David Ulke @davidulke.bsky.social · 24/07/2026In London for the weekend and look who I bump into! 000
Reposted by David UlkePaul Reed @sommecourt.bsky.social · 11/04/2026In this special episode with Professor Mark Connelly we explore the profound connection between landscape, memory, and national identity during the Great War, focusing on the significance of chalk landscapes in Britain and their influence on cultural memory and battlefield symbolism.oldfrontline.co.ukChalk, Englishness and the Great WarIn this special episode with Professor Mark Connelly we explore the profound connection between landscape, memory, and national identity during the Great War, focusing on the significance of chalk landscapes in Britain and their influence on cultural memory and battlefield symbolism. We dive into how the beautiful, chalky terrains of England shaped the identity of soldiers during the Great War. 2298
David Ulke @davidulke.bsky.social · 05/04/2026If you haven’t read it, go get it! Help me break the 3000 barrier ( just for fun, there’s no money in it!😁) 000
David Ulke @davidulke.bsky.social · 30/03/2026RAF MUSEUM NATIONAL COLLECTION Object Conditioning day: We have an extensive collection of WW1-era twin-blade and four-blade wooden propellers, and there is just something about them that I love. The craftsmanship is second to none, and they are surprisingly light as well. Check out the decals too. 000
David Ulke @davidulke.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Stoked to learn the first of the latest Llyn Cerrig Bach assemblage recovered a few years ago is now on exhibition at Oriel Môn in Anglesey. The Terret ring I recovered now showing the remains of the red glass inlay in all its glory. ( Still hate that bloody photo of me, though😆). 📸 Paul Shanks 010
David Ulke @davidulke.bsky.social · 11/03/2026An evening with Squeeze in London. The new album in full followed by a one hour set of greatest hits! 000
Reposted by David UlkeAlice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 05/03/2026My cousin Charlotte and her friends are cycling hundreds of miles across Scotland, for the Doddie Triple Crown, raising money for research and support for MND patients. If you could help at all, donating or sharing this link, they - and I - would be so grateful. www.justgiving.com/team/grittyg...justgiving.comTeam Miles for MNDHelp Team Miles for MND raise money to support My Name'5 Doddie Foundation 416471
David Ulke @davidulke.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Done. My brother died from MND so happy to chip in x 110
David Ulke @davidulke.bsky.social · 05/03/2026RAF MUSEUM NATIONAL COLLECTION conditioning day. Two rather special First Pattern items: The approved pattern for the RFC brass shoulder title, and the sample that was approved for the RAF Pilot brevet, signed off on 8th August 1918. A great privilege once again to handle such important artefacts 000
Reposted by David UlkeThe Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 04/03/2026Isabel Oakeshott: anti-migration commentator, economic migrant to Dubai, possible future evacuee of the very British state she insists is broken. Isn’t it funny how mobility becomes acceptable when it’s your own?bearlypolitics.co.ukIsabel Oakeshott: Economic Migrant, Tax Exile, Future Evacuee?The commentators who fled Britain for lower taxes have built careers sneering at the country they left - yet still rely on it when the world turns dangerous. 33697255
David Ulke @davidulke.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Now don’t let accuracy get in the way of a 5-second compilation!😂 120
David Ulke @davidulke.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Bloody Normans, coming over here WAY before their time, generating a butterfly event… 120
David Ulke @davidulke.bsky.social · 28/02/2026All completely made up, but I couldn’t leave you high and dry!😁 210
David Ulke @davidulke.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Having worked on various Op Nightingale and TT projects I always missed the chance to meet you (or visit ‘the tent’ re the Llyn Cerrig Bach recoveries), so here’s to your future adventures and a hope that tide will turn. 020
David Ulke @davidulke.bsky.social · 24/02/2026RAF MUSEUM NATIONAL COLLECTION conditioning day. Take a look at this Harvard & Boston Aero Meet competitor's medal and note the date... 1910 Just seven years after the Wright brother's historic first flight. Seven years... 000
David Ulke @davidulke.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Excellent gig tonight at KK’s Steel Mill. Smith/Kotzen Band. 000
David Ulke @davidulke.bsky.social · 04/02/2026What interested me most is how objects like this act as unofficial archives. Not heroic relics or medals, just things that travelled home with their owners, carrying stories that formal records often miss. Material culture can really earn its keep. #HiddenHistories #HistoryThroughObjects #POWs 000
David Ulke @davidulke.bsky.social · 04/02/2026The suitcase lid is covered in names: officers who shared captivity in German POW camps during the First World War. Each inscription is a trace of a relationship: comradeship, survival, boredom, solidarity. Together they form a quiet social network, scratched into an everyday object. #RAF 000
