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Site redesign
26 June 2010
Monday 24/6/40
24 June 2010
Cuckmere Haven Defences Model V.3.1
15 June 2010
With a Vickers Gun to Cuckmere
13 June 2010
Invasion 70
16 May 2010
YouTube channel launched
12 April 2010
Follow me on Twitter
10 April 2010
Four years on
10 March 2010
Finding the gun pits
02 March 2010
Anti-tank ditch at Crowborough
13 February 2010
More interesting finds at TNA
12 February 2010
A small Holy Grail find in TNA
30 January 2010
Keyhole surgery at Cuckmere Haven
17 January 2010
Concrete Evidence relaunch!
13 January 2010
Ice Concrete Pillbox
09 January 2010

PillBlogs Archive

PillBlogs is an offshoot from The Blogger Will Always Get Through..., containing only those posts related to pillboxes and anti-invasion defences.

Date Title
26 June 2010 21:15 Site redesign
24 June 2010 20:45 Monday 24/6/40
15 June 2010 11:11 Cuckmere Haven Defences Model V.3.1
13 June 2010 16:44 With a Vickers Gun to Cuckmere
16 May 2010 10:05 Invasion 70
12 April 2010 20:45 YouTube channel launched
10 April 2010 10:11 Follow me on Twitter
10 March 2010 10:17 Four years on
02 March 2010 11:14 Finding the gun pits
13 February 2010 23:08 Anti-tank ditch at Crowborough
12 February 2010 13:12 More interesting finds at TNA
30 January 2010 13:24 A small Holy Grail find in TNA
17 January 2010 23:22 Keyhole surgery at Cuckmere Haven
13 January 2010 19:36 Concrete Evidence relaunch!
09 January 2010 20:09 Ice Concrete Pillbox
14 December 2009 22:17 Pillboxes at Old Lodge Warren
09 December 2009 18:02 And then there were 10...
26 November 2009 09:43 Catching up
07 November 2009 09:04 In Remembrance
22 October 2009 09:28 Yet another Downs locality
20 October 2009 23:06 A new locality and trench #300!
17 October 2009 01:13 Roadblock recce (30) - Cuckmere bridges
03 October 2009 12:24 Lucky finds on the range
28 September 2009 19:17 It's not a Home Guard locality...
26 September 2009 19:55 Another Home Guard Downs locality!
24 September 2009 18:42 A new Downs locality
21 September 2009 20:07 A Downland Home Guard locality
03 September 2009 11:15 New Home Front website
21 August 2009 18:20 Roadblock recce (29) - Norman's Bay
19 August 2009 19:17 Roadblock recce (28) - Sharpsbridge
17 August 2009 20:41 Roadblock recce (27) - the 'Maginot Line'
17 August 2009 19:53 Roadblock recce (26) - Stone Cross
10 August 2009 19:25 Roadblock recce (25) - Buxted
08 August 2009 22:50 Defended localities - St. Leonards - Hastings
08 August 2009 22:30 Roadblock recce (24) - St. Leonards
21 July 2009 20:22 Is HMS Forward sunk?
11 July 2009 19:33 ...and yet more grenade
11 July 2009 20:14 All quiet on the blogging front
10 May 2009 21:17 X doesn't quite mark the spot
08 May 2009 21:11 A treasure map
04 May 2009 22:44 24 more trenches - and another buried HQ!
03 May 2009 18:12 Downs underground bunker - can you help?
02 May 2009 08:26 Platoon locality with buried HQ
18 April 2009 21:06 Downs defended locality
18 April 2009 21:34 Getting my Vickers in a twist
13 April 2009 21:05 Shrapnel, a weasel, an echinoid and a geocache
08 April 2009 14:16 National Archives visit
26 March 2009 21:33 Lies, damn lies and statistics...
22 March 2009 20:52 Roadblock recce (23) - Offham
22 March 2009 15:56 Mount Harry defended locality
21 March 2009 12:22 New trenches - with bullet holes?
15 March 2009 09:52 Roadblock recce (22) Exceat Bridge
15 March 2009 20:26 Artillery observation post
10 March 2009 22:10 Three years on
08 March 2009 20:37 Roadblock recce (21) - Lewes
07 March 2009 20:59 Trenchcam - new angles on a preserved trench
