It's Christmas Eve and, in our final HutVent of 2024, Taff talks Truce (of course!) and our part in a remarkable piece of Christmas Truce popular culture...
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As we near the end of HutVent 2024, Taff has a tale of two remarkable women for Day 23...
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There are Christmas Gifts today on Day 22 of HutVent 2024, but Lyndsay tells us about one that rarely gets a mention...
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It's Day 19 of HutVent and Taff talks about the Battle of Le Cateau and tells how two artefacts in the GWH collection have a connection from 110 years ago...
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It's Day 18 of HutVent and it's time for some Royal Navy content. Today Kev tells the story of HMS Druid...
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On Day 17 of HutVent, Taff tells us about a proclamation and an army transported by taxis...
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Christmas 1914 board games are the Day 16 subject for Lyndsay today...
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Our guest presenter, Richard van Emden shares one of his 1914 photograph albums with us on Day 15 of HutVent 2024. There may be a Christmas Truce link too... !
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Taff tells how the 2nd Worcesters saved the day at Gheluvelt in 1914 on Day 14 of HutVent 2024...
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It's Friday the 13th. Guest presenter Jason didn't turn up, so that means Lyndsay is telling us about the German Cavalry carbine, on Day 13 of HutVent 2024.…
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It's Day 12 of HutVent 2024 so it's time for more explosive content from Kev. Today he tells us how the British Artillery had no High Explosive shells on the outbreak of war and how the problem was solved in just ten days...
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Day 11 of HutVent 2024 sees us in East Africa where Taff tells us all about the Battle of the Bees...
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On Day 10 of HutVent, guest presenter @profpeterdoyle.bsky.social tells us about a gift given by HRH Princess Mary to Indian soldiers at Christmas 1914...
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We head Down Under today as Lyndsay tells us about early Australian headwear on Day 9...
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Hand Grenades played a huge part in the Great War but, on Day 8, Kev explains why the British had previously abandoned them and were trying to catch up when the war broke out...
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On the Seventh Day of HutVent 2024, Taff tells us the tale of SMS Emden and her ultimate fate...
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It’s Friday, and that means it must be Day Six of HutVent!
Today, in our 1914 series, Lyndsay is talking Huts (of course!)...
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It is Day 5 of HutVent 2024. Today Kev tells how the British shortage of artillery during the South African War led to the Territorial Royal Horse Artillery firing German-made 15pdr shells back at the German Army again...
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On Day Four of HutVent 2024, Taff talks about the 1912 Army Manoeuvres and the unlikely tale of how a novel played an important part in the preparations for war...
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On the third day of HutVent 2024, Lyndsay tells the story of the colourful uniforms the British Army left behind...
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It's the second day of HutVent 2024 and today Kev is talking about fancy pants...
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HutVent 2024 - Day 1
Taff opens the batting with an original newspaper announcing the declaration of war:
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Not long now… 🤭
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