Chris Mackay

[Chris Mackay @ChrisMackay16]

@Balkan_Dave Might have been one of the Spanish refugees that arrived in Britain and joined the army after Franco’s victory.

[ScotsMilitaryHistory @S_M_R_G]

Stranraer based divers identify torpedoed wreck of HMS Bayano after 110 years - BBC News https://t.co/FpW6sr5UOb

[Chris Mackay @ChrisMackay16]

@ProfTonyPollard Both are incredible pieces of work considering the budgets involved. Used them in the classroom and they certainly kept the attention of the pupils. Being B&W added to the effect.

[Chris Mackay @ChrisMackay16]

@moonman1873 Was this the Scottish Cup game in 1985? If so I was at the replay.

[Chris Mackay @ChrisMackay16]

@simonharley Great viewing. Some of the Czechoslovakian scenes were filmed in Glasgow. One of them was on the red ash football pitches that used to be outside Hampden Park.

[Chris Mackay @ChrisMackay16]

@ProfTonyPollard Currently cruising in the Mediterranean. Just passed Minorca and retold the sad story of Admiral Byng to my wife. She doesn’t share my enthusiasm for these small moments! However, she is encouraging me to think about a masters in war studies at Glasgow. She has her reasons!

[Chris Mackay @ChrisMackay16]

@HistorianBlood @bennymichielsen I was taken to see both Battle of Britain and Tora Tora Tora. Still have both the booklets in the house (somewhere!)

[Chris Mackay @ChrisMackay16]

37 years after I began my teaching career, today will be my last day in the classroom. Retirement beckons. It will be a bit weird as I have spent more than half my life as a History Teacher, the last 30 as a Head of Department. However- looking forward to new opportunities!

[All The Right Movies @ATRightMovies]

Looney Tunes legend MEL BLANC does his most famous characters back to back...
https://t.co/yMvPC0AddZ

[Prof. Frank McDonough @FXMC1957]

Frank Prentice, an assistant purser on the RMS Titanic, describes how he survived the sinking of the ship.

[Chris Mackay @ChrisMackay16]

@GerMilHistory @HSofG It’s a translation of the poem “ Betrachten” by Kurd Adler (1892-1916).

[alexmassie @alexmassie]

This is a quite astonishing story. https://t.co/Xv5TmesrEo

[Chris Mackay @ChrisMackay16]

@SilenceInPolish They would leave a very clean battlefield.

[Chris Mackay @ChrisMackay16]

@mcribbHistory Moore received the pistols when he was on a Grand Tour. He would have been 11/12 years old at the time. Not surprisingly, he began examining them. One of the pistols went off wounding a maid in the next room. I believe she survived with a sore arm. I would blame his parents!

[Chris Mackay @ChrisMackay16]

@mcribbHistory A pair of pistols that are believed to have been presented to Sir John Moore by the Earl Marischal. They are on display at the High School of Glasgow. He may have accidentally shot a maid with them!

[Chris Mackay @ChrisMackay16]

@CharlesEsdaile I was disappointed in both the remake of All Quiet ( even the John Boy Walton version was better!) and 1917. The original All Quiet remains unsurpassed. I would however recommend Journeys End and also Beneath Hill 60

[BBC Archive @BBCArchive]

The panel of I've Got A Secret were tasked with guessing the details of Nicholas Alkemade's incredible war story.
Clue: "A happening with no strings attached".

#bbcarchive #NicholasAlkemade #ww2 #worldwar2 #worldwartwo

[Chris Mackay @ChrisMackay16]

@SilenceInPolish Exactly!

[Chris Mackay @ChrisMackay16]

@ProfTonyPollard @BBCArchive @urbanprehisto @ScarredForLife2 @UofGArchaeo Thanks for this. I’m probably going to spend the rest of the evening hiding behind the couch- just like I did then.