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Mike Anton @m1ke-a.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

So did the car crash into the wall or was it moved there after an accident?

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Mike Anton @m1ke-a.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Haven't looked at a RFC number in forever and that's a beaut! 🤣

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Mike Anton @m1ke-a.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

@curatorian.bsky.social Ian I'm trying to look for photos in the IWM catalogue between a certain date range. Am I being slow or are the filters 'limited'?

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Mike Anton @m1ke-a.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Ardingly Reservoir was full when I walked past it 2 weeks ago. Will be interesting to see what it's like in a week or 2.

Photo of Ardingly Reservoir in West Sussex, UK 16 May 26. The water level at the outlet tower shows it was full

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Mike Anton @m1ke-a.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

TVM. Of the 4 Div/Rgmt/Bde WDs I have, only one has any detail on kit. And that wasn't a lot...... Have fun with the move 👍

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Mike Anton @m1ke-a.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

@uk-tank-markings.co.uk Graham I don't suppose you have any Orbat charts for home forces tank units in 1940? I'm geolocating units in SE England and let's just say the War Diaries I have are'thin' on info

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Mike Anton @m1ke-a.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Yeah I'd go with aperture as well. With my limited knowledge of large(r) format cameras they have smaller/slower apertures. And yes this is yet another subject I need to learn about.

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Mike Anton @m1ke-a.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Thanks Nick, please see my belated reply to Ian

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Mike Anton @m1ke-a.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Ian, apologies for the late reply. I know some of these cameras were absolute units (🫡 @themerl.bsky.social 😉) but was that the length of the lens or width of the front element (aperture)?🤷‍♂️

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Mike Anton @m1ke-a.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Burgger, I was hoping you'd know 😃

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Mike Anton @m1ke-a.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

A slightly late post to say I attended @1940andy.bsky.social's fascinating talk on SS Barn Hill last week. And in my usual fashion of going off at tangents, I'm trying to resist the urge to start researching wartime convoys @nickhewitt4.bsky.social

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a cartoon dog is talking to a man in glasses .

ALT: a cartoon dog is talking to a man in glasses .

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Mike Anton @m1ke-a.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Mar, I've never worked out what the 'f14' on these APs means. Aperture, camera focal length or? 🤔🤷‍♂️

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Mike Anton @m1ke-a.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

This is Arundel Castle to the south, which I couldn't get in the wide shot

Arundel castle sitting on a ridge line on the horizon. (Will need to zoom)

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Mike Anton @m1ke-a.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

It's a fantastic location but this is the backlit view I will be shooting 🫤

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Mike Anton @m1ke-a.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

My 'office' for the next hour of so shooting the Arundel 10k

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Mike Anton @m1ke-a.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Loving the general chat on all this and the 'what if' aspect, semi ignoring the fact we're talking about a 80ish year old design (The B52 does NOT need to enter this chat) 😄

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Mike Anton @m1ke-a.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Hadn't realised these had been exported (to the Kriegsmarine???)

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Mike Anton @m1ke-a.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

I believe there's a capability gap with airborne radar and the British carriers. Could a Gannet take off from them without a catapult?

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Mike Anton @m1ke-a.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

I'm assuming that was a recoilless piece, as the stability looks err, interesting

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Mike Anton @m1ke-a.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

I do have some war diary refs to dealing with these 'coastal crust' roads, a key point being stopping civilians using them, to allow home forces to quickly move if invasion forces landed.

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Mike Anton @m1ke-a.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

The modern version; Get stuffed at the traffic at the A27/22 interchange at Polegate. Crawl along the 22 mile s/c section after Hailsham Completely loose the will to live negotiating East Grinstead Loose your forces at the traffic jam that is the A22/A264 junction at Felbridge 😁

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Mike Anton @m1ke-a.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

🤣👍 A real Kobayashi Maru Test. Might have been a bit before @ckolonko.bsky.social's time to plot the British defences along that bit of coast

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Mike Anton @m1ke-a.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

I've walked up there a few times and it's pretty steep, especially up the northern escarpment. Not sure I've have been up for a 2 mile wander from Hassocks stn for a party😆

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Mike Anton @m1ke-a.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Yeah I thought it was only a year or 2 ago (waves hands vaguely)

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Mike Anton @m1ke-a.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

You did a Webinar on the this a while ago and IIRC you said then the results hadn't been published. So that must mean the lecture was 2020 or 21?! 😲

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Mike Anton @m1ke-a.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

#HillfortsWednesday. Snip of a 1837 Manor map showing Wolsonbury Hill north of Brighton, Sussex. Apparently it had a Roman Encampment? 🤔@durotrigesdig.bsky.social @romanpalace.bsky.social @mattpope.bsky.social

Snip of a water coloured map showing part of the Manor of Pangdean on the Sussex Downs north of Brighton.

Held at the National Archives ref MPII 1/77/2

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Mike Anton @m1ke-a.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

This, absolutely this! One of my favourite responses from an Archive was from the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, who I'd contacted regarding a Victorian Railway Contractor. I suspect they don't get many such enquiries 😄

Screengrab of an email to the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Archive.

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Mike Anton @m1ke-a.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Thank you. Seems like media reporting hasn't changed but then we're dealing with people.

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Mike Anton @m1ke-a.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Does anyone know how the Daily Fail reported on females doing key war work in the FWW?

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Mike Anton @m1ke-a.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

😬😬. I've cringed every time I've shot events at Beachy Head, watching people very close to the cliff edge. #NotGreatWithHeights

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Mike Anton @m1ke-a.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

'Like' for the post but 😱 at what appears to be a cliff edge 😁

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Mike Anton @m1ke-a.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

The heady heights of upgrading from 33.6 to 56K dial up?

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Mike Anton @m1ke-a.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

With or without some random photos of plants and stuff around the house to 'finish the film'?

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Mike Anton @m1ke-a.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

As if the 1943 attack wasn't bad enough, East Grinstead lost more lives and property just over a year later when a V1 crashed near the cinema site 12 July 1944. The Sainsbury Archive has more on this - www.sainsburyarchive.org.uk/story/storie...

sainsburyarchive.org.uk

Bomb Damage at East Grinstead | Stories | Sainsbury Archive

East Grinstead, like many other towns, suffered damage from enemy action during World War Two. On Friday 9 July 1943, the town was bombed by a lone German aircraft. In this article, we take a look at

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Mike Anton @m1ke-a.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Excellent idea 😎. Firework / Bonfire season here in Sussex, UK, starts in Oct so will have to give this a go. Have you tried stacking them with in focus foreground buildings / landscapes?

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