I visited this splendid
fortification back in 2012, so the need for a lunch/dog walking stop en route to northeast England recently had an obvious solution! The battery is located on the headland at Hartlepool, which is quite a nice spot. The exhibits are much as they had been but I figure you can never have too many photos of Chieftains or Ferrets.
From the observation post I kept a lookout for the High Seas Fleet...
The battery bears a more then passing resemblance to the Airfix Gun Emplacement.
This time I had the opportunity to visit the small arms collection - they have some interesting stuff.
The cutaway Bren was instructive.
They even have some weapons which visitors may handle. Clad as I was in blue and red, the Lebel seemed an obvious choice! They wouldn't let me have the bayonet though....
2 comments:
French weapon. dressed French - how come your hands are not up aka where's your white flag? To my friends in the Legion, don't be annoyed - you know you are not French :-) Besides remember Kolwezi.
Arthur
The Lebel was carefully chosen using scientific criteria: it was by some margin the biggest rifle there!
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