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U.S. citizens are traveling to Havana for a new breakthrough treatment for Alzheimer’s disease. Clinical trials show that, unlike any other medication, Cuba’s NeuralCIM not only stabilizes patients, but in more than half of cases it actually reverses many Alzheimer’s symptoms.
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Introducing...
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Great to see our episode on ‘WW2: The Deadliest Blitz?’ making the Top 5 this week.
It was a please to travel to Glasgow and to talk with @MarcConaghan about the bombing of the region by the Luftwaffe - a largely forgotten aspect of the Second World War: podfollow.com/the-world-wars…
THE HOT TOP 10🔥 Most Popular History Podcast Episodes
5. WW2: The Deadliest Blitz? @HistoryHitWW2 @DrJamesRogers @MarcConaghan
6. Noor Inayat Khan @HOTNOTPOD @KathMathComedy @AidanMcComedy @AnuvabPal
7. Reinterment Units @LivingHistoryUK
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Marc Conaghan retweeted
THE HOT TOP 10🔥 Most Popular History Podcast Episodes
5. WW2: The Deadliest Blitz? @HistoryHitWW2 @DrJamesRogers @MarcConaghan
6. Noor Inayat Khan @HOTNOTPOD @KathMathComedy @AidanMcComedy @AnuvabPal
7. Reinterment Units @LivingHistoryUK
hpbl.uk/yourls/hot10
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WW2: The Deadliest Blitz? @HistoryHitWW2 @HistoryHit
@DrJamesRogers welcomes @MarcConaghan to talk about his years of research and study on the Clydeside and Clyde Bank Blitz, taking us through the 48 hours of destruction this region faced... hpbl.uk/yourls/blitz
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The definition of 'squad goals'.
ALT Basically the whole team poses following Matt McLain's grand slam.
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On the 17 July 1940. The Luftwaffe attacked Glasgow with a single Dornier Do17 plane. They drop 4 250kg bombs on Blawarthill St, killing 3 people. The same plane drops 4 more 50kg bombs near Tinto Park in Craigton, Glasgow. This is the first time Glasgow is bombed in WWII.
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On the 13th of July 1940, the Luftwaffe attacked Greenock dropping 10 high-explosive bombs. 2 people are killed and 13 were injured.
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On the 13th of July 1940 2 Luftwaffe planes drop 19 high-explosive bombs over Renfrewshire. Bombs land at Bridge of Weir, Houston, Kilmacolm, Inverkip, Barrhead and Paisley with no damage or casualties recorded.
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A massive thank you to @MarcConaghan for joining us at #BISA2023 (@MYBISA) in Glasgow for our lunchtime lecture on the Clydeside Blitz -
The topic was also recorded for an episode of @HistoryHitWW2 out soon. In the meantime, check out Marc’s work here @TargetClydeside.
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This was one of my favourite sessions at #BISA2023 (@MYBISA), thanks @MarcConaghan for taking the time to reveal this important local history of WW2.
A massive thank you to @MarcConaghan for joining us at #BISA2023 (@MYBISA) in Glasgow for our lunchtime lecture on the Clydeside Blitz -
The topic was also recorded for an episode of @HistoryHitWW2 out soon. In the meantime, check out Marc’s work here @TargetClydeside.
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Need a touch of local history during lunch?
Come and watch @MarcConaghan’s talk on the Clydeside Blitz, brought to you by @bisawarstudies
Tay room @HiltonGlasgow
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One key aim of @BISAWarStudies is to engage with the local history of war in the cities that @MYBISA hosts its annual conference. This year, in Glasgow, we are looking forward to welcoming @MarcConaghan to talk about the Clydeside Blitz.
Join us for this free public talk.
Want some local history at #BISA2023? @bisawarstudies have you covered!
Come along to a talk on the Clydeside blitz by @MarcConaghan to learn about Glasgow's WWII story, Weds 21 June 12.15-1.15
Learn more at: conference.bisa.ac.uk/featur…
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The official death toll for this attack was 60 people. 51 in Glasgow, 7 in Bishopbriggs and 2 in Paisley. A further 37 bombs fell in East Kilbride and Strathaven, 122 in Lanarkshire, 60 in Renfrewshire, 49 in Dumbartonshire and 11 in Paisley.
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One of the most bizarre stories in wartime Glasgow was that the reason bombs never landed in Shawlands was that Hitler's nephew lived there. As strange as this sounds Hitler did have a nephew who was born in Britain. His half-brother Alois had lived in Liverpool and had a son.
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My 15 year old grandmother had spent many nights in March and April in a damp cold Anderson shelter in the back of 79 Allander St in Possilpark. On this night she refused. She had a shift the next morning in Woodside Engineering in Stronend St making ballbearings for tanks.
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Just before midnight, a high explosive bomb lands at the junction of Kent St and London Rd Glasgow, killing 16 people. In the background you can see the roof of St Alphonsus Church. The site today is where many Glaswegians first savored hot doughnuts at the famous Barras market.
