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June 6, 2023 threadinburgh

The thread about Spuds and Hippos: Leith and Newhaven’s key part in building the Mulberry Harbours for Operation Overlord in World War 2

Writ of Summons
April 29, 2023April 29, 2023 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

The cap, medals and ephemera of Capt. W. T. Dawson of Leith
April 2, 2023April 2, 2023 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”

January 6, 2023May 29, 2023 threadinburgh

The thread about the Edinburgh Hostels for Women Students and their brief wartime role as an Internment Camp for German “Enemy Aliens”

November 14, 2022May 29, 2023 threadinburgh

The thread about the air raids on Edinburgh and Leith during WW2 and the civilian loss of life they caused

October 28, 2022October 29, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about Portobello’s Marine Gardens in WW2; when an old seaside ballroom was converted into a bus garage before being turned into a factory for building landing craft

October 15, 2022October 15, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about plain breid. Its history, its politics and how the law guaranteed its enduring position in the Scottish psyche

October 12, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about Watson-Watt, Wilkins and Wacław Struszyński; whose work on top-secret electronics to detect aircraft and submarines appreciably shortened World War 2

September 29, 2022June 6, 2023 threadinburgh

The thread about the warships built in Leith by Henry Robb during World War 2 and what became of them all

September 29, 2022November 14, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about the Luftwaffe’s glow-in-the-dark bombing maps of Edinburgh and Leith and the air defences that were there to stop them

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