01 March 2009 22:24 An intact trench!
01 March 2009 23:39 Downsforce: 150 trenches - and counting!
28 February 2009 21:01 Roadblock recce (20) - Battle
22 February 2009 10:50 Blog maintenance and redesign
18 February 2009 12:49 National Archives visit
16 February 2009 22:29 Roadblock recce (19) Bexhill
07 February 2009 22:49 Back at Bexhill
31 January 2009 15:09 What future for the Martello Towers?
24 January 2009 22:17 Eight new trenches
22 January 2009 22:08 Website redesign!
18 January 2009 20:49 The Real Dad's Army
18 January 2009 20:46 A new set of trenches and some copper
17 January 2009 12:35 National Archives visit
11 January 2009 22:16 Fired by a Bren gun?
30 December 2008 13:45 National Archives visit
29 December 2008 22:36 Roadblock recce (18) Boreham Street - Ninfield - Catsfield
25 December 2008 23:19 Away in a slit trench
21 December 2008 22:10 Shape-changing trench
17 December 2008 17:25 Roadblock recce (17) John's Cross - Cripp's Corner
14 December 2008 23:10 Downsforce - flame trap, pipe mine and yet more trenches
10 December 2008 22:50 Cuckmere Haven defences to be lost under water
07 December 2008 23:01 A grenade spring and 3 more trenches
07 December 2008 22:48 Important Sussex defence work demolished
30 November 2008 22:09 Mapping a Downsforce platoon locality
22 November 2008 19:59 Pillboxopedia
16 November 2008 15:37 Foxhole becomes rabbit hole
10 November 2008 22:49 Time Team - Lost WW1 bunker
09 November 2008 18:05 In Remembrance
08 November 2008 21:15 Shorncliffe: birthplace of modern soldiering
02 November 2008 22:46 Roadblock recce (16) - Alfriston
01 November 2008 23:42 Pillbox site redesign
31 October 2008 14:27 National Archives visit
30 October 2008 21:54 More grenade, I'm afraid...
29 October 2008 21:54 Roadblock recce (16) - Mayfield and Horam
28 October 2008 23:43 Petroleum warfare at Kingston and Southease
28 October 2008 19:11 Roadblock recce (15) - Kingston near Lewes
27 October 2008 23:30 Pimples at Beddingham
26 October 2008 23:06 Roadblock recce (14) - Isfield
25 October 2008 23:55 Downsforce: Firle Beacon
19 October 2008 21:42 Pineapple for breakfast...
18 October 2008 22:25 Mount Caburn (2)
17 October 2008 23:40 Roadblock recce (13) - Eridge Station
12 October 2008 22:25 Mount Caburn
11 October 2008 23:24 Pineapple for lunch...
11 October 2008 21:47 Downsforce Project
11 October 2008 20:02 Roadblock recce (12) - Barcombe Mills
06 October 2008 22:05 Roadblock recce (11) - Southease
05 October 2008 10:37 Ashdown Forest
04 October 2008 23:42 Roadblock recce (10) - Frant
04 October 2008 22:15 Roadblock recce (9) - Glynde
04 October 2008 21:40 Roadblock recce (8) - East Dean and Friston
04 October 2008 20:58 National Archives visits
12 August 2008 21:29 Roadblock recce (7) - Bexhill
07 August 2008 23:28 Roadblock recce (6) - Bexhill
28 July 2008 21:38 Roadblock recce (5) - Uckfield
25 July 2008 22:23 Roadblock recce (4) - Hailsham
24 July 2008 21:05 Roadblock recce (3) - Rye/Camber
23 July 2008 22:32 Roadblock recce (2) - Polegate
22 July 2008 22:44 Roadblock recce (1) - Rickney/Pevensey
22 July 2008 22:34 Roadblocks
05 July 2008 22:38 Some Holy Grails of research
28 June 2008 10:39 National Archives Visit
07 June 2008 12:26 National Archives visits
11 May 2008 23:12 Newhaven Defences (2)
10 May 2008 14:20 National Archives visit
09 May 2008 22:29 Demolition chambers
27 April 2008 21:57 Bridges at Barcombe Mills
26 April 2008 12:08 National Archives visit
20 April 2008 20:39 Memorial at Cuckmere Haven
20 April 2008 14:12 More fun with 3D pillboxes
