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Linby is a small village in Nottinghamshire, England. It wouldn't have much strategic value... unless some commander didn't read their map properly. Here's a local legend, with a few questions about it.
Edited by Michelle Martin youtube.com/@OnTheCrux
Story research by David Fletcher
Thanks to historian Maureen Newton, to this transcription of the HO 203 National Archives database: http://www.warstateandsociety.com/Bombing-Britain - and to the British Newspaper Archive: britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
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Linby is a small village in Nottinghamshire, England. It wouldn't have much strategic value... unless some commander didn't read their map properly. Here's a local legend, with a few questions about it.
Edited by Michelle Martin youtube.com/@OnTheCrux
Story research by David Fletcher
Thanks to historian Maureen Newton, to this transcription of the HO 203 National Archives database: http://www.warstateandsociety.com/Bombing-Britain - and to the British Newspaper Archive: britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
Filmed safely: see tomscott.com/safe for details
π₯ MORE FROM TOM: tomscott.com
(you can find contact details and social links there too)
π° WEEKLY NEWSLETTER with good stuff from the rest of the internet: tomscott.com/newsletter
β LATERAL, free weekly podcast: lateralcast.com youtube.com/lateralcast
β TOM SCOTT PLUS: youtube.com/tomscottplus
π₯ THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES: youtube.com/techdif
