🏛️ Michael Edney 🏛️

I really enjoy history particularly The Second World War and the Medieval Period.

[Second World War @WW2HQ]

A publicity photo from the film The Longest Day shows Peter Lawford (left) with his character, Lord Lovat, and Richard Todd (who was an actual veteran of the Normandy fighting) and his character, Major John Howard. Both Lovat and Howard were technical advisors on the film. #WWII

[Mike Peters @MikeHistorian]

Hold until relieved! Just a few more hours and it will all stop... they all lose interest after Day 1...

[Al Murray 🇺🇦 @almurray]

Our first Walking the Ground episodes in Normandy

@ww2headquarters @James1940 @WeHaveWaysPod

@james1940

https://t.co/GMfZIDKGmv

[British Normandy Memorial @britishmemorial]

The grandchildren of Eisenhower and Montgomery, Susan and Henry, as they depart Portsmouth for Normandy. 82 years on, they come together with Veterans to remember and reflect. #DDay82

[Jason | 🇬🇧 🇿🇦 🇮🇱🇺🇲 @Ajaon_of_All]

Let me categorically Debunk this utter rot. @sainsburys.

I am a poultry Breeder. The hens that lay white eggs (Amberline/White Star) DO NOT have a lower carbon footprint.

Yes they eat a bit less and produce roughly the same amount of eggs as the Brown egg layers (Bovan/Lowman/ISA Brown) but they live shorter lives, are prone to dying suddenly when startled, a flighty and nervous and because they live shorter productive lives (12 -18mnths) vs brown 18/24mnths (both commercial farmed), you have to incubate more which is increased (Electricity/gas costs) and their eggs are not the same quality.

I breed and keep 20+ different breeds, including: ISA Brown hens and White Stars. All my hens are 100% free range, Not a single barn kept bird, I have ISA browns that are 5yrs old and still laying beautiful Brown eggs, I have not seen a White star live beyond 3yrs and certainly none have laid eggs past 18-24mnths.
White stars Lay themselves to death. They are slender birds and because they dont eat a lot, it drains their personal vitality to keep up laying the eggs you want to sell because of the nonsensical lie that they are "More Carbon Neutral"

You want to know about eggs, come talk to someone like me, Don't rely on some hairbrained imagination of a buyer who's trying to squeeze the profit margin for a few extra pennies at our expense and to the poor hens detriment.

[Commonwealth War Graves @CWGC]

🕯️| 𝐃-𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝟖𝟮 | 📍Normandy

This weekend we are hosting veterans, families and communities to mark the 82nd anniversary of the Allied landings in Normandy at two commemorative ceremonies on 𝟱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝟲 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲.

🌺| 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 |
📍 Bayeux Cathedral 🇫🇷
🕑 Friday 5th June - 5pm
✅ Free, no registration required
👉 Limited places
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🌺 | 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 |
📍Bayeux War Cemetery 🇫🇷 *
📣 Organised in partnership with the Royal British Legion
🕑 Saturday 6th June - 1pm
✅ Free, no registration required

*Please Note: The Bayeux Memorial is undergoing renovation to safeguard it for the future. We are very sorry that the Memorial is closed during this period, but this work is essential to protect it for decades to come. The current works form part of a carefully planned programme to ensure the Memorial continues to honour the nearly 1,800 servicemen and women commemorated here with dignity. We have ensured the names of those on the Memorial remain available through the Registers on site, as we know how much this visit can mean for returning veterans and families. You can find out more about our work at Bayeux by visiting the link in the comments.

[Al Murray 🇺🇦 @almurray]

Get yourself a maroon jacket then

[No Farmers, No Food @NoFarmsNoFoods]

Governments tell us to cut eating red meat to ‘save the planet’ while they ram through hundreds of massive data centres that consume vast amounts of energy and water…

[Keswick boot co @keswickbootco]

Morning all the weathers a little rubbish today so here’s some pictures from Borrowdale a few weeks ago love it down there 🐾👍🥾

[No Farmers, No Food @NoFarmsNoFoods]

The best programme on TV has returned. Clarkson’s Farm 5 is out now.

[Chris Bolton @CcibChris]

RAF Chivenor back in the 60’s. Count the aircraft if you can. I did my Hunter course here in 1969.

[🏛️ Michael Edney 🏛️ @MichaelEdney]

@WarMonitor3 Oh, good a meeting, a useful alternative to work!

[🏛️ Michael Edney 🏛️ @MichaelEdney]

@Colne_Magna_X Oh bugger

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

In Japan, you sit down at almost any restaurant.

Before you order.
Before you've said a word.

The server brings:

a glass of ice water,
a hot wet towel rolled up like a present,
sometimes a small dish of pickles or edamame.

You haven't paid for any of it.

You don't tip for any of it.

The towel is hot in winter.
Cold in summer.
Always exactly when you needed it.

Not because someone is hoping for a tip.

Because the country decided long ago
that being a guest
should start with comfort,
not negotiation.

Think about the last time
a restaurant gave you something
just because they were happy you came.

In Japan, that's not a gesture.

That's the opening line.

[🏛️ Michael Edney 🏛️ @MichaelEdney]

@Colne_Magna_X @RateMySausage I would describe it as anaemic

[🏛️ Michael Edney 🏛️ @MichaelEdney]

@RateMySausage Nothing looks cooked

[Gavin Mortimer @PhoneyMajor]

Feeling a little hot?
Take a tip from the Long Range Desert Group: their "pick-me-up" when it was on the warm side - I20°F in the shade - was "equal parts of rum and lime-juice".
The LRDG daily rum ration was one ounce.
Try it.
Let me know how you get on.
Beats a Flake 99.