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THE LOWLANDER

Hellish Good Productions

32 episodes

4 months ago

Discover The Lowlander, the daily service newsletter printed for men of the 52nd Lowland Division during the Second World War. Andy Aitcheson and Merryn Walters share the best of each week's editions - from politics and jottings from home, to the football results and news about the front lines from November 44 right through to May 1945.

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Discover The Lowlander, the daily service newsletter printed for men of the 52nd Lowland Division during the Second World War. Andy Aitcheson and Merryn Walters share the best of each week's editions - from politics and jottings from home, to the football results and news about the front lines from November 44 right through to May 1945.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Episodes (20/32)

THE LOWLANDER

THE LOWLANDER - 2025 RECCE SPECIAL

See the foxholes, follow in the footsteps, spot the ‘spang’. This October, we’re following the route taken by the 4th Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers as they travelled from Ibbenburen to Bremen and on to Luneburg Heath .... and in this one-off special, you can hear just a small part of our latest recce! Can't beat a bit of walking the ground, that's what we say. As before we are **thrilled** to be running this tour alongside the brilliant Battle Honours Tours, and the team at BHT are handling all bookings and tour admin. Any queries, do drop us a line at info@walkingwiththejocks.co.uk

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5 months ago

22 minutes

THE LOWLANDER

THE LOWLANDER - THE LAST STAND

Foxholes! Passports! Currywurst! In our final episode, we look at Walking with The Jocks - the battlefield tour we're taking to the Roer Triangle, this October 24, following in the footsteps of the 52nd Lowland Division. Thanks for listening, we hope you've enjoyed every episode as much as we have...

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1 year ago

29 minutes 2 seconds

THE LOWLANDER

THE LOWLANDER - VE DAY & AU REVOIR

Our penultimate episode, a VE Day special! The Lowlander reported on the surrender as it happened. Andy and Merryn dig in for almost the last time, to find out what the Jocks were reading, and what was happening this week in 1945...

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1 year ago

46 minutes 41 seconds

THE LOWLANDER

THE LOWLANDER - JUST THE JOB

The Jocks are in Bremen, the dictators are a;; meeting a grisly end, and the 52nd Lowland Division is playing its part in wrapping up the Second World War. Andy and Merryn sift through the articles that made the headlines that made it into The Lowlander, this week in 1945 ...

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1 year ago

35 minutes 14 seconds

THE LOWLANDER

THE LOWLANDER - JORROCKS DOESN'T LIE

It's the big push to capture the centre of Bremen ... there are some reflections on a Fusilier ... a few words from a Prime Minister - and Jorrocks makes an appearance. Andy and Merryn dig into the issues of The Lowlander, this week in 1945.

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1 year ago

44 minutes 19 seconds

THE LOWLANDER

THE LOWLANDER - H-H-H-HANSARD

From Hitler's 50th Birthday to a 'Hello' for a new President, from happy days at the liberation of Stalag 357 to a few notes from a key witness to history - Hansard, the British government's record of parliamentary proceedings - Andy and Merryn dig into this week's editions of The Lowlander ...

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1 year ago

36 minutes 57 seconds

THE LOWLANDER

THE LOWLANDER - DUN-DUN-DuuUUNN!!

A busy week, building up to the advance on Bremen. Reports from the Far East, updates from the Italian Front - it's all go. Andy and Merryn dig into the Lowlander as the Allies head towards the end of the Second World War.

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1 year ago

33 minutes 54 seconds

THE LOWLANDER

THE LOWLANDER - BIG WEEK

April 1945, and the men of the 52nd Lowland Division are following in the footsteps of friends, countrymen and Romans - they're heading over the Teutoburger Wald. Andy and Merryn dig into the war diaries....

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1 year ago

58 minutes 49 seconds

THE LOWLANDER

THE LOWLANDER - INTERLUDE

Andy and Merryn address the fact that Roman emperor Julius Caesar created the Year of Confusion when he decided the year 46 B.C. was going to be 445 days long instead of 365 days long but luckily that wasn't popular.

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1 year ago

1 minute 52 seconds

THE LOWLANDER

THE LOWLANDER - PRESTWICK, DOH!

