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I'm moving all the forum images to Amazon S3 cloud storage, so you may see broken links, missing images until it's all propagated. This means that we will in effect have no restriction on the amount of images we upload on the forum. Pictures are such a big part of what we do and on the old forum years back we started hitting our server hard drive limits due to thousands of pictures. I'm trying to build this forum properly from the start, so we don't have issues down the line. So basically, once it's all done, there will be no limits to how many photo galleries or photo uploads you can have...

Can't go wrong with a bit of haggis now and then. I always bring some back when I visit Scotland.

My newest edition. Photo credits to Niels Klompen. My photos don't compare.

A step back into the 1st wold war this time with the defensive Percussion Kukelkopf. A work of art if you ever take one apart to look at the fuse assembly. Thanks for looking.

That unfinished Mills is quite a rarity, I,ve never seen one before, even the filler hole has,nt been tapped with threads, or the top drilled for the striker. I would say that came direct from the foundry but I,m not sure if these were sent away to the armouries like that to have all the remaining tooling done

Flea-bay.... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WWII-German-V1-Flying-Bomb-Doodlebug-Tail-Rudder-Fin-/151955948938?hash=item236147c58a:g:NvwAAOSwL7VWnmvE How much!! I paid 300 for mine about 7 years ago,mine also has the steering wire lug..

I swear you could buy a piece of ground the same size in central London for less

Hi Thought I'd share this little beauty. Recently obtained from a good friend of mine, the grenade came still with some of the leaflets inside. I've had them translated and they make interesting reading The one with larger font tells the Russian infantryman that Stalin is sending them to their death and to 'come over to us!'. The smaller font says alot about lies being told to the soldiers and how their wives are being 'plundered' back home while they are out fighting.

Yeah, just had a look online and the write up says, a traditional bar with old pictures on the walls and models of whaling boats and some TT memrobilia. so a good chance its still there.

I think thats the one buddy. End of a cobbled street. Oh man,they had a lovely display.

Not sure but could be the Albion on Eden street, it was owned by jennings brewrey but sold off 4 or 5 years back. Next time i am through that way, i will pop in for a swift half and have a look.

@jeeeensyvery nice mate... are they rare because you have them all?

Mine is my great great uncle Richard George Masters. He was an ambulance driver during WW1 and won the VC in April 1918. I will put some more up later.

Yeah,i like it bigtime. Anyone else have a penchant for the old Jockanese delicacy? Got to be MacSweens though as nothing else will do!!

A little trauma is good for them, builds character.

Went there with Waffy a few years back,, great place.. some piccs on the display ,, there one special display there and in the pic's below,, can anyone spot it and comment on it ??

Indeed, people complain about denatzified items etc. but life in immediate post war Germany was very hard for the people. They did what they could to survive.

He used to change outfits just to keep up the suspense...

When I had a mannequin, it move around the house and the kids used to call him "Freaky Geezer". I think they were traumatised...

I don't mind a bit of haggis every now and again... I've done a bit of filming for Macsween and tend to come home with boxes of the stuff... You should try haggis pakora.

My other hobby is Army Cadets but that's bout it.

And Militaria said "Thou shalt have no other hobby but me"

Local tosser in Darwen where i live tattoos like this hahah

Nice one Phil for posting these. When things calm down a bit up here with the move,i will add some pics too my old friend.

Easy to get the correct flashes for this buddy.

Both my Grandfathers served in WW1. One was mounted Cavalry, Royal Horse Artillery. Don't know anything about his Army days...all I have is a military photo. He died before I was born. The other was Highland Light Infantry. Interestingly he was at the Somme. He never spoke about it..not many of that generation did but we always wondered how the thumb on his left hand had been dislocated and set. It was only on his sisters death bed ( he had died by this time ) that his sister informed my mother that he had been part of a burial party on the Somme and had lifted that many bodies that he dislocated his thumb. Personnel were precious, so they didn't spare him anytime to have it reset. I often wondered what went through his mind every time he looked at it. As for WW2,I had two Uncles in military service. One was in the Royal Navy, a gunner on board a DEMS ( Defensively equipped merchant ship) serving mostly in the Persian Gulf. The other was a Sgt Major with the Black Watch, attached to the Chindit Army in Burma. I had some of his original docs and badges but returned them to his immediate family a few years back. Again he didn't speak about it and as a young kid I asked that Tabu question " did you kill any Japanese ? " He paused, looked vexed and said " don't ask me that again " I felt really bad and never did ask again. My father was called up to the RAF in Oct 1945. He was ground crew, working on Lancs and Sunderlands. I still have some photo's showing damaged aircraft ( from WW2 ) lying at the sides of airfields. My Dad probably sparked my interest in collecting. Sorry if I rumbled on here!

Really nice piece!

Er, you seem to have a few Grenades there, I had 6 at one time, now i,ve only got one Mills 36 but the casing is dated 1918, but in perfect condition, brown paint, with ring and spoon, spring in great shape, never been filled, base plug dated WW2, yet this came straight from the Vet who used this in explaining to recruits the workings of the Mills. An interesting point about the Mills, is that many people dont realise the explosive power it releases. When I was in my 20s, a friend of mine was a scientist at the ERDE(Explosive Research Development Establishment) in Hertfordshire.This place was used for testing ordnance and on site there were huge bunkers that had a macer top to them to allow concussion to escape, we saw him set up a remote controlled Mills and then retreated to a safe area of 400yds, One of the guys pushed the detonator and the whole ground shook, all of a sudden a large chunk of hot shrapnel landed 6 feet from where we were standing, 400 YARDS AWAY, we were all shocked, even my friend was taken aback as he had blown up tons of ordnance including Mills bombs and none had ever got past the macer before, It just shows how powerful the Mills was, especially in a confined space. But his job was a dangerous one , he even advised on terrorist bombs found in NI and abroad and regularly travelled to different places and was top security rated, what a job to have, except if one of the bombs he was testing did,nt go off, he had to go back in to see why not

Cannae beat it.......with a wee Dram dropped on the top!

This is my Anti Tank Rifle..........the most powerful Anti tank Rifle in the World.....GO AHEAD PUNK.....MAKE MY DAY! ( Maybe only those of a certain age will get this...........) libertesoe AKA Dirty Harry

Fair play to them...The country's on its arse from being flattened and someone comes up with this one? Applaud all the way from me.

Never seen one. Like it,thanks for showing it.

Here are some of the fuses ( delay tube ) BZ.24 for the M24. They make nice little display on their own Hope you like them,

This one just in today, unfinished casting. Blagged from the foundry or ????