Though he had little formal education, Garrett’s curiosity took him into many fields from sewing machine repair to gas masks to transportation problems. He achieved great success and improved ...

He had the tribute etched onto his neck on Tuesday at Just Add Ink studio in Hamworthy, and said it is his most painful tattoo yet. “I wanted to wear a poppy every day of the year,” said Mr ...

A gas mask could, theoretically at least, protect against inhaling anthrax spores, or other possible infective agents used for biological warfare. But it is absolutely VITAL that the mask fits ...

We see them everywhere: Whatever their nationality, age, or social background, many people wear tattoos. Historians claim that people have been getting tattoos for over 5,000 years. From the ...

More than 40 million gas masks were issued. In America there was a gas mask for children that looked like Mickey Mouse, with the character's nose and ears and even a picture of him on the gas filter.

A recent Guardian news story on the Russian use of poison gas in Ukraine featured an arresting photograph that spoke to me of the anonymity of war This photograph of a gas mask on a tree beside a ...

From refusing to wear a poppy and turning away during the national ... The footballer has described himself as a 'proud Fenian' and has a tattoo of Free Derry - a self-declared autonomous Irish ...

GAS MASKS sold at army surplus stores are utterly useless against any chemical and biological attacks as it is illegal to sell them with the essential filters. This is the message coming from ...

Walthamstow: Amid fears of chemical or biological warfare by terrorists, worried members of the public have been flocking to buy gas masks and protective suits, reports John Schroder. But the ...

As war raged across Europe between 1939 and 1945 people were given gas masks to protect them from possible airborne gas attacks by the Germans. This gas mask has been passed down through the ...