Alasdair Mackie's Avatar

Alasdair Mackie

@remember1418.bsky.social

War bore - WFA, GWG, CWGC archive volunteer

133 Followers  |  350 Following  |  54 Posts  |  Joined: 19.10.2023  |  1.9034

Latest posts by remember1418.bsky.social on Bluesky

Yup. Plague of both. Shame ladybirds can’t eat the acorns…

06.10.2025 19:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Still a lot of building works gave it away to me! Got in 1

02.10.2025 09:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I spotted the large amount of existing and former railway routes, but didn’t pick up that β€˜hint’.

26.09.2025 19:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Unzoomed Identify cities using satellite images in this daily puzzle game, where each guess zooms out for enhanced clues.

Unzoomed #617 6/6 πŸ”΄πŸ”΄πŸ”΄πŸ”΄πŸ”΄πŸŸ‘
unzoomed.com

One extreme to the other today! Railways and old railways on this one were, ahem, interesting.

26.09.2025 07:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

order placed!

25.09.2025 20:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

Perfect line and length from Ian McMillan on the other place

23.09.2025 16:38 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

I was seriously misled by some text I saw!

21.09.2025 10:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

How sad am I? I recognised the cemetery despite only visiting once (visit grave of distant relly J V Williamson)……

20.09.2025 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Not yet, but I’ve dug out my British Warm, Balaclava and gloves to be ready!

18.09.2025 08:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

F you don’t see it, click on the # symbol i top right, then scrolldown until you see Discover, and click add to feed

17.09.2025 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Working on the WFA Trenchmapper project I’ve come across some excellent hand-drawn maps. a real skill, and i feel theres a book there on the art of battlefield cartography!

11.09.2025 18:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

As a man of a certain age I’m familiar with them too - but for different reasons!

11.09.2025 08:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A soldier in front of a Morse transmitter

A soldier in front of a Morse transmitter

Military historians!!

This is my friend Jeremy's great grandfather presumably transcribing morse at some juncture in WW1.

No more else is known.

Can anyone shed further light?

I can't decipher any of those shoulder badges or buttons etc but sure someone can.

31.08.2025 16:21 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 2
Preview
Unzoomed Identify cities using satellite images in this daily puzzle game, where each guess zooms out for enhanced clues.

Surprised myself!

Unzoomed #573 2/6 πŸ”΄πŸŸ’βšͺ️βšͺ️βšͺ️βšͺ️
unzoomed.com

13.08.2025 06:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well played, sir!

11.08.2025 10:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Mind you, when I think back to the 80s when I thought I was the only person interested in the GW until I found the WFA, it's surprising to have so many groups!

Or are we going to go into a full on β€˜Liberation Front for WW1 history’ versus the β€˜Popular Front for GW reevaluation’ Γ‘ la Python. πŸ˜€

07.08.2025 19:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks are due to YOU chris!

06.08.2025 19:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Unzoomed Identify cities using satellite images in this daily puzzle game, where each guess zooms out for enhanced clues.

Unzoomed #564 1/6 🟒βšͺ️βšͺ️βšͺ️βšͺ️βšͺ️
unzoomed.com

Didn’t show the building I was looking for as confirmation but still got it in one!

04.08.2025 12:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Similar here for me (though many years ago!). It was almost as if I was aware of his absence - not talked about. I just found his name somewhere and asked who he was.

04.08.2025 12:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well, the news bulletins are more succinct. Also, did you pick up that R3 is the home of the proms/classical music? They tell us every 5 minutes so you might miss it if you’re not paying attention.

29.07.2025 14:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Unzoomed Identify cities using satellite images in this daily puzzle game, where each guess zooms out for enhanced clues.

Unzoomed #558 2/6 🟑🟒βšͺ️βšͺ️βšͺ️βšͺ️
unzoomed.com

Should have got it in 1 but I chickened out.

29.07.2025 07:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

(I did hesitate before making that obvious comment as it is a serious matter…)

18.07.2025 14:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We should get it all done and dusted by Christmas…

18.07.2025 13:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh yes, of course, the pumpkins! So Edinburgh.

07.07.2025 16:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Think my invitation was incorrectly delivered and is sitting on someone else’s mantlepiece!

26.06.2025 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you’re not already following his photo thread of agh57.bsky.social then it’s well worth a look! Really want to go here now, perhaps along with the traces in Slovenia….. thanks for posting Andrew

15.06.2025 13:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Father of bride with cig in hand!!

04.06.2025 06:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

And don’t forget he’s at least 3m tall.

31.05.2025 13:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A little sweet for me, but not bad. Not as good as Guiness 0 or Adnams Ghost Ship.

28.05.2025 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Good stuff! The pattern on your shirt was noted! πŸ˜€

27.05.2025 20:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@remember1418 is following 20 prominent accounts