wahey! 12 months seizure free & back on the road
Tweet media one
27
6
167
@09EA63
Jim Toms
5 years
Early doors for #TankTuesday - drivers diary entry simply read ‘bugger’....
Tweet media one
27
34
162
@09EA63
Jim Toms
7 years
Tweet media one
19
84
154
@09EA63
Jim Toms
8 months
114 years old - afloat again
@ShipsOfLegend
Ships Of Legend
8 months
The battleship #Texas BB-35 was refloated yesterday in Galveston, USA, after several months of extensive restoration work. Launched in 1910, she took part in the Normandy D-Day in 1944. 📽️Third Coast Drone Full movie in 4K : #battleships #USNavy #WWII
59
525
3K
6
25
161
@09EA63
Jim Toms
4 years
😂
Tweet media one
15
8
153
@09EA63
Jim Toms
7 years
30 years ago tomorrow RiP mates
Tweet media one
13
54
144
@09EA63
Jim Toms
3 years
17 years ago today. Wouldn’t change a thing
Tweet media one
32
0
158
@09EA63
Jim Toms
5 years
A whole squadron of Spitfires in the air... wonderful
Tweet media one
8
29
151
@09EA63
Jim Toms
2 years
😉
Tweet media one
9
18
153
@09EA63
Jim Toms
4 years
It’s our wedding anniversary today!!
Tweet media one
43
4
138
@09EA63
Jim Toms
3 years
Believe it or not... this is a flying scale model of Vulcan B2 XH558 (in original anti flash white) - it's huge (look at the office door behind to give an idea of scale) #twitterVforce
Tweet media one
8
17
139
@09EA63
Jim Toms
8 months
#Ceasefire #OTD 33 years ago. Kuwait 🇰🇼 was fully liberated, combat ops ended & we knew we were coming home. Endex Endex Endex cc ⁦ @1991DesertStorm
Tweet media one
11
9
143
@09EA63
Jim Toms
3 years
47 didn’t come home - it was a short, intense war
Tweet media one
6
16
136
@09EA63
Jim Toms
6 years
80’s squaddie porn 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Tweet media one
20
18
121
@09EA63
Jim Toms
5 years
Brunty’s accidental Victor hop from a few years ago #twitterVforce . 😂 #MadeToFly even when retired
@Hoddy1982
Andrew Hodgson
5 years
14
62
223
6
20
132
@09EA63
Jim Toms
6 years
Well, today I am officially 9 months seizure free - #GoBrain cc @epilepsyaction @epilepsysociety Fingers x'd - 3 months & I will be driving again
17
7
130
@09EA63
Jim Toms
3 years
Feel really sad today - thought the world had moved on from idiots invading other countries based on lies and sending young men to sort it out. 31 years ago I was involved in liberating one small country that suffered such a fate and seeing it happening again, I just despair
8
5
129
@09EA63
Jim Toms
4 years
Sums up 2020 nicely thus far don’t you think @EatKnuckleFritz @pitchblacksteed
Tweet media one
3
24
132
@09EA63
Jim Toms
2 years
Probably my earliest photo in uniform - home visit, wearing the awful barrack dress trousers. I still have my recruit troop white flash on, so this will be circa Oct 1982 Uniform fits where it touches me etc!
Tweet media one
26
3
130
@09EA63
Jim Toms
3 years
Ready for tomorrow
Tweet media one
8
0
129
@09EA63
Jim Toms
3 years
I remember this. Noakes = legend. Absolutely barking mad & gives me the hebejebies to this day. No harness, ropes or any safety kit.
@BBCArchive
BBC Archive
3 years
#OnThisDay 1977: Blue Peter’s resident stunt man, John Noakes, scaled the death-defying heights of Nelson’s Column to clean out some pigeon poo. For more Blue Peter clips, check out our collection here –
126
274
1K
25
23
126
@09EA63
Jim Toms
4 years
Cry God for Harry (not that one) England & St George. This country isn’t perfect but it’s home
Tweet media one
6
13
124
@09EA63
Jim Toms
2 years
#WheelWednesday - an old favourite I know, perched on the bonnet of my Series 3 FFR up in the Harz Mountains circa 1988. One thing I have noticed is my non-standard jungle boots, acquired from the US PX up in Bremerhaven - worn when out of sight of the regiments grown ups!
Tweet media one
13
2
126
@09EA63
Jim Toms
1 year
To absent friends
Tweet media one
7
4
127
@09EA63
Jim Toms
3 years
Word…
Tweet media one
8
8
119
@09EA63
Jim Toms
5 years
Armour on the move including the very rare Japanese Ha-Go
8
34
118
@09EA63
Jim Toms
1 year
Reacquainted with an old friend
Tweet media one
18
1
118
@09EA63
Jim Toms
5 years
I obviously wasn’t feeling too festive on this day 24 years ago... Bosnia 1995
Tweet media one
10
7
112
@09EA63
Jim Toms
4 years
#TankTuesday - 1987, Ex Reforger, with bonus JT shot thrown in!
