The_Lowlander @The_Lowlander
The Lowlander weekly podcast ~ Andy and Merryn share the service newsletter that was sent out daily to men of the 52nd Lowland Division from Nov 44 / May 45. Joined April 2023-
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😬 It would help if one of us pushed the button when the tweet is ready to send. Wouldn’t it. The Lowlander — not many episodes left, people. 🥲
OTD 1945 I remember the last two of Peters Jocks to be KIA. Cpl John Parry, 29, Glasgow Pte Percy Byles, 22, London Both killed in an ambush, at Gros Eilstorf woods. The even was written about in the With the Jocks chapter “Ambush” Both are buried at Becklingen cemetery
Over the last couple of years I’ve managed to track down the families of both Parry and Byles, and Pte Norman Grosfils who was wounded in the same ambush. Norman survived and only died in 2015, leaving 11 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren.
We haven't slipped, we've moved briefly in line with the newsletter dates. Next edition of The Lowlander is out tomorrow. Stand by...
We haven't slipped, we've moved briefly in line with the newsletter dates. Next edition of The Lowlander is out tomorrow. Stand by...
@The_Lowlander Life is funny, as it turned out I was driving down the M6 today and took a detour to Stone. Here he is on the town war memorial
You've heard the podcast, now read the book ... and then come with us, walkingwiththejocks.co.uk !
You've heard the podcast, now read the book ... and then come with us, walkingwiththejocks.co.uk !
1/3 OTD we remember the 8 Jocks of Peter Whites platoon, killed at Ibbenburen, by their 17 Pounder SP guns support. Sgt Valentyne Godfrey, 30, Hawick. L/Cpl Andrew Duncan, 29, Hawick Pte Kenneth Barnes, 19, Gravesend Pte James Holt, 19, Manchester
Been on the hunt for a hard back copy for some time of this little doozy … and then it appeared…. mine now 😂👍👍 Blaming you 👇👇 @The_Lowlander @AndyAitcheson @rentaquill #Chefontour #Jocks #SWW #Bookproblem
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BIG WEEK War diaries give us a valuable insight to the words written in the @The_Lowlander newsletters. This episode is a long one but we go into granular detail about one week in April, one the toughest in the 52nds history Give it a listen and let us know what you think 🫡
BIG WEEK War diaries give us a valuable insight to the words written in the @The_Lowlander newsletters. This episode is a long one but we go into granular detail about one week in April, one the toughest in the 52nds history Give it a listen and let us know what you think 🫡 https://t.co/VCZaCUW1T1
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@The_Lowlander Great pod again you two, bit sad that it’s drawing down to a finish though Just for you @AndyAitcheson in case that Kickero chap wasn’t Scot’s enough for you…. youtu.be/6wrhsDOJHbI?si…
We are thrilled that we will be joined by historians @rentaquill & @AndyAitcheson for our march on July 13th. Co-hosts of @The_Lowlander podcast and both speaking at We Have Ways Fest, they are ‘Walking with The Jocks’ so this will be great preparation! justgiving.com/page/cambridge…
🏴Hard to believe it, but the end is nigh - it’s Episode 25 of The Lowlander. The 52nd Lowlander Division is there to the very end - and what happens next, we wonder?!
Clackety-ping! Another great pod from @The_Lowlander, sadly the end is almost upon us. @rentaquill and @AndyAitcheson the pleasure has been all ours. The week just won’t be the same. spotify.link/LhbSelsHdJb
@james_2904 @The_Lowlander @AndyAitcheson You're too kind James - still a couple more episodes to go though!
Or you found some amazing things in the national archives that you wanted to share for posterity, with no inclination or interest in making money. You just did it because it allowed you to share stuff and it was a laugh making it. * also I got kick out of doing silly voices
@Karl_Reid @The_Lowlander @rentaquill It’s great, isn’t it? Not sure, I’ll have to do a bit of digging
@Nickleh @Karl_Reid @The_Lowlander @AndyAitcheson BSM Beddoe - 54 Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery - can't find any trace of him as an author post-war, unfortunately.
@rentaquill @Nickleh @The_Lowlander @AndyAitcheson Talented in that little piece shame he didn’t continue. He could have written the man in the high castle years before anyone else 🤷♂️
@Karl_Reid @The_Lowlander @rentaquill @AndyAitcheson I was listening to that as I drove home from the airport, and gasped out loud at the thought of the Nazis taking over Canada. (Suspect they would’ve had a bit more trouble with that than they realized…)
@Karl_Reid @The_Lowlander @rentaquill @AndyAitcheson I enjoyed that.
That alternative history piece in this weeks @The_Lowlander by the BSM was brilliant. So well written and had huge hints of 1984. Wonder if he wrote professionally after the war? @rentaquill @AndyAitcheson
@AndyAitcheson @The_Lowlander What a lovely map
Such an interesting chat this.
🚨Alaaarm! Alaaarm!🚨 The World's Greatest Spitfire Pilot @almurray and @James1940 speak to Matt Jones of Spitfires.com - the only Spitfire training school in the world. He also circumnavigated the globe in a Silver Spit linktr.ee/wehaveways
Behind the scenes video of @The_Lowlander recording.
This is my favourite podcast atm
Amazing to think this recording - Bremen under attack - was made just 200 yards from the central station, at the same time Peter White watched his men go out on early patrol.
“It’s the sheer size of the smashed area that overwhelms you” - reporting live from 1945, Wynford Vaughan Thomas takes us into Episode 24 of The Lowlander - JORROCKS (and Bremen). Nearly there, folks. 😔
@The_Lowlander I hope you both have another podcast in the works. I love my weekly fill of the Lowlander. The war diaries of the 50th Div from 39 to their disbandment would be amazing.
@AndyAitcheson @The_Lowlander Always interesting to see Verden/Aller on a map - my first posting in Germany back in the day - fond memories (a mere 39yrs after the departure give or take a month or so!)
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