David Ulke @davidulke.bsky.social · 04/02/2026My latest research paper traces the lives of First World War RAF prisoners of war through something very ordinary, a suitcase, and what it reveals about captivity, friendship, and memory www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #ConflictArchaeology #MaterialCulture #PublicHistory #WW1History #RAFHistorytandfonline.comThe social history of a suitcase: tracing the lives of Royal Air Force prisoners of war through one captive’s keepsakeThis article examines a First World War suitcase lid belonging to Lieutenant Reginald Alfred Charles Brie of the Royal Flying Corps, later RAF, inscribed with his name, those of twenty-two fellow p... 201
David Ulke @davidulke.bsky.social · 26/01/2026My latest 1/35 scale project honouring the three paratroopers whose dog tags we have archaeologically recovered over the years. 010
David Ulke @davidulke.bsky.social · 25/01/2026First day out with the new detector today. I’ve re secured my local permissions, so as the weather and daylight improve you may see me out and about. Hopefully I will also have something interesting to show you from our local social history if anything interesting comes up and the land owner agrees 000
David Ulke @davidulke.bsky.social · 13/12/2025 www.tandfonline.comtandfonline.comTaylor & Francis Online: Peer-reviewed JournalsSearch and explore the millions of quality, peer-reviewed journal articles published under the Taylor & Francis, Routledge and Dove Medical Press imprints. 000
David Ulke @davidulke.bsky.social · 12/12/2025If you’re stuck for ideas for your archaeology loving family and friends, please consider this book. All profits go to SSAFA which will ultimately allow us to support more veterans in their archaeological journey…and you might spot me somewhere in it too 😁 the-past.com/review/books...the-past.comBroken Pots, Mending Lives: The Archaeology of Operation Nightingale | The PastREVIEW BY IAIN BANKS This is a landmark publication, summarising as it does the 12 years (and counting) that Operation Nightingale has been in existence. Du ... 000
David Ulke @davidulke.bsky.social · 06/12/2025German El.Z. Zt. bomb fuze: A complex, impeller-armed design that stays safe until 300–1000 rotations withdraw internal safety pins. It could be set for instant, short or long delays, and its intricate construction was meant to hinder defusing. 000
David Ulke @davidulke.bsky.social · 06/12/2025RAF MUSEUM NATIONAL COLLECTION Object conditioning day. We were back in the main hangar this morning sorting through various boxes of bomb fuse mechanisms. This one in unissued condition is a Pistol fuse (No75 Mk 3), a real workhorse component in the RAF’s aerial warfare campaign. 000
David Ulke @davidulke.bsky.social · 24/11/2025www.facebook.com/share/p/16iG... Remembering 2Lt Lester Lowry.facebook.comRedirecting... 000
David Ulke @davidulke.bsky.social · 11/11/2025Latest bit of research I played a small part in back in 2020 trickles through to the present! salford.figshare.com/articles/med...salford.figshare.comWomen of Waterloo: Exhibition of board game prototype at the FutureLab exhibition. Shanghai West Bund Art Centre, Shanghai, China. November 2020.This project uses board gaming as a means to address historiographical gaps concerning women’s roles in the Napoleonic Wars.While the period is often depicted as a predominantly male military effort, ... 000
David Ulke @davidulke.bsky.social · 07/11/2025www.justgiving.com/page/phil-ha... Please help Phil get to his target of £1500 to help vets into supported accomodation-a worthy cause! 000
David Ulke @davidulke.bsky.social · 06/11/2025RAF Museum object conditioning day: today’s standout find was a 1942 RAF uniform by Davies & Son, once worn by HRH The Duke of Gloucester, personal ADC to four monarchs: George V, Edward VIII, George VI & Elizabeth II. A royal career spanning army Lt to Marshal of the RAF: history in every stitch. 011
David Ulke @davidulke.bsky.social · 06/11/2025RAF Museum object conditioning day: a red-letter moment! While nearing the end of our clothing rack checks, we uncovered a 1920s era uniform of none other than Air Chief Marshal Lord Hugh Trenchard, Father of the RAF, and its first Chief of the Air Staff. A true privilege to handle such history. 000
David Ulke @davidulke.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Volunteering: object conditioning day at the RAF Museum collection at Stafford: chills seeing this uniform. William George Barker VC, Canada’s most decorated WWI airman. VC, DSO & Bar, MC & 2 Bars, Italian & French valour medals. Fearless Sopwith Camel ace whose courage redefined air combat. 000
David Ulke @davidulke.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Thank you. Could I prevail on you to forward them to Sandi with my compliments? 010
David Ulke @davidulke.bsky.social · 05/11/2025@rakshadigs.bsky.social some snaps of the scale model diorama commemorating Lester Lowry. (I couldn’t get down to site when you were filming so the model didn’t make the cut). 110
David Ulke @davidulke.bsky.social · 02/11/2025Remembering my 2016 visit to Jersey to assist with the amazing Le Câtillon II, the largest hoard of Iron Age gold and silver coins, jewellery and ingots ever found in Western Europe. I got 4 days of hands on, supervised work with Reg, one of the finders, and this great team of specialists. 010
Reposted by David UlkeDr Alan Montgomery @classicalalan.bsky.social · 10/05/2025To celebrate reaching 6000 followers, I am going to give away a free copy of my book The Road to Mons Graupius, which charts my journey along a Roman road through Scotland! To enter, follow me, then like and repost this post. I will choose a winner at random on Friday 16th May... #RomanSiteSaturday 813685
David Ulke @davidulke.bsky.social · 27/04/2025We’ve been watching it all again on catch up. Just at the end of series 2 as of Thursday gone. 010