Phil Carlisle
@digitalman.bsky.social
Pillbox-spotter, Rush-fan, husband to an Irish wife, father of physicists, dancers,human tornados and Action Men called Jonathan. Beer drinking, book reading and thesaurus construction a speciality. Work @HistoricEngland. All views my own.
Off to LA and this is my steed. It’s only got two fucking engines so let’s hope that a) they’re Rolls Royce (spoiler alert - they’re not..) or b) it flies like a Mosquito.
I’m hoping it’s b).
I’m hoping it’s b).
November 15, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Off to LA and this is my steed. It’s only got two fucking engines so let’s hope that a) they’re Rolls Royce (spoiler alert - they’re not..) or b) it flies like a Mosquito.
I’m hoping it’s b).
I’m hoping it’s b).
Spotted on the bum of the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street. PA bolt 13.216m AOD #BenchmarkMonday
October 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Spotted on the bum of the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street. PA bolt 13.216m AOD #BenchmarkMonday
#BenchmarkMonday #MilestoneMonday Double whammy of benchmark and milestone. Mountbellew Bridge, Mountbellew, Co. Galway. 1916 OS map gives 205.0 feet aOD.
August 25, 2025 at 12:17 PM
#BenchmarkMonday #MilestoneMonday Double whammy of benchmark and milestone. Mountbellew Bridge, Mountbellew, Co. Galway. 1916 OS map gives 205.0 feet aOD.
@jockbruce.bsky.social am I remembering correctly that you met this guy? www.aberdeenlive.news/news/aberdee...
Aberdeen pilot who was last surviving recipient of WW2 Victoria Cross dies aged 105
John Cruickshank, a flight lieutenant, earned the honour for his role in an attack on a German U-Boat, during which he suffered 72 injuries while piloting a Catalina flying boat on July 17, 1944.
www.aberdeenlive.news
August 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
@jockbruce.bsky.social am I remembering correctly that you met this guy? www.aberdeenlive.news/news/aberdee...
New brush holder. In the Venn diagram of what makes me happy this would be a circle. #RUSH #beer #HistScaleModels
August 16, 2025 at 10:22 AM
New brush holder. In the Venn diagram of what makes me happy this would be a circle. #RUSH #beer #HistScaleModels
Oh frabjous day! Can’t wait to sample these beauties. Happy belated #InternationalBeerDay #Rushon
August 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Oh frabjous day! Can’t wait to sample these beauties. Happy belated #InternationalBeerDay #Rushon
The Churchill Crocodile at Musée Mémorial Bataille de Normandie in Bayeux #TankTuesday
July 15, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The Churchill Crocodile at Musée Mémorial Bataille de Normandie in Bayeux #TankTuesday
Rush - Bastille Day - 12/10/1976 - Capitol Theatre (Official)
YouTube video by Rush on MV
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July 14, 2025 at 2:36 PM
A couple of neighbourly flush brackets for #BenchmarkMonday
FL BR. S9052 @53.728m on the east side of St. Michael’s in Farnsfield Notts.
And FL BR S9053 @39.256m on the east side of the old school at Edingley, Notts.
FL BR. S9052 @53.728m on the east side of St. Michael’s in Farnsfield Notts.
And FL BR S9053 @39.256m on the east side of the old school at Edingley, Notts.
July 14, 2025 at 11:31 AM
A couple of neighbourly flush brackets for #BenchmarkMonday
FL BR. S9052 @53.728m on the east side of St. Michael’s in Farnsfield Notts.
And FL BR S9053 @39.256m on the east side of the old school at Edingley, Notts.
FL BR. S9052 @53.728m on the east side of St. Michael’s in Farnsfield Notts.
And FL BR S9053 @39.256m on the east side of the old school at Edingley, Notts.
Found a box of goodies in the garage. Only 4 years since we moved in…
It contains a couple of hundred Commando comics. Having now arranged them in numerical order here’s the earliest one I have. #870 ‘Hair-Trigger’ from 1974. Anyone have an earlier one? #70s #childhood #commando
It contains a couple of hundred Commando comics. Having now arranged them in numerical order here’s the earliest one I have. #870 ‘Hair-Trigger’ from 1974. Anyone have an earlier one? #70s #childhood #commando
July 14, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Found a box of goodies in the garage. Only 4 years since we moved in…
It contains a couple of hundred Commando comics. Having now arranged them in numerical order here’s the earliest one I have. #870 ‘Hair-Trigger’ from 1974. Anyone have an earlier one? #70s #childhood #commando
It contains a couple of hundred Commando comics. Having now arranged them in numerical order here’s the earliest one I have. #870 ‘Hair-Trigger’ from 1974. Anyone have an earlier one? #70s #childhood #commando
It’s #fathersday and here’s the offerings I received this morning. Particularly pleased with Sid’s drawings of me in a Rush T-shirt. And Alice’s badge where I’m the beer and she’s Orangina. Looking forward to building Asterix and Obelix later.
