The tunnels the Durand Group excavates and explores today are almost all chalk because "the clay systems, the clay is pliable, it moves, there's more water in there, and those clay systems have for the most part have long past been pressed back into obscurity". That's a brilliant observation, it would never have occured to me. Learn something new every day. Thank you, Brig. Turner.
In the early 1990s I visited the Fauld Crater in Staffordshire, which had an eerie atmosphere because there was absolutely no birdsong, even though it was early summer. I have an idea that access is now restricted, though I was able to go where I wished. The RAF Fauld explosion was a military accident which occurred at 11:11 am on Monday, 27 November 1944 at the RAF Fauld underground munitions storage depot in Staffordshire, England. It was one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history and the largest on UK soil. Between 3,500 and 4,000 tonnes (3,900 and 4,400 tons) of ordnance exploded, mostly high explosives. The explosion crater with a depth of 100 feet (30 m) and 250 yards (230 m) across is still visible just south of Fauld, to the east of Hanbury, Staffordshire. It is now known as the Hanbury Crater. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Fauld_explosion
Thoroughly enjoyed this presentation; thank you. I don't quite know the terminology but I would've gained more knowledge if the slides were constantly on the screen and the speaker was somehow dropped to the bottom corner. Is there anywhere on WFA that I could look at the slides?
Thanks for this video. Just a question. Did they ever use tunnels as sentry posts to spy on the other side? By that I mean did they dig the tunnel, get it to where they wanted it, use it to spy on the enemy for a while, and then blow it up?
A great Australian movie based on actual event's covering tunnelling in WW1 is "Beneath Hill 60", a bloody good movie to watch Mate.
Thanks mate. I'll check it out.
Too little is known about the underground war, thank you for the video.
The tunnels the Durand Group excavates and explores today are almost all chalk because "the clay systems, the clay is pliable, it moves, there's more water in there, and those clay systems have for the most part have long past been pressed back into obscurity".
That's a brilliant observation, it would never have occured to me. Learn something new every day. Thank you, Brig. Turner.
Interesting subject, well told. Thank you.
Excellent & well prepared presentation, thank you.
Tens of thousands of Coal Miners joined up immediately in 1914, so the expertise was on hand at the outset.
In the early 1990s I visited the Fauld Crater in Staffordshire, which had an eerie atmosphere because there was absolutely no birdsong, even though it was early summer. I have an idea that access is now restricted, though I was able to go where I wished.
The RAF Fauld explosion was a military accident which occurred at 11:11 am on Monday, 27 November 1944 at the RAF Fauld underground munitions storage depot in Staffordshire, England. It was one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history and the largest on UK soil.
Between 3,500 and 4,000 tonnes (3,900 and 4,400 tons) of ordnance exploded, mostly high explosives. The explosion crater with a depth of 100 feet (30 m) and 250 yards (230 m) across is still visible just south of Fauld, to the east of Hanbury, Staffordshire. It is now known as the Hanbury Crater.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Fauld_explosion
This editions intro song sounds like it's Laura from WW1 museum in KC lol
Thoroughly enjoyed this presentation; thank you. I don't quite know the terminology but I would've gained more knowledge if the slides were constantly on the screen and the speaker was somehow dropped to the bottom corner. Is there anywhere on WFA that I could look at the slides?
Thanks for this video. Just a question. Did they ever use tunnels as sentry posts to spy on the other side? By that I mean did they dig the tunnel, get it to where they wanted it, use it to spy on the enemy for a while, and then blow it up?