Former history teacher builds 60-ft WWI trench in his backyard - Then invites history buffs for a re
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[QUOTE=Griffster26;38291128]do we have a link for this story?
I want to send it to my dad.[/QUOTE]
sorry [url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2226235/Historian-Andrew-Robertshaw-builds-60ft-long-First-World-War-TRENCH-Surrey-garden-highlight-plight-frontline-Tommies.html] heres the source,[/url] ive updated the op
Can you catch reannacted trench foot
This is prefect timing since I just finished reading [i]All Quiet on the Western Front[/i] for English class.
[QUOTE=pvt.jenkins;38289314]I think WW1 is pretty forgotten nowadays, rather sad really.[/QUOTE]
Well I live in Australia and ANZAC day is a serious national event, plus the ANZACs are constantly being brought up here. Commonwealth countries also celebrate Armistice day.
Not sure about America though, anyone care to enlighten me?
[i]"Dear Santa..."[/i]
As a reenactor this makes me [i]rock hard[/i]
There's nothing like this where I live. All our battles are on flat rugby fields :(
I came into this thread expecting a picture of a giant oval hole, I am very impressed by the pictures
It must really suck maintaining the trenches after a hefty rain.
That just makes them more realistic
I can imagine he'll be hired to work on movie sets in the future.
[QUOTE=Triarii;38295694]Well I live in Australia and ANZAC day is a serious national event, plus the ANZACs are constantly being brought up here. Commonwealth countries also celebrate Armistice day.
Not sure about America though, anyone care to enlighten me?[/QUOTE]
I'm Australian also and yes It is a pretty big deal here.
[QUOTE=solid_jake;38289216]Is he married
I could only imagine what his wife was thinking[/QUOTE]
"when I asked you to dig the garden I meant I wanted you to plant some bloody tulip bulbs"
[QUOTE=lil timmy;38299220]"when I asked you to dig the garden I meant I wanted you to plant some bloody tulip bulbs"[/QUOTE]
"I thought that was a codeword for explosives."
He's very Passchendaele about history.
[QUOTE=The mouse;38300008]He's very Passchendaele about history.[/QUOTE]
Oh dear.
They bunked on wire mesh ... ?
Every time he farts down there "Sorry lads, the Germans gassed us again, Mustard by the smell of it"
That is fucking badass...we need more history teachers like that!
Now [i]that[/i] is dedication.
[QUOTE=The mouse;38300008]He's very Passchendaele about history.[/QUOTE]
Somme people and their puns
[QUOTE=Triarii;38295694]Well I live in Australia and ANZAC day is a serious national event, plus the ANZACs are constantly being brought up here. Commonwealth countries also celebrate Armistice day.
Not sure about America though, anyone care to enlighten me?[/QUOTE]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG48Ftsr3OI[/media]
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