The Village That The Luftwaffe Bombed By Mistake

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 / mrsmmartin
Story research by David Fletcher
Thanks to historian Maureen Newton, to this transcription of the HO 203 National Archives database: www.warstateandsociety.com/Bom... - and to the British Newspaper Archive: www.britishnewspaperarchive.c...
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[@TomScottGo]

What I've learned from this video, and the one on the Icknield Way, is that KZbin compression really does not like having close, in-focus greenery moving quickly behind me. Apologies. In future, I'll try to pick different angles and backgrounds, or else use a camera with a shallower depth of field!

[@TheElvisnator]

How to realize a Tom Scott Video: 1. *_Red T-Shirt(s)_* 2. *_Comment 1 month older than the video_*

[@dti6342]

It’s fine, not nearly as bad as dark gradients

[@lucy-h]

Still great video nonetheless

[@legiongaming2852]

Wait a damn minute.

[@tommihommi1]

Maybe it's not as big of an issue with AV1 in the future

[@corg_9939]

"Lord Haw Haw" is the most british nickname for a Nazi in existence

[@JulieWallis1963]

Historical Context it’s also a fantastic name for a boundary!

[@tmuller9905]

Would be a great beer brand.

[@yooochoob]

The most British name for a Nazi until Count Dankula

[@IlSqueak]

@@JulieWallis1963 Well played, madame, well played. Let's see who else picks up on that.

[@tooyoungtobeold8756]

@@JulieWallis1963 Isn't it a Ha ha?

[@robertmitchard9769]

The most suprising part of this video is learning that Tom is in his 30's and therefore not simultaneously 18 and 48 at the same time

[@netehangel9365]

or maybe, him saying he's in his 30's is just a good story ;)

[@huyxiun2085]

I'd still stick with the quantuum effect, it makes more sense. The fact that Tom claims a simple, real, boring number instead than the actual superposition of states is just a way to prevent the discussion to drift away from the topic. Let's respect that, nod kindly, and keep our understanding of the truth between us people of culture. ;)

[@scintillam_dei]

@@huyxiun2085 Quantum is pseudo-science as proven in my video on it. If you disagree, Quandumb says you are also agreeing. That's how stupid the atheist myth is.

[@skyflaks6380]

His age is in a superposition

[@stg-tf4ns]

it's clearly and average

Tom Scott: "Don't bother people over 90 years old about some urban legend." Also Tom Scott: Tracks down 101 year old scientist to get answer about microwaving frozen animals

[@yonisam]

🤣🤣 Yea

[@SirMangler]

to be fair, it wasn't an urban legend, it was a documented experiment, and the scientist published their work, rather than tracking down an elderly in the area to ask them if they recall hearing a story that wasn't relevant to them and happened 70 years ago.

[@Simonsvids]

@@SirMangler No need to track down an elderly resident. Just ask their children who still live there. Believe me if a bomb had dropped on my village in WW2 I would know about it.

[@jambo308]

Generalization award

[@AFN2750]

I think there is a big difference between some old folks who live private lives in a small town (or Luftwaffe pilots) and a scientist who published his work. Also, Tom was likely very very polite with the scientist in a way that the Internet likely wouldn’t be

[@davyvde]

2:47 "Linby isn't mentioned at all." The sign: :(

[@gavpowell7864]

It's not on the sign because that's where the sign is :P

[@mediumleftmediumleft5052]

@@gavpowell7864 no :( is on the sign

[@S..S..S]

@@gavpowell7864 look on the left of the word "hucknall", theres a ":("

[@kevinkerkhoff6670]

2:22 They turned old and useless telephone booths into defibrillator stations. Brilliant.

[@toddjdb5792]

We have that quite a lot in and around Leicester.

[@matthewholton1938]

its a big thing around the whole UK

[@MauriceGucci]

I love it. Keeps the iconic look of the booths as a form of cultural heritage, while still being super useful and potentially saving lives.

[@AshishGupta-ql9lq]

I might be blind

[@schmenkspeedtyping218]

Useless?

[@VezWay007]

I love how Tom Scott is telling a good story but also reminding the viewers that the truthiness of a story does not always equate to its value.

[@donjones4719]

Why ruin a good story with the facts. That's a long standing principle.

