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DrillHalls

  1. Another alteration to car park or superstore, not sure which, unless it's hiding from the Streetview camera. tinyurl.com/cwpsk5s
  2. My card of le Tréport wp.me/p1Vj2R-4x turns out to be inspection of 20th French Corps resting in area Aug 1916. Thanks to informant!
  3. @SaveTatton Is the press release viewable yet? #savetatton
  4. @SylvieCollett @MrStevenMoore @thevicsoc Yes! There are 2 actually. tinyurl.com/d4l3c5s T'other was saved from demolition by local people
  5. @SaveTatton Where is the press release, please?
  6. Not drill hall related. I've blogged a (to me) astonishing scene from seaside resort le Tréport, 1917. wp.me/p1Vj2R-4x
  7. Useless drill hall/jubilee fact! 1952 Keighley Drill Hall caretaker won competition to name Timothy Taylor's new beer. Suggested "Landlord".
  8. @thevicsoc Norwich's lost drill hall, 2nd postcard, written 1927 flickr.com/photos/mightyg…
  9. @thevicsoc Norwich lost drill hall, 2 more. Ancient city wall ran thro premises, all archaeological evidence destroyed tinyurl.com/bur2zty
  10. @thevicsoc This is the lost drill hall of Norwich: Chapel Field Rd tinyurl.com/ctrcxma Now a ring road.
  11. @geoffsengine (Sorry, was away.) I thought I'd posted it in a public forum. Here's the card on my flickr tinyurl.com/6ucwucs Champagne 1916
  12. Thank you @1infanteriediv and @sommecourt for the retweets.
  13. I'd appreciate any insights into this card I posted in GWF: tinyurl.com/7pgt57t Written in November 1916, it depicts poilus in Champagne.
  14. Lostwithiel drill hall was seriously at risk in 2007. tinyurl.com/7angcvj I had some correspondence with its fan Brian Appleyard.
  15. Amazing Just come across details of Lostwithiel's tin drill hall - refurbished. tinyurl.com/bpc9yk8 Credits us, too.
  16. @WYorkshireLives @BradfordOdeon Definitely worth reading. Could send you a scan.Tho I'm not a Bradfordian I think losing it is indefensible.
  17. @BradfordWW1 Have you seen this week's Private Eye on the deplorable machinations to demolish the Odeon in Bradford?
  18. A poignant, painful card from the Vosges, 1914: the consequences of the soldiers' terrible trou d'enfer. wp.me/p1Vj2R-3V (My card)