Monty’s Rolls has arrived at the British Normandy Memorial in Ver sur Mer!
*I did not drive her there. Richard Hammond did whilst I was a passenger princess
I made this year’s Paris trip a bit of a Marshal Lannes pilgrimage. You can’t get very close to the tomb, which is probably to protect against over enthusiastic people like me just as much against criminal damage!
He’s here! Sadly a good inch too small, so I will have to wage war in his honour. But that’s my valentines date sorted and my Waterloo Bread Oven display enhanced in one go.
Does anyone know where I can buy a life size cut out of Napoleon? Google does not bring up any UK sites.
1) No this is not for my personal use. I may be single but I am not that desperate
2) No height jokes.
Wow, what a week D-Day 80 was. Monty’s Rolls from the
@RLCMuseum
completed her tour of Normandy events driven by Richard Hammond and is now having a well deserved rest (as am I!). She was adored by all, including veterans, Monty’s grandson and Eisenhower’s granddaughter.
A beautiful First World War female tunic with Army Service Corp buttons going on display soon at
@RLCMuseum
. Unfortunately we do not know who wore it, but I would have loved to know her story.
Found a Napoleon in a very yellow room at Osborne House. Good old Vic had taste after all. The anti-Bonapartist Boyfriend was not pleased, but that just made me even more smug…
I wanted to like it so badly. A friend bought me a swanky armchair seat in the Everyman as my Xmas present. I had wine, popcorn and a Napoleon obsession.
…I left confused by a fragmented nonsensical blur of things in his life that lost their meaning without the other bits.
School session tomorrow mean it’s time to get the dressing up collection out again. It’s only right that we made sure it was fit for purpose… 😇
*cue Sam singing Tipperary round the museum
A teenage Sam slept next to this Nelson/Trafalgar poster for 10 years. She nearly became a
@kejamieson_
but fortunately she found Napoleon at age 20. Phew.
Playmobile napoleon humbly requests on Valentine’s Day that a playmobile Josephine be created. And then in 14 years time a Lego Marie-Louise so he can upgrade to a younger model from a rival brand
After growing up watching Richard Holmes on War Walks every friday night, I now realise why as an adult I have a real weakness for men with moustaches... 😇🤣
As you all seemed to enjoy the last Richard Holmes video here he is again with a Lee Enfield and another favourite moment of mine.
From the BBC series War Walks Episode 3 Series 1 "Mons".
So I stepped out of my comfort zone and not only talked about naval history, but was mad enough to let someone record it and 3 other actual naval historians pull me apart… enjoy.
Mixed review of the Napoleon Exhibition in Paris. Fantastic to see some of the famous paintings all in one place, and I spent too long in front of N at Arcole 😇. Some acknowledgement of the propaganda in the images, but scope for a deeper dive in an exhibition dedicated to N. /1
Tonight
@NRWGCharity
made the news!
@ZwhiteHistory
talked about the French PoW graves we are restoring in Alresford. I am so proud of how far this charity has come - and even prouder that this project is some of my French boys and an officers wife! Vive la France!
Today for
#HeritageOpenDays
the object store tour gets to see the Royal Waggon Train officer’s Coattee that was taken off display at
@RLCMuseum
to prevent light damage
An army marches on its stomach, and it was great to see what an RLC Chef could do with a 10 man ration box at the
@RLCMuseum
. A full 3 course meal complete with chocolate mousse tart.
Today I got a kitty and named her Josephine. Turns out she likes building flat pack furniture and getting outraged that she can’t bat the Allen key every time it turns. My life is no longer mine.
And so ends War & Peace by myself and
@ZwhiteHistory
on behalf of
@NRWGCharity
. Thank you all for adapting after the venue closure. Thank you all for your excellent papers. Thank you for your support.
But most of all, thank you for your company and time x
The face of a cat who has learned how to open the drawer the Dreamies are in, then dragged them off somewhere to rip open and consume in shame like an addict
Tonight Joseph the 9-month old kitten hung out in a neighbours flat with her girl cat and came home 3 hours late for dinner smelling of smoke.
When your cat has a better Saturday night than you it’s time to evaluate how you got here….
Does anyone know where I can buy a life size cut out of Napoleon? Google does not bring up any UK sites.
1) No this is not for my personal use. I may be single but I am not that desperate
2) No height jokes.