[@roguishpaladin]

@@donjones4719 Because we should value facts, not stories. I disagree with Tom on this one. Not about harassing the 90 year olds - let them be - but we should be far less interested in indulging speculation. We already have a significant problem with truth in this society, we don't need to add to it by putting value upon falsehood. Reality is objective, even if our perceptions are subjective, and our goal must be, if we are to coexist, to divine what objective truths are and hold them above our own subjectivity.

[@annasuehiro7349]

@@roguishpaladin NO FUN ALLOWED

[@HadBabits]

​@@roguishpaladin Stories have and will always be important to humans; it's how we understand and connect to the world around us. It's why Tom Scott is so compelling, he's not just spitting out fun facts. Facts without context is just noise. I could tell you the viscosity of Jello, the temperature of the sun, and the circumference of my cat, but the fact that they would be facts isn't valuable on its own without a narrative that ties these elements together in a meaningful way. Of course, facts are important in things like science, law, academia, etc. but as humans our subjective experiences, and the expressions thereof, are also valuable. Consider the case in the video, what would you consider to be more valuable: This town's legend or the fact it likely didn't literally happen? You may argue the latter because it's 'the truth', but I'd argue that legends and folklore aren't meant to factually represent historical events, they're organic like us. They can inspire us or help us reflect on the society that made them. We aren't fascinated by the legends and myths of ancient cultures due to their factuality. Just as religious people don't follow a faith 'because the facts checks out'. I'd even argue that most people who love learning about science don't do so because it's 'objective' and they just like data, it's because science is also a lens to see beauty and magic in the universe.

[@jamieruddick5057]

@@roguishpaladin I get where you’re coming from but these little stories are the brilliant things that give people that bit extra motivation. If you’re a Brit in wartime, a story that the Nazis were dumb enough to try and bomb the “docks” that were there and that they missed as well might just be enough to give hope and keep fighting the war. Not everything has to be true or have a purpose. Some things are just fun to hear and make people smile. Fiction books, TV, most of KZbin even isn’t about finding the truth, it’s just about allowing people to focus on something different and better than the world. It’s a harmless story, it doesn’t matter whether it’s true or not, you gain nothing from disproving it except getting rid of something that makes people go huh, that’s kinda funny

[@spoony8232]

"Unexpected and rather violent ploughing" Toms greatest line so far.

[@Great_Olaf5]

Agreed.

[@aaronwadzinski5761]

Love this.

[@hanshintermann1551]

Don't we all need one every now and then?

[@muni5450]

Small town: one harmless tourist attraction sustaining them Tom Scott: Yea idk about that one chief

[@jakeanator]

lmao

[@owenjames8575]

You think a story that can be told in 2 minutes is a tourist attraction that would sustain a town?

[@owenjames8575]

@@psynrg that's fair

[@pivinne5536]

I can guarantee that town does not have tourism sustaining them. it's probably agriculture

[@Milamberinx]

@@pivinne5536 more likely the city of Nottingham.

[@eoinmanning6505]

“Bomb lands in field, no one hurt” -Tom Scott

[@NuclearTopSpot]

''Bomb lands in field, no one heard'' - Scom Tott

[@eoinmanning6505]

TRICLO oh crumpets

[@fabovondestory]

BILD "für euch da" ...not

[@ruthswann88]

Absolutely sensational. Truely.

[@hydraglyphics]

@@NuclearTopSpot "I'm Prison Mike" - Michael Scott

[@billkoul9780]

3:35-3:43 shortest existential crisis ever

[@rosieposie1760]

Anyone else wish Tom would narrate an audio book? Any book! Like the dictionary even.

[@olibob203]

I'm sure as a kid I read this story from woeful second world war from the horrible historys series

[@yonisam]

Petition signed!

[@WhiteUnicorn82]

Word

[@evanever]

I would absolutely listen to an audiobook of Tom reading the dictionary.

[@stormbob]

"Unexpected and rather violent plowing" is my favorite kind.

[@JW-zx5dr]

LMAO

[@doogygergola4590]

I love how this guy always wears green T-shirts

[@toocan720]

Who's gonna tell him

[@thegeckoman4116]

Yes... green.

[@aarushkalra2892]

@@yuakka woooosh

[@Ja-jq7pc]

Are you colorblind

[@michaeldownie2724]

Don't worry guys I got this. Yes.....its lovely.

[@shuttlechief]

"It's just a good story" is one of the most simple, awesome explanations, and I think most of us forget the simple things like that

[@blueberry1c2]

(squadron of Heinkels flying over Britain, speaking over the radio) "Are you sure we're supposed to be bombing a dock?" "We aren't even close to the sea..." "Whatever, bombs away!"