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
8
15
117
@09EA63
Jim Toms
5 years
Achtung.... Panther
4
20
109
@09EA63
Jim Toms
3 years
One for @Posted_to_BAOR et al
Tweet media one
3
5
119
@09EA63
Jim Toms
2 years
Back when Her Maj was the heir to the throne, and served in a practical capacity #Mechanic
Tweet media one
6
11
117
@09EA63
Jim Toms
3 years
Robbed from FB to give you a good impression of the sheer size of an MBT on the main road - Chieftains on the move in Germany back in the day & civvy traffic keeping a good gap
Tweet media one
5
24
114
@09EA63
Jim Toms
3 years
RIP - one of the saddest photo's
@Ravenser
Røbbø 🇬🇧🇨🇦
4 years
RAF Corporal Maheshkumar Islania and his 6 month old daughter Nivruti Mahesh were pursued, shot and murdered by the IRA in Wildenwrath, Germany 26/10/1989 Remember them today #LestweForget
Tweet media one
3
9
26
6
17
111
@09EA63
Jim Toms
6 years
This...
Tweet media one
7
30
107
@09EA63
Jim Toms
5 years
Lot's of chat about South Georgia on my TL today so for my #TBT starters here's a few from my time down there cc @WarDiaryF82
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
5
10
106
@09EA63
Jim Toms
5 years
0
1
107
@09EA63
Jim Toms
2 years
Time to christen this glass @Airfix
Tweet media one
9
5
108
@09EA63
Jim Toms
2 years
One for the Bedfordati… cc @agbdrilling
Tweet media one
13
12
104
@09EA63
Jim Toms
5 years
Tweet media one
5
33
103
@09EA63
Jim Toms
3 years
31 years ago tonight - glass raised to all
Tweet media one
6
5
101
@09EA63
Jim Toms
5 years
Today... two years seizure free... 12 months back on the road... everybody dance now! cc @epilepsyaction @epilepsysociety
15
5
103
@09EA63
Jim Toms
4 years
Northern Mr Men.... I relate to these
Tweet media one
3
17
102
@09EA63
Jim Toms
5 years
1 (BR) Corps training manuals...
Tweet media one
29
4
101
@09EA63
Jim Toms
3 years
#TankTuesday - Challenger 1's, 1991, pre invasion/liberation of Kuwait (no recognition ^ painted). Note the portable bog on the back of the 2nd image 💩
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
6
11
101
@09EA63
Jim Toms
5 years
#SaturdaySnap - Phantom escorting us into the Falklands for my last journey south in 1991
Tweet media one
6
12
105
@09EA63
Jim Toms
3 years
#TBT - Bosnia, 1996 en route between Sarajevo & Split
Tweet media one
5
3
100
@09EA63
Jim Toms
8 years
Tigers sir..... everywhere!! @TankieMike @Panzerpicture @PanzerDB
Tweet media one
6
34
90
@09EA63
Jim Toms
3 years
Note #10 - otherwise it was nasty….
Tweet media one
14
5
99
@09EA63
Jim Toms
7 years
Sand fm each beach collected over the w/end - plinth made by my mate, bottles printed by him. Tank is 1:16 Sherman
Tweet media one
10
24
90
@09EA63
Jim Toms
2 years
#WheelWednesday - 8 wheels, 3 separate bits of kit - the last one is a bit of a rarity tho … who can label it?
Tweet media one
24
5
96
@09EA63
Jim Toms
5 years
Doing some work shizzle in Windsor tonight and whilst waiting for everyone else to rock up at the RV spotted this #Hurricane
Tweet media one
6
14
94
@09EA63
Jim Toms
4 years
Christmas, Sarajevo, 1995 - I must have just cleaned my boots in an attempt to keep them w/resistant
Tweet media one
8
2
94
@09EA63
Jim Toms
2 years
A thread about a very, very, brave lady
@RRRDonner
Rebecca Donner
2 years
#OTD My great-great-aunt Mildred Harnack was beheaded on Hitler’s direct order. Born in Milwaukee, she graduated from the University of Wisconsin & moved to Germany to pursue a PhD. As an American grad student in Berlin, she witnessed a rapid increase in Hitler's popularity. 1/12
Tweet media one
1K
20K
105K
0
17
98
@09EA63
Jim Toms
3 years
April’s panzer pin up….
Tweet media one
11
3
96
@09EA63
Jim Toms
8 years
F4 escort approaching @falklands_utd back in 1991
Tweet media one
3
29
88
@09EA63
Jim Toms
2 years
Something not seen for a while - Waterloo’s turret moving under power. Everything restored now so she will track a ‘target’ once again after a bit of a weird electrical issue
7
11
97
@09EA63
Jim Toms
4 years
RIP ⁦⁦ @isDARTHVADER ⁩ Dave Prowse: Darth Vader actor dies aged 85
14
8
92
@09EA63
Jim Toms
2 years
#TankTuesday and today, only one timeframe will do. Challenger 1, Op Granby, 32 years ago
Tweet media one
7
3
94
@09EA63
Jim Toms
4 years
Been there.... done that
15
10
90
@09EA63
Jim Toms
4 years
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
3
4
96