Tag: worldwar2

• The Atlantic Wall (AKA, the museum that was closed)

  On the 3rd of March 2023 a friend and I set out from where we were staying in Bruges to see the The Atlantic Wall. It was a fairly short journey by train that took around 30 minutes. There are many areas in which there are remains of the coastal defences erected by the Axis…

  Alan Peters

  27th Mar 2023

  museums

  atlantic wall, Belgium, bunker, history, Historylover, ostend, second world war, visit Belgium, World War 2, worldwar2

• The Curious Case of the Missing Fences

  Go to any town or city in England and you’ll find walls with these little stumpy metal parts. What happened here and what happened to the ironwork that was once attached? These little stumps date back to the early 1940’s. During the early part of the second world war a scrap drive was started to…

  Alan Peters

  3rd Sep 2022

  Buildings, Uncategorized

  fences, iron, ironwork, railing, recycling, scrap, second world war, Sheffield, Sheffield buildings, Sheffield history, War, war history, war stories, World War 2, worldwar2