[@ProjectPowerPoint]

"Everybody lives! Just this once, everybody lives!" - The Doctor

[@ParaspriteHugger]

Except for Mary the sheep Whom the bomb buried ten feet deep.

[@protomundi]

You i like you

[@seraaron]

Except for lord haw haw, who was hung for treason

[@supremelordofthebathroom7197]

Which Doctor said this? I can't remember...

[@ParaspriteHugger]

@@supremelordofthebathroom7197 the Ninth Doctor, in The Doctor Dances

[@SL-ht1nu]

There are so many villages and small towns in England with stories like these, I reckon at least 80% of the people know they're not true but they almost always serve as a good lesson. That or they were originally told as a form of propaganda to make the protagonists in the story seem heroic, smart or witty and the antagonists stupid or foolish.

[@jackh3570]

There's a true story from my town where it was bombed by a single German bomber which managed to drop it's bombs along a row of houses and they landed between each one unfortunately killing one person but doing very minor damage. You can still see chips in the brickwork from the shrapnel.

[@wilddogtc2058]

@@jackh3570 What town?

[@davebryan1890]

I'm sure more than 80% has a "during the war" story of its very own that probably never happened

[@sidarthur8706]

quarry bank in the black country was accidentally bombed by someone on his way to liverpool, probably. that really happened

[@bex2]

Jack H - there’s also a common myth that’s told in Linby (at least to the school kids) that pancakes were made here

[@Gatinois]

Tom Scott is an Eldritch immortal and you can't debunk it because it is a good story.

[@sayven]

Wrong. You can't debunk it because it's the truth.

[@maddycarbuncle7567]

02:21 "Excuse me I need to make a phone call.." "No WAITT!!

[@thekingoflordagames3517]

The allies also bombed Nijmegen, a dutch city, by accident

[@flzubuduuz]

And don't forget when the Allies bombed Prague, thinking it was Dresden (which is over 100 kilometers away).

[@TheBushdoctor68]

Be silent blasphemer! We only point out the bad things of our enemies.

[@Toahmisae]

And Arnhem, and Enschede, and Deventer. All in the same night. "By mistake"

[@MrLondonGo]

And lets not forget "The Starkey Sacrifice"!!

and Pompeii too.

[@toddjdb5792]

It’s interesting to learn all these facts about places that are literally half an hour up the road from me. Thanks Tom.

[@AceOfBlackjack]

That far?

[@BenScatty]

about 15 minutes up the road XD

[@bex2]

I live here in Linby! It’s so cool to see him talk about it

[@pbjbagel]

@@bex2 Is it as nice as it looks?

[@bex2]

pbjbagel - It’s lovely here, the village is well looked after and we try to keep it looking nice. A lot of cars like to fall into the docks though. The last accident took out half a wall on one of the docks

[@drops2cents260]

During WWII, allied bombers actually used to cross Swiss airspace on their bombing runs into Germany and Austria, so there's a nice joke about the Swiss role as not-always-so-neutral: Swiss air defense: "Allied bombers, you have entered Swiss airspace which you are not allowed to do, because we're a neutral country". Allied bombers: "We know". Swiss air defense: "If you don't exit our airspace right now, we will be forced to order our flak batteries to fire". Allied bombers: "We know". **Swiss air defense fires** Allied bombers: "You are firing in the wrong direction". Swiss air defense: "We know".

[@nickolasdiamond5619]

I don't get this, were they firing at the allies and the allies were telling the Swiss that they should be firing at the Nazi instead and the Swiss acknowledge the that are in the ethically wrong bit still go with their threat to protect their neutrality. Or is the Swiss breaking said neutrality because of the ethical dilemma and instead of shooting at allies they shoot at the Nazi, or are they shooting at a completely different location as a sort of warning to the allies.

[@tovarischshashlikov]

@@nickolasdiamond5619 I think just as a warning shot

[@nickolasdiamond5619]

@@tovarischshashlikov thanks mate

[@graemer3657]

Drops2cents check out Mark Feltons video on the undeclared air war between the USA and Switzerland. That wasn’t a phoney war. Lots of allied bombers were shot down, and Swiss cities were bombed in retaliation. The press in both countries published that it was a series of accidents to avoid full escalation.

