Our padre Angus Smith being interviewed
Tuesday 3 September 2024
Podcast covering Tumbledown
It's been ages since I've posted which doesn't mean nothing has been happened. Will try and find time to post more about what's going on but in the meantime thought I would share a link to a podcast I was recently made aware of
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3OPTW9iwXElKz94pWvvtO0?si=F-JxyaDqTiysu4otfLl0Ag
Monday 29 March 2021
Bill Slaney - Left Flank
Had a very interesting chat with Bill Slaney's brother who is soon going to be visiting the Falkland Islands for the first time and of course to walk across Tumbeldown
He sent me this article that was done by the BBC on hos brother
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2044074.stm
Have to say Bill wasnt too happy about what was written as one sentence of his was taken out of context (or misunderstood by the reported) when he was quoted with the following
I had come from training, only having experienced seven live rounds on the ranges.
Knowing how we had been deployed he was probably referring to the few rounds we got to fire on the way down which was to zero our rifles
Anyway a good read and good conversation, thanks for the link
Sunday 21 March 2021
After the war 2nd Battalion Scots Guards were bought back from the islands to Ascension Island on board the MV Norrland. She was (at the time) the largest ferry going from the UK to mainland Europe and apart from being able to take 1200 passengers (about a battalion) she was also able to take a lot of freight
Found an interesting video were her crew recount their experiences https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbCTW9bGmJg&t=1605s
Thursday 18 March 2021
Another interesting presentation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh5Z6MgxTsk
He didn't think much of 5 Brigade
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