I seemingly have a secret admirer. 🤔
General Rowland ‘Daddy’ Hill & the Head of the Staff Corps of Cavalry George Scovell on a mug. What’s not to like?
No idea who sent me this, but I immediately want to turn this into a piece of podcast merch 🤣
Cheers! 🍻 ‘Whip it good!’ 🤣
As the wise(ish)
@jerijerod14
says, boats and books are the only way. I heavily refute the boats part, but I can’t deny the latter. About to dive in. If I don’t come out, it’s ok I died happy 😉
War Unicorns have been used for centuries. Napoleon rode a unicorn over the Alps, although it remained secret until E Charles unearthed the original version of this painting in 2016.
Many thanks to
@NAM_London
for allowing us in on a Monday to film a few things for
@NRWGCharity
‘s Waterloo Live! Such a privilege to have the place to ourselves.
#HeritageopenDays
object store tour at the
@RLCMuseum
includes a lecture on museum acquisition procedures and an admission that I am a moth murderer...
Honoured to meet this legendary Sapper last year. Following capture at Tobruk John escaped an Italian POW camp and walked from Ancona to Bari. Captured again at Arnhem John used his experience to get himself and three others on a stolen row boat to Nijmegan! Happy birthday, John!
It's the 100th Birthday of John Humphreys OBE DL CstJ. Nicknamed the ‘The Great Escapist’, this now Chelsea Pensioner blindsided the German forces not once but twice during WWII. John’s determination is exemplary, and he is a true Sapper legend. Happy Birthday, John!🎉
@RHChelsea
I loved doing this and am excited to soon share it with
@HistoryRage
patreon supporters. Also tentatively nervous. And, yes, the wobble in my voice over Hackett VC was real ♥️
🚨NEXT WEEK on
@Patreon
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Former Assistant Curator of
@REMuseum
@s_jolley
comes on to rage that there's more to the Royal Engineers than bridges in
#WW2
. There's extreme carpentry, VCs won underneath France and armed tractors too!
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#ww1
#ic
This years conference was my favourite yet! Thank you to
@HistoryandMoore
and
@churchill_alex
for bringing the community together.
I still bear no shame that I cried off the polar bear club in preference for more sleep. I grew up near that sea. I know what’s in it…
Don’t know where to start. A massive THANKYOU to the 100+ lunatic nerds that have just spent the weekend with us at the
@GreatWarGroup
conference in Brighton. Thank you to both you and all of those members who couldn’t make it for:
Your willingness to listen to a constantly
Great honour to lay this wreath for the
@GreatWarGroup
whilst thinking about my G.G. Uncle William Gilbert. D. 26 April 1915. My brother looks very like him
This furry bastard has become a kleptomaniac of jewellery. Unfortunately it’s my sentimental jewellery and I don’t know where he’s created his little dragon horde. I wouldn’t mind if he was stealing rich peoples jewellery that we could sell to pay for the heating…
Got this little beauty out the stores today for a researcher 😍 A casket given to Kitchener by the people of Cardiff depicting scenes of Gordon’s death at Khartoum.
Please never give me a gift depicting my friends’ deaths. Even if it’s this pretty.
RE Museum GGC196
Little kitty Joseph got neutered today. He got an eye ulcer as a reaction to the anaesthetic. As the vet handed me his drops she said “you’re going to need two people to administer them” and single-cat-lady Sam hasn’t felt so single-shamed since building flat packed furniture 🤦🏻♀️
As you can see, someone is slightly excited that the ties are here. There’s a reason we call
@s_jolley
‘Empress of the Ties’
Those who’ve preordered will have theirs shipped in the coming days
If you haven’t snapped one up already, you can order yours at
It’s amazing how many people in the comments are refuting this, despite it being the sector standard and The National Archives advice! It’s almost as debated as my cream/jam scone post the other day 🤣
Bare hands provide us with a much better understanding of how fragile the item is. Gloves can be clumsy, catch on items & are harder to keep clean. Thoroughly cleaned & dry hands are best practice & glove usage has long been discouraged in the majority of the UK’s archives.
3/3
Some beautiful scenes of the fleet burning off Chatham during the Battle of Medway at the Rijksmuseum. Yes
@restorationcake
I shook my fist for you and called them The Nefarious Dutch.