[@5tr4nge75]

@@nickolasdiamond5619 No, I took it as "firing in the wrong direction" as in, firing away from the bombers. As in, making it look like they're shooting, but actually not trying to cause harm.

[@zakariaradoine625]

Why is your voice is the deepest voice ever perfect for audiobooks

[@floydhebert3684]

Imagine a town getting bombed and they turn it into a light-hearted folk story and use it to bring in tourism

[@TheCoastermann]

I live ten minutes down the road from Linby in Bestwood; I even worked in the pub you see in this video. There is no tourism in linby. It is a great walking route from the village to Newstead Abby and back again :)

[@scbond]

If you saw Linby or nearby Hucknall you’d know that nobody ever has tried to promote tourism in either.

[@davidcooke8005]

The only time the Japanese managed to attack the US mainland in WWII was in Oregon. 6 people died. They don't treat it lightheartedly, but they do bring in at least a little tourism.

[@TheCoastermann]

scbonduk Hey hey hey, you’ve got Lord Byron, and... em. There’s... em. A new Cinema

[@mikespearwood3914]

@@davidcooke8005 Britain was bombed constantly and all over. A slightly different situation.

[@MauriceGucci]

- omg the YT algorithm has finally found an old Tom Scott video I haven't seen already - OMG IT'S THE NEW ONE

[@spv420]

i might write a script that gets a random video from a channel to make it easier to get out of "algorithm hell"

[@CarlosRojas-qd2fc]

Every. Damn. Time.

[@angicola4910]

@@spv420 That's very Tom Scott. You should totally do it.

[@MauriceGucci]

spv I’m honestly glad everytime the algorithm only recommends crap, because it makes it easier not to fall down the KZbin rabbit hole.

[@spv420]

@@MauriceGucci sometimes i enjoy rabbit holes. hell, i'm probably the king of them (very many, long stories)

[@ciethukazair3351]

"Probably not. Does it matter? ...not really. It's just a good story" Agreed!

[@fisqual]

At some point last week I realized that I have really been taking your channel for granted. I find myself sharing more and more little bits of interesting information like this (or the Centuries old debt) with others as we run out of quarantine conversation. So, thank you Tom Scott for making my knowledge a little more interesting.

[@Robin-uu4wx]

I love these style of video's where you are just out and about with your backpack somewhere in the countryside of the UK telling something interesting about the towns history. There is just something relaxing about it, almost as if i'm actually there walking along and listening to your stories

[@banderi002]

"Stories can be imprisoning or liberating. Deny the listener that choice... and there's no longer a point in telling that story."

[@lucieirl]

Who said that? I love it

[@Tyiriel]

Imagine being out for a walk and a wild Tom Scott appears

[@joshuahillerup4290]

Another great episode in the "Tom ruins local lore" series

[@beng9790]

I love how I’ve watched enough Tom Scott videos to be able to predict the twist.

[@thenerdyouknowabout]

"Unexpected and violent ploughing..."

[@Ja-jq7pc]

OOF

[@kelseymtf8345]

There's a dad joke here but it'd be a little to inappropriate for this channel.

[@rockifythis]

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@abyssstrider2547]

At least the fields were fertilized

[@Zadster]

That really does sound more like a Gary Brannan quote to be fair.

[@skydnir]

2:20 I knew I had seen (and googled) the phone box defi somewhere before. took me quite a time to find it again. Was fun since that involved watching a lot of Tom Scott Videos again ;)

[@russcrawford3310]

The good news is that memory becomes remarkably keen as we age ... the older I get, the better my memory of times past become ... I don't care what my children say, I remember every little detail of them growing up ...

[@sangyoonsim]

Oogway: There are no accidents.

[@bigaurum]

@@erikeriks HE'S REAL I SAW HIM

[@CantComprehendShadows]

@S U R V I V E ... yes

[@exicutioner161]

Yes... yes it does.

[@quinnaza2705]

This is my closest walking spot! Its so cool to hear some of its stories ( also we saw you filming this so hi aha)

[@not-the-main-character]

don't know if you'll ever see this tom, but I wanted to say that I'm always impressed by the care you put into these videos, as well as the tone you manage to give them. well done, yet again

[@Towandakit]

I love your approach to knowledge and mystery, Tom! More questions than answers and more musing than posturing. Keep on keepin' on!

