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There’s story that when Buckingham Palace was bombed for the first time the Queen gave a sigh of relief and said “Now we can look the East End in the face”. The East End had suffered badly while Buckingham Palace had remained intact. There’s also the story that the King and Queen had visited...

I had the privilege although it was certainly no pleasure to be given a conducted tour of Lidice by one of the few survivors. Its an experience that has stuck with me for over 30 years. The village of Lidice was destroyed by the Germans and its inhabitants shot, except for few “Aryan-like”...

I don’t collect different periods. The bulk of my collection is the beginning of the British Army from the Restoration to the end of the 17th century . I use every manufacturer who makes figures in my period. I have commissioned figures and I have several special pieces - for example one...

By a coincidence I was reading the Birkenhead story yesterday morning. What makes that story even more magnificent is the fact that the troops were raw recruits – new drafts for the 43rd and the AS&S. Queen Victoria had a wreath of Laurels engraved on one of the pillars at the Royal Hospital...

I was not criticising your viewpoint or comments. I was in Baker Street and visited the Sherlock Holmes museum and friend casually asked if there could be a museum for a fictional character. So comments about the accuracy of films on Arthur made think the same – could a film be classed a...

But what do we keep score off? Not the winner as there is only one winner. We count “the losers” When we thrill to the story of the Stand of the Last Eleven does anyone count the opposition or even care – they had “lots”, who cares for the exact number When I read of The Alamo it’s not the...

Never having heard of Vince Lombardi I looked him up and read his personal statement which you quote in part. Does not match the words engraved on the wall of Lords

It’s said that when Alfred Lord Tennyson was appointed Poet Laureate he took the role seriously and so he wrote the Charge of the Light Brigade, the Heavy Brigade and my favourite Tennyson poem – The Revenge, a Ballad of the Fleet. I used lines from the poem as a paragraph header for a piece on...

There's a story you might enjoy of the Old Zurich War in which the Swiss fought the French at the St Jacob Hospital. When the Swiss ran out of oarrows they pulled them from their bodies to fire back. OUtnumbered they were all killed save 10 - who went home to be reviled as to why they did not...

I enjoyed Excalibur, although its not accurate - look at another thread and see that Merlin was a Scot. Since it deals with a mythical figure could it ever be accurate as for King Arthur below - ludicrous

When you said “traditions” I thought you meant regimental traditions – such as the Cameronians always mounting an armed guard at Church Parade, a tradition from their formation during the religious wars in Scotland. Or the regiment whose officers eat in the mess armed with sabres, from the time...

I had Sam arrange painting of some figures as Irish regiments - Tiffin's & Skeffington's. Oleg Biiato made a figure for me -Cavalryman of the 1680s which he painted as Oxford's Horse. Sam got it painted as an Irish Regiment I hadn't heard off.

I remember when Martin sculptured the shamrock on the cap badge of his Irish soldiers. Worth seeing

I’ve known Sam for years – reviewed him and his shop when he opened it. Sam is a character however he is completely “straight” and you can do business with him with confidence. He bought a large stock of Tabony castings when Martin used to sell them and had them painted as Irish regiments –...

I've enjoyed Battle of Britain several times As I wrote on another thread for me the best film about the Battle of Britain is Angels One Five Recently I was given a video of The Bells Go Down - the fire brigade during the The Blitz. Like a great many films from the era full of character actors...

Re: The Dambusters-interview today There was a short interview with George “Johnny” Johnson of the original 617 Squadron and Sir Max Hastings, historian and columnist this morning on Radio 4’s Today programme. They were discussing the viewing of a restored copy of The Dambusters film, being...

After we made and have started selling this figure of Mackay's I found this quote - quite by accident. Its so good I wanted to include it with the figure - “If the spirits of Buchan amd Hepburn, of Mackay and Dunbarton are permitted to take cognisance of the affairs of this planet, they have...

Lead Rot I published a very comprehensive article on lead rot some years ago in TSMF - dont remeber which issue however you may care to ask them

Volquin Schenk was Grand Master of the Knights of Christ in Livonia. To cut a long story short they were ambushed by Lithuanians/Samogitians, near Saule in 1236. Stories say that they were cut down by what we know to be a cannon – a bound tube buried in the ground with only the muzzle showing...

David Gemmel ?- know Ruth Gemmel, gorgeous actress Ryngold was credited with the first use of artllery in western europe, killing Grand Master Schenk at Saule 1236 and most of his Order no name dropping however one could do worse than read my book on Saule - although it doesnt credit Ryngold...