Flashback to wartime as lard washes up on beach

[Christel]

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home ... h.19960570

"The lard was covered in the largest barnacles I've ever seen,"

Quirky world we live in

[dodgyrog]

Just right to make Black Powder boolit lube

[Ovenpaa]

If it was closer I know the Viking would have liked to have gone and had a look. Interesting that sections of narrow gauge track were exposed as well. Just how many more such things are covered just waiting for nature to expose them.

I am reading 'The Real Dad's Army' War diaries of Colonel Rodney Foster at the moment and they set me thinking about just this subject, especially as he reports quite accurately the locations of aircraft being shot down.

[dromia]

To be used to make lipstick, obviously a critical, strategic, wartime item. :lol:

[Christel]

To be used to make lipstick, obviously a critical, strategic, wartime item. :lol:

Oh gosh yes, the wars and conflicts that have been won by wearing lipstick are countless

[Jenks]

In the early fifties whilst living in married quarters Tidworth my dear old dad discovered where a load of barrels of axle grease dating back to when horses were a regular feature of Army life had been buried. This stuff had solidified . We called it 'Duff' It chopped up fairly easily and burnt beautifully on the fire. As did the barrel staves.

This photo although taken much earlier is exactly as i remember them.






Jenks

[bobbob]

Southend has some interesting things coming up due to the mud erosion http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/1015515 ... e_beaches/

[Mike357]

The narrow gauge railway that was exposed is a couple of miles from me and across the Tay from Barry Buddon ranges. Bad weather is always exposing WW2 ordnance and anti defences on the beaches. It is right beside RAF Leuchars.