December 3, 2023January 31, 2024 threadinburgh The thread about John William Erasmuson and the tragic loss of the Leith steamer “Giralda” with all hands
November 13, 2023March 18, 2024 threadinburgh The thread about Stanley Sutherland; the Leith bricklayer turned blockade runner who escaped a prison camp by stealing a train
September 7, 2023January 30, 2024 threadinburgh The thread about HMS Cossack, a ship which left Leith under a cloud of ignominy only to return to a hero’s welcome
September 4, 2023March 15, 2024 threadinburgh The thread about the mining of the Saucy and the Firefly; 42 lives lost at sea during WW2 in the Firth of Forth
April 29, 2023January 31, 2024 threadinburgh The thread about the taking of the SS “Alster” as a wartime prize in Leith; her hectic part in the Norwegian Campaign and the Battle of the Atlantic; life and death survival at sea; and an unlikely German sea captain
April 2, 2023February 18, 2024 threadinburgh The thread about a charity shop book that lead to the story of Captain William Thomson Dawson and the loss of the Leith tanker “Peder Bogen”