History From The Homefront

06/10/2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFj5r-Qy_7U

In 1945, as Germany collapsed under Allied bombs and advancing armi...

28/09/2026

The viral claim about a 392-year-old Greenland shark comes from a landmark 2016 study published in Science. Researchers led by Julius Nielsen examined 28 female Greenland sharks and used radiocarbon dating of proteins in their eye lenses to estimate their ages.

The oldest shark in the study measured about 5.02 meters (16.5 feet) and was estimated to be around 392 years old. However, that number was not exact—the researchers gave a 95% confidence range of 272 to 512 years, meaning the shark could have been considerably younger or older.

Greenland sharks can live for centuries because of their extremely slow metabolism and growth in near-freezing Arctic waters. They grow only about 1 centimeter per year, and females may not reach sexual maturity until roughly 150 years old, making them the longest-lived vertebrates known to science.

03/07/2026

Finally getting down to read all the wonderful messages of thanks from the pupils of P6 Capshard Primary School, Kirkcaldy 🥰

03/07/2026

03/07/2026

Finally getting round to taking photos and reading all the wonderful comments inside the hand made cards, thank you P6 Capshard Primary School, Kirkcaldy 🥰

30/03/2026

A great day at Dalbeattie with the winners Mincemeat with 33 points!

12/03/2026

What a great two days at Turriff Primary😎

12/03/2026

What's in a name?

Day two at Turriff Primary

During World War II, the Allies pulled off one of the most genius psychological warfare operations ever — Operation Cornflakes.They didn’t bomb cities… they ...

08/03/2026

Leith, where I sprang from!

Today (8 March) in 1859, Kenneth Grahame, author of "The Wind in the Willows", was born in Edinburgh. 🙂
And in 1940, an artillery shell was fired into Leith from Inchkeith Defensive Battery! Here's the report:
"Several people had remarkable escapes when a 100lb shell crashed through the walls of this house in Leith, Scotland. The shell which had been fired from a costal battery across the bows of a trawler, struck the water, ricocheted, skimmed the housetops, went through a factory roof and struck a house."
The picture shows the local police inspecting the damage; the story "allegedly" was that a young lieutenant arrived on Inchkeith with the Royal Artillery during these dark war years and the gun crew were ordered to fire a salvo across the bows of the trawler; despite the attempts of the gun crew who tried to tell this young officer that the shells were not blanks, the officer dismissed their protests and curtly ordered the crew to fire resulting in the shelling of Salamander Street; thankfully no one was injured; it was amusingly known in Leith as the "Battle of Salamander Street"
Thanks goes to "The Spirit of Leithers" page.

04/03/2026

Next stop Torbain Primary School, Kirkcaldy!