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| 151 | Blog: National Archives visit My last visit of 2008 is turning up a few interesting documents; I've already found a location statement for a machine gun battalion, plus a few odds and ends. |
30 December 2008 |
| 152 | Blog: Roadblock recce (18) Boreham Street - Ninfield - Catsfield My roadblock site visits have now hit the 150 mark following a trip to Boreham Street, Ninfield and Catsfield. I found a pair of pimples embedded in a wall as well as a slit trench. |
29 December 2008 |
| 153 | Blog: Away in a slit trench I spent Christmas morning up on the Downs discovering yet another slit trench; nothing remarkable in light of recent discoveries, but it did reveal useful construction data. |
25 December 2008 |
| 154 | Blog: Shape-changing trench A return visit to a Downsforce location revealed six new slit trenches and one that had changed shape since I last saw it... |
21 December 2008 |
| 155 | Blog: Roadblock recce (17) John's Cross - Cripp's Corner On my way into Kent today, I stopped off and did some roadblock work at John's Cross and Cripp's Corner. |
17 December 2008 |
| 156 | Blog: Downsforce - flame trap, pipe mine and yet more trenches I spent the morning up on the Downs in an area occupied by a company of Downsforce troops, looking for more trenches, a flame trap and a Canadian pipe mine. |
14 December 2008 |
| 157 | Blog: Cuckmere Haven defences to be lost under water The Environment Agency has today announced plans to end maintenance of flood defences at Cuckmere Haven, consigning the surviving WW2 defences to a watery grave. |
10 December 2008 |
| 158 | Blog: Important Sussex defence work demolished It is with regret that I have to report the destruction of the WW2 roof on Martello Tower 55 at Norman's Bay. |
7 December 2008 |
| 159 | Blog: Mapping a Downsforce platoon locality I spent a very cold and windy morning up on the Downs mapping out a platoon locality. A productive rummage in the long grass revealed a total of 5 new slit trenches. |
30 November 2008 |
| 160 | Blog: Pillboxopedia I've spent the past few days creating Pillboxopedia, an encyclopedia of terms relating to UK anti-invasion defences and the invasion threat in general. |
22 November 2008 |
| 161 | Blog: Foxhole becomes rabbit hole Having been laid up with a cold the past few days, today's visit onto the Downs was short, but I did find a new slit trench and yet more shrapnel. |
16 November 2008 |
| 162 | Blog: Time Team - Lost WW1 bunker This evening's Time Team Special examined the excavation of a WW1 brigade HQ near Paschendaele. I've been searching for a similar structure dug in East Sussex by the Canadians in 1941. |
10 November 2008 |
| 163 | Blog: In Remembrance Earlier this year I paid a visit to Rye and found the graves of three men who died within ten days of each other at the height of the invasion scare in 1940. |
9 November 2008 |
| 164 | Blog: Shorncliffe: birthplace of modern soldiering Despite my East Sussex focus I went to Kent on a fascinating tour of Shorncliffe Redoubt, the military cemetery and a WW1 training trench system. A WW2 pillbox was also on the itinerary. |
8 November 2008 |
| 165 | Blog: Roadblock recce (16) - Alfriston I visited six roadblock sites around Alfriston today, finding 130 buoys, approx. 15 pimples and the only bent RSJ that I know to still be in situ. |
2 November 2008 |
| 166 | Blog: Pillbox site redesign Over the past couple of weeks I've been redesigning the Defence of East Sussex Project homepage and the site in general. |
1 November 2008 |
| 167 | Blog: National Archives visit I've been doing a bit of everything this week - hence the recent deluge of blogging. I'm on a quick visit to Kew to tie up a few loose ends and fill some gaps, with some success. |
31 October 2008 |
| 168 | Blog: Roadblock recce (16) - Mayfield and Horam I managed to get out to see a total of 20+ roadblock sites today, mostly in the Mayfield area. I recorded a total of 17 buoys, although only two were at a site listed in the 1941 Roadblock Report. |
29 October 2008 |
| 169 | Blog: Petroleum warfare at Kingston and Southease Further to my visit to Kingston, I was also there to investigate flame fougasses. There were 5 of these booby traps at Kingston and 6 at Southease. |
28 October 2008 |
| 170 | Blog: Roadblock recce (15) - Kingston near Lewes I went out in search of six roadblock locations at Kingston near Lewes today and ended up making an interesting discovery a couple of miles up the road at Iford. |
28 October 2008 |
| 171 | Blog: Roadblock recce (14) - Isfield I briefly went AWOL from a family outing to Isfield in order to visit 3 roadblock locations; I also chanced upon a possible loopholed wall. |
26 October 2008 |
| 172 | Blog: Downsforce: Firle Beacon I went for a walk up to Firle Beacon to investigate positions occupied by Downsforce. A few hours spent in a howling gale revealed seven slit trenches I had missed on previous visits. |
25 October 2008 |
| 173 | Blog: Mount Caburn (2) I went back to record the various WW2 earthwork defences on Mount Caburn today and to compare my research with the published data on the area. |
18 October 2008 |
| 174 | Blog: Roadblock recce (13) - Eridge Station Having been at Eridge for work purposes the last three Friday afternoons, instead of heading off home at the end of today's proceedings I looked for a couple of roadblocks. |
17 October 2008 |
| 175 | Blog: Mount Caburn I've paid a couple of visits to Mount Caburn this year to investigate the wartime slit trenches that were dug on the ramparts of this iron age hillfort. |
12 October 2008 |
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