The Vicar of Disbrey

Same handle at the place of bluer skies. Man of (touching) the cloth: #ChelseaFC #Harlequins #history and 11th Suffolks in #WW1.

[The Vicar of Disbrey @dizzernp]

@jbanningww1 @fossemidge Puzzled at the logic of removing the bollard and chain entrance to Connaught too. I suspect motivated by having less to maintain and giving easier access to mowing equipment. But they’ve irrevocably spoiled the aesthetics. Just why? Why must we have total mediocrity as standard?!

[The Vicar of Disbrey @dizzernp]

@hansnotdead1 @BlickyIan If you know - you know! ;)

[The Vicar of Disbrey @dizzernp]

@Ianlyall9 @SommePhantom Less to ‘maintain’?

[The Vicar of Disbrey @dizzernp]

@fossemidge Too kind, m’lady. Thank you. Hope you’re having a good trip.

[The Vicar of Disbrey @dizzernp]

@jbanningww1 @fossemidge Remembrance Stone absolutely miserable.

[The Vicar of Disbrey @dizzernp]

@mudlarkanna Unfortunately, disposing of ammunition is also an offence!

[The Vicar of Disbrey @dizzernp]

@spazmodic @TheAngry53586 And anyone who grew up in Dover can easily answer why there has been zero interest or investment and in restoring this!

[The Vicar of Disbrey @dizzernp]

@jbanningww1 It always makes me pause to reflect, when I see you post these reminders.

[The Vicar of Disbrey @dizzernp]

@GreatWarHuts The sacks are maybe hop sacks from Chambers in Yalding, Kent (?) So perhaps you have a little bit of @greeneking brewing history there too?!

[The Vicar of Disbrey @dizzernp]

@Colne_Magna_X Yes. Another instance where, when something looks right, it *is* right.

[The Vicar of Disbrey @dizzernp]

@Taff_Gillingham @PeterBull001 Enlightening - as predicted! All the best and a happy Easter to you both.

[The Vicar of Disbrey @dizzernp]

@Colne_Magna_X With the best will in the world - they needed to!

[The Vicar of Disbrey @dizzernp]

@Colne_Magna_X Weirdly reminiscent of Eagle Claw , for those who remember - except this time they appear to have got things right!

[The Vicar of Disbrey @dizzernp]

@sworrall @ReassessHistory As anyone who knows anything about this stuff (or chooses to intelligently inform themselves) awards recommendations were routinely downgraded, ignored, forgotten. The ‘campaigning’ and the way the ‘campaigners’ conduct themselves, has a tendency to all get a bit undignified.

[The Vicar of Disbrey @dizzernp]

@AMooreye @nickjhistorian Precisely this. The Ally Sloper’s were very frequently in harm’s way.
Besides which - they also serve and all that.
Glad you have his medals, Nick.

[The Vicar of Disbrey @dizzernp]

@stevewelfare @yelsaeTtreboR @HannahIamthest1 Surprised you didn't remember that the troops tasked with capturing this and Horsa bridge were - famously - gliderborne infantry, in that case. The paratroopers you mentioned were *their' relief.
Robert - Ambrose tended not to let the facts get in the way of a good story, sadly!