[@BenM.Davies]

There's so many of these myths from around the UK, when I live in Lancashire has so many of these little stories from the Second World War that it would take years to debunk or prove them all. And sometimes, if it doesn't hurt anyone, folklore should be left alone as folklore.

[@appleslover]

The problem comes when you try to tell truth from lies but be met with "this is our history; stop destroying it" the lies are so engrained in their minds that they can't tell it from the truth because they grew up with it .. like religion

[@thwalesproductions]

Also another myth which nobody knows if true or not is that the Luftwaffe accidentally dropped a bomb on Bangor a small city in North Wales, But they missed and hit what is known today as Felinheli Bypass

[@nox5555]

@@ragnkja they dropped bombs randomly if they couldnt find their target because they couldnt make it home with the bombs still on board.

[@JustADioWhosAHeroForFun]

Luftwaffe: _"Oh, sorry about that lads"_

[@Ja-jq7pc]

You again

[@ruthenian.wisdom]

@@Ja-jq7pc cursed profile picture

[@the-oncomingstorm]

Doctor Who : "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry. But actually, I'm not! Allons y!

[@markcarey8426]

Well done Tom Scott. You make great vids and this is yet another. It's a fine talent to make an entertaining, informative and interesting story about not-a-story at all. Thanks.

[@gregweatherup9596]

But now I want to know is why a tiny Creek system is called a “docks”? Is it something to do with Rumex plants?

[@wraitholme]

It's probably local wry humor. For example, you might live in a tiny village with a tiny village church, but you'd refer to it as 'the cathedral' to another local, as a joke. It's even possible that some overzealous agent of whatever was the equivalent of the municipality at the time spent far too much time and money on carefully shaping and brick-lining the natural creek bed, so the locals started referring to them as the docks to tease him.

[@BertGrink]

Maybe, once upon a time, there lived a family of Ducks in that creek, and over time the name became Docks.

[@MrSpeedysam60]

I looked up the word "Dock". Apparently in middle English it meant "mud channel". So maybe they were always called docks, and the meaning of the word changed over time.

[@gregweatherup9596]

All very interesting ideas! More creative than me...🙂

[@AtomicKitty31]

@@ragnkja The "Pont Neuf“ (New Bridge) in Paris is the oldest standing bridge in the city...

[@sarpbakrsoy8125]

Reminds me of that time an Allied bomber plane missed Dresden and bombed Prague instead.

[@mikeblatzheim2797]

And aside from having a large railway junction, which wasn't destroyed, Dresden didn't have any strategic value either (aside from just being a large city). They also managed similar things in Cologne, wrecking the medieval centre, but not destroying a single bridge over the river and leaving the rail infrastructure and large industrial areas undamaged.

[@GenialHarryGrout]

@@mikeblatzheim2797 They missed the cathedral as well, the largest building in Cologne

[@drspangle13]

@@mikeblatzheim2797 "Actually Dresden was a mass of munitions works, an intact government centre, and a key transportation point to the East. It is now none of these things."

[@victorbraun451]

@@GenialHarryGrout I think churches were not a strategic target and as most of the allies were christs themselves, they probably didnt like the thought of bombing cathedrals.

[@mikeblatzheim2797]

@@GenialHarryGrout They didn't miss the cathedral as the south tower received several direct hits, but they didn't want to bomb it anyway, as it served as a navigation point for aviators (much like Salisbury cathedral to the Germans)

[@unvergebeneid]

"It would be today." Haha, indeed. We like to complain about the times we live in but it's always good to remember that as long as blowing up an empty field would make the news, things could be worse 😄

[@peppemiola4576]

Wow, I only live 10 minutes away from Linby and didn't know this story. Thank you for covering it, it is always exiting seeing a place you recognise when youre not expecting it.

[@PeterBeckleyArt]

It may not always be a topic that I'm interested in, but your videos are always informative, engaging, and often entertaining. Thanks for doing what you're doing!

[@lokixlvi8100]

I live in Nottingham! I never even heard of lord "Hawhaw" or anything in this video! Thanks for opening my eyes!

[@Kyrelel]

Information such as that is often concealed in books.

[@wraitholme]

There's a recording somewhere on youtube from when the allies finally captured the radio station that HawHaw broadcasted from, and they made a broadcast mocking him.

[@mimikurtz4061]

@@Kyrelel Yes, people who know stuff are very sneaky like that, hiding knowledge in books where obviously nobody is ever going to find it.

[@sciangear4782]

I live in New Zealand. I've heard of Lord Hawhaw...