Operation VARSITY, Operation PLUNDER ... we're crossing the Rhine, and the men of the 52nd Lowland Division don't have much time to themselves. Still, Andy and Merryn dig into the pages of The Lowlander, to find out what's going on this week in 1945 ...

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1 year ago

41 minutes 48 seconds

THE LOWLANDER

THE LOWLANDER - DENNIS DONNINI VC

A Lowlander Special ~ on the anniversary of his VC being Gazetted, this is the story of young Fusilier Dennis Donnini of the 4th/5th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers, during their attack on Lind & Stein during Operation BLACKCOCK.

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1 year ago

51 minutes 29 seconds

THE LOWLANDER

THE LOWLANDER - RATIONPACKED

Andy and Merryn dip into this week's editions of The Lowlander, as men of the 52nd Lowland Division move on into Operation VARSITY... hearing about food on the home front, getting food for thought from the Russian front and beyond. And there's more than one Dennis to be thinking about, too...

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1 year ago

38 minutes 3 seconds

THE LOWLANDER

THE LOWLANDER - RANCHO RELAXO

Escapees, Remagen, the great what-is-a-tank debate, shenanigns in Kirkcaldy, the 52nd Lowland Division's attempt at self-sufficiency - and a brief encounter with Ben Affleck. It's all going on as Andy and Merryn dip into this week's issues of The Lowlander ...

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1 year ago

45 minutes 25 seconds

THE LOWLANDER

THE LOWLANDER - KELP!

Licensed to thrill, it's wartime television in the news; famous films; and an update from the Scottish Seaweed Research Council. Andy and Merryn dig into this week's issues of The Lowlander - the newsletter that was sent out daily to men of the 52nd (Lowland) Division...

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1 year ago

32 minutes 7 seconds

THE LOWLANDER

THE LOWLANDER - LONG AND WET

From the woods at Afferden to Iwo Jima, and on to the balcony in Casablanca, there's no holding back when it comes to the Editor's choice in the latest editions of The Lowlander. Andy and Merryn dive in to find out what's been happening with the 52nd Lowland Division this week, in 1945...

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1 year ago

34 minutes 19 seconds

THE LOWLANDER

THE LOWLANDER - JOCKS WITH SOCKS

Did you know, from 1941 onwards, four pairs of socks were issued to each NCO, each week? But seriously ... it's Kleve, Goch, and on into the Rhineland this week in The Lowlander. Andy and Merryn catch up with 52nd Lowland Division...

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1 year ago

37 minutes 38 seconds

THE LOWLANDER

THE LOWLANDER - JANET OF GOCH

Things are hotting up, literally. Crocodiles, Cleve, Afferden and XXXX XX XX - censorship. 15th Scottish, 51st Highland Division ... Andy and Merryn dig int to the isues of The Lowlander and catch up with the 52nd Lowland Division, dug in, in the Broderbosch.

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1 year ago

41 minutes 48 seconds

THE LOWLANDER

THE LOWLANDER - TWITTERPATING

It's a veritable feast of issues and insights this week, as the 52nd Lowland Division heads north east across Germany to the low countries. Interjections from the crooner and the Reverend, and a wee look at another mountain division. (And Canada. We mention Canada.) Andy and Merryn, digging in to the issues of this week's Lowlander...

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1 year ago

31 minutes 28 seconds

THE LOWLANDER

THE LOWLANDER - MORE FISHY BUSINESS

From derring-do in Manila to herring-do in Scotland, piglets with the RASC, and interjections from both Abraham Lincoln and (IT'S THAT MAN AGAIN!), good old Tommy Handley ... Andy and Merryn dig in deep, to understand the weekly issues of The Lowlander.

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1 year ago

33 minutes 18 seconds

THE LOWLANDER

THE LOWLANDER SCO 3 - GER 0

Snow everywhere - this is the week we take out a Tiger with a PIAT in Waldfeucht. Plus, there's a look at he Ledo Road; Jan Smuts; and the artistic talents of the Jocks. Andy and Merryn dig in to the Lowlander...

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1 year ago

34 minutes 46 seconds