Recent content by Lusher

Found this photo out from one of the 40's events at the museum. I'm in the middle with the M1

I do own a deactivated M1 so yes, I would have done.

I also attend the 40's events at the Museum. Usually doing US Infantry, whether it's 2nd Infantry or 101st Airborne. I also attended all of the Peaky events they held there. Usually walked around with a shotgun.

Not anymore. They moved back to Birmingham town centre.

Fascinating to look through these pictures. I've lived on the Brookvale for 41 years and have spent many a childhood down the park. I've sailed on the lake too. I remember the old boathouse before it was burned down. I used to paddle in the stream down at the George Rd end too, which used to...

Image 4. Far right middle, just above the bunch of foliage and trees. Long row of buildings. That's the only picture that faces that general direction from where the photos were taken from. After much deliberation, I'm convinced it was Sporting loading. There are no other buildings in that...

Found an old satellite image from 1999, a few years before the whole place got flattened to make way for new units. You can clearly see the whole machine shop was demolished and never built upon.

Hi there, I created this account because I was talking to my mom (Susan Lusher) about this blast that happened in 1973 and well, she was in it, thankfully as one of the survivors. My mom had only been working at IMI since the start of 73 and she worked in Sporting loading. Her office was the...