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 wot (I mean what really) i done today
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david3533
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Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 12:22 pm

as today was a nice day me and the wife thought we'd go out so we went to frot Newhaven. I've lived in the area for aprox 35 years and never been. there has been a fort here since roman times. then we went along to a place called tide mills it was a small village and had a mill that used sea water to power the mill wheel. I go past the place every day, and its the first time I've actually been there. it was built in the early 19th centuary and was abandoned at the out break of ww2.
Newhaven was used to launch the assault on Dieppe in ww2 by the canadian army. Newhaven is now a ferry port and is the quickest way for me to get to france.

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Chris H
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Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 12:34 pm

Good stuff.

Wonder how many planes those guns took down.

Near George in the forth is the ww2 lookout, where the guns used to be, you can get to it at low tide at high tide the walkway is under water, its quite good an all.
david3533
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Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 12:43 pm

tbh not sure how many planes they took out, but probably not that many as it was mainly a sea defence fort. Newhaven was bombed a bit because it was a navy base but obviously nothing like london. but it is an interesting place. Newhaven was also used in ww1 for troop ships and it had a seaplane hanger, yep thats right seaplanes in ww1 I didn't know they existed.

Incidently all over the south of england you can still find pillbox's normally be side rivers or railway lines.
Chris H
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Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 12:49 pm

aye warfare is great for technological advancement.

Theres a fair amoutn of stuff up here.

If anyone ever gets the chance to go to orkney, scapa flow still has the scuppered wrecks to prevent them getting in from the north.

Trouble is the war was before everyone on this forums lifetime and sadly its all being forgotten about.
david3533
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Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 12:55 pm

yep know what you mean I maybe old but not that old Laughing

but I think these museums do have a place even if its to remind us that war is not a nice thing were everybody gets up and goes home for tea at knocking off time. But thats my own personal opinion.
Chris H
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Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 12:58 pm

trouble with museums is that they are npot attended enough.

Rarely any teenager stops to think as hes passed out pissed out his face in town at 3am that his great, great grandfather signed up at 14 to get killed for these freedoms that are taken advantage of.
david3533
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Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 1:07 pm

yeah very true.
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