Looks like the recent trip to Brittany was worth it.
Looks like the recent trip to Brittany was worth it.
June 15, 2025 at 8:29 AM
It’s #fathersday and here’s the offerings I received this morning. Particularly pleased with Sid’s drawings of me in a Rush T-shirt. And Alice’s badge where I’m the beer and she’s Orangina. Looking forward to building Asterix and Obelix later.
Looks like the recent trip to Brittany was worth it.
Looks like the recent trip to Brittany was worth it.
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Nigel Farage is a bellend. Pass it on.
June 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Nigel Farage is a bellend. Pass it on.
The sheer size of these things… Keroman III U-Boat pens at Lorient. Fantastic guided tour and well worth a visit.
May 30, 2025 at 8:18 AM
The sheer size of these things… Keroman III U-Boat pens at Lorient. Fantastic guided tour and well worth a visit.
An afternoon stroll among old stones and remembering old friends. Col - you wouldn’t recognize the place. Si - too old for us but seeing some Medieval stuff tomorrow. I’ll raise a glass to you both. Miss you still x
May 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
An afternoon stroll among old stones and remembering old friends. Col - you wouldn’t recognize the place. Si - too old for us but seeing some Medieval stuff tomorrow. I’ll raise a glass to you both. Miss you still x
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Save the Newark School of Musical Instrument Crafts. Sign the petition here: www.change.org/p/save-the-n...
May 21, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Save the Newark School of Musical Instrument Crafts. Sign the petition here: www.change.org/p/save-the-n...
Please consider signing this. It’s a fantastic school chng.it/PMbRp9FR68
Sign the Petition
Save the Newark School of Musical Instrument Crafts!
chng.it
May 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Please consider signing this. It’s a fantastic school chng.it/PMbRp9FR68
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#BenchMarkMonday stone cut bench mark on the west face of Wellington Arch 14.835m. With welcoming English Heritage sign and drain grate.
May 12, 2025 at 6:33 AM
#BenchMarkMonday stone cut bench mark on the west face of Wellington Arch 14.835m. With welcoming English Heritage sign and drain grate.
#BenchmarkMonday flush bracket S9053 39.256m aOD. The Old School, Edingley, Notts.
Alice’s first flush bracket!
Alice’s first flush bracket!
May 5, 2025 at 7:20 AM
#BenchmarkMonday flush bracket S9053 39.256m aOD. The Old School, Edingley, Notts.
Alice’s first flush bracket!
Alice’s first flush bracket!
McArt’s fort, Belfast on the hottest day so far. #HillfortsWednesday
April 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
McArt’s fort, Belfast on the hottest day so far. #HillfortsWednesday
#BenchmarkMonday 72.499m North entrance gateway to Sudbury Hall.
April 21, 2025 at 6:52 PM
#BenchmarkMonday 72.499m North entrance gateway to Sudbury Hall.
Not my period and not a loophole in sight but here’s Oldox Camp for #HillfortsWednesday
historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-...
historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-...
March 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Not my period and not a loophole in sight but here’s Oldox Camp for #HillfortsWednesday
historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-...
historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-...
True fact
February 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
True fact
“You can’t beat a bit o’ Bully”
February 28, 2025 at 9:09 AM
“You can’t beat a bit o’ Bully”
I couldn’t pinpoint exactly why I find the current situation in the world is so unsettling and then I remembered The Omen: The Final Conflict in which the antichrist Damien Thorn is bent on total world domination. Anyone know the whereabouts of the seven daggers of Megiddo? They might come in handy
February 25, 2025 at 8:44 AM
I couldn’t pinpoint exactly why I find the current situation in the world is so unsettling and then I remembered The Omen: The Final Conflict in which the antichrist Damien Thorn is bent on total world domination. Anyone know the whereabouts of the seven daggers of Megiddo? They might come in handy