18 April 2008 20:38 National Archives visit
11 April 2008 23:42 Rye Harbour Defences
18 March 2008 20:46 An interesting day filming
22 February 2008 23:08 Pett Emergency Coast Defence Battery (2)
21 February 2008 22:10 East Dean and Friston
21 February 2008 10:20 ESRO visit
10 February 2008 22:48 Time Team at Shooters Hill
09 February 2008 22:51 Martello Tower 61 Battery Observation Post (2)
26 January 2008 22:44 Martello Tower 61 Battery Observation Post
19 January 2008 23:04 Getting some Zs
28 December 2007 22:25 Piecing together the Bexhill defences (1)
16 December 2007 19:49 Polegate Nodal Point
02 December 2007 23:25 Fly through a 3D pillbox
02 December 2007 15:55 Fun with 3D Pillboxes
17 November 2007 19:56 'Fly' the GHQ Line
17 November 2007 12:55 Invading Google Earth
14 November 2007 22:49 The Defence of East Sussex
11 November 2007 22:43 Anti-Tank Ditches
26 October 2007 13:16 National Archives visit
31 August 2007 13:22 National Archives visit
25 August 2007 21:00 We shall fight them with the beaches
15 August 2007 22:39 Inspecting the drains
11 August 2007 22:08 Cabinet War Rooms, London
05 August 2007 23:51 Defended Localities
03 August 2007 20:46 The White Cliffs of Dover
01 July 2007 22:58 May you stop Jerry
22 April 2007 22:49 Tombstone graveyard
22 April 2007 21:55 Battle nodal point
22 April 2007 21:19 Art Deco dragon's tooth
05 April 2007 13:19 National Archives visit
02 April 2007 23:56 Ninfield nodal point
31 March 2007 23:47 Two-storey pillbox (2)
25 March 2007 23:06 Two-storey pillbox
24 March 2007 21:54 National Archives visit
10 March 2007 21:44 www.pillbox.org.uk is live!
08 March 2007 22:21 Not long now; pillbox.org.uk really is coming!
03 March 2007 20:21 Pillbox update
18 February 2007 21:51 Pillbox ballistics (2)
17 February 2007 23:06 Cuckmere Haven (yet again)
15 February 2007 13:12 National Archives visit
14 February 2007 19:32 Pillbox ballistics (1)
13 February 2007 23:28 Royal Military Canal (3)
03 January 2007 23:15 Roadblocks
01 January 2007 21:26 New pillbox website on the way!
01 January 2007 18:10 Review of 2006
27 November 2006 23:53 Pillbox weapons mountings
24 November 2006 12:47 National Archives visit
23 November 2006 15:12 National Archives visit
22 November 2006 12:43 National Archives visit
11 November 2006 22:40 In Remembrance
30 October 2006 22:50 A cemetary, and coffin versus tombstone
29 October 2006 21:02 Back at Pillbox Alley
25 October 2006 12:49 National Archives visit
23 October 2006 11:58 Beaches, fields, streets and hills
15 October 2006 21:24 The GHQ Line
14 October 2006 19:33 Royal Military Canal (2)
11 October 2006 13:33 National Archives visit
09 October 2006 11:53 Newhaven Defences
05 October 2006 00:10 Pett Emergency Coast Defence Battery
04 October 2006 23:12 Cuckmere Haven defences
01 October 2006 19:49 Catching up
18 September 2006 23:52 A curious research milestone...
06 July 2006 15:15 National Archives visit
21 June 2006 10:17 Da Vinci code or just talking blocks?
11 June 2006 21:47 1940 minefield incidents
10 June 2006 21:06 London defences
09 June 2006 12:55 National Archives visit
08 June 2006 22:20 The Royal Military Canal
05 June 2006 22:18 Crouching viper, hidden dragon (tooth)...
27 May 2006 23:44 Air Raid Shelter Policy
12 April 2006 22:07 A second bite of a dragon's tooth
09 April 2006 22:36 Cuckmere Haven defences
01 April 2006 23:51 The Long Man of Wilmington
20 March 2006 22:05 Rickney Roadblock 2
19 March 2006 23:53 Rickney Roadblock
10 March 2006 21:01 Invasion defences


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