[@sciangear4782]

@@Kyrelel or in stuff your mum told you, which you never listened to, because it was just Mum blathering on about some boring stuff...

[@Oldschool_Gamer_]

2:43 Those street signs... look very sad :(

[@ortherner]

make them happy

[@pencilgaming1233]

how

[@user-hk5ef9ds5u]

@@pencilgaming1233 googly eyes

[@RedHair651]

What do you mean?

[@azzy2001]

I was just about to say this :(

[@bikerchrisukk]

Well done Tom, you reliably generate excellent videos, I don't think I've ever been disinterested in the topic you've chosen....although some of the computer related ones did go a little over my head, but I was still interested! 👍👏👏

[@BubbleNuggets_]

“Violent ploughing” I have no idea why that made me laugh

[@stuartclifton4764]

I live just up from Linby!! Never even knew this

[@longtailgt]

"bomb lands in field. No one hurt" I laughed for 5 minutes while trying to not spit the food I was eating.

[@ewarper1098]

watching 60fps videos is very nice! thank you Tom!

[@tomwalker9347]

I grew up in Hucknall and often drank in the Horse and Groom in Linby! Great story, thanks Tom

[@ziqrsx]

*They are no accidents* - Master Oogway

[@dasherino7785]

Nice grammar

[@ziqrsx]

Its how Master Oogway said it @@dasherino7785...

[@ParaspriteHugger]

We don't make mistakes, we have happy accidents Bob Ross

[@-cookiezila-461]

When u laugh so hard and then Tom gives the biggest SIKE in history

[@Ja-jq7pc]

No one asked EDIT: MY NOTIFICATIONS ARE FKING DOOMED

[@perfectlyfine1675]

@@Ja-jq7pc ? This is literally "I have come to bargain"

[@__gadonk__]

@@Ja-jq7pc ?

[@Ja-jq7pc]

@BadBoyHalo Explains The Joke ?

[@matthewholton1938]

@@Ja-jq7pc ?

[@duckydashcam751]

I live 5 minutes from there and the area is so rich in history, and it's so great seeing such a famous KZbinr showcasing such a great area.

[@siwatson]

Brilliant as always ! I really enjoy your videos ! Keep up the good work !

[@ianmcgregor576]

This video is oddly uplifting, even when no necessarily “good” news is given, strange. Regardless, its a good one as always

[@RiazUddin-sk3uw]

Just read your “safe” page. So glad that you choose A. Cheers, mate :))

[@safe-keeper1042]

Thanks for this comment, I wouldn't have thought to open that link in his description. I agree with him choosing A, too, as long as he's careful.

[@domkaz1669]

Amazing video, very interesting. Thank you, Tom.

[@Jeroen_Ech]

Because of how the world is, Tom can't go to anywhere out of country, and had to make video's about little English stuff. I'm loving every bit of it.

[@albieas]

no way was you in Nottingham. I live there!!!! Could've seen you out my window when you were outside the horse and groom ahah.

[@Andrew-yl7lm]

Great place Notts.

[@Eli_Ghostie]

Me too. He's from Nottinghamshire.

[@AleksandrStrizhevskiy]

@Jamie I laughed

[@johnsnell1929]

Tom, I love your ethic, mate! Just enjoy the mystery! You give all sides of a story, the possibilities pointing every which way... you even inject your own opinion, but give equal weight to other views, even highlight evidence why yours might just be wrong! A skill/practice to be commended, and very refreshing to hear, especially with the noise around us in the political world over here in the states, where NOBODY seems able to do such a thing, anymore! Keep up the great work, and THANK YOU for producing such informative, interesting, and downright pleasant videos!

[@alexhatfield2987]

Awesome perspective Tom. Totally agree with you.

[@RaymondoLeeTravel]

Well done on covering this Tom. I did exactly the same walk a few weeks ago but not as detailed as yours. I did miss the Mill wheel and water entrance but I've since been back and found it. Anyway good to see you covering some of Nottinghamshire.

[@jaxsjpg3225]

I’m aiming to become a historian and I find it fascinating how quickly things like this can become folklore, we often think about myths stretching back to the Middle Ages, the Victorian era at the latest. For instance, where I live there’s time myth of spring-heeled jack based upon joe Darby jumping our canals. But to think that the blitz, something within living memory for some, has its own mythos...well it’s just very exciting. I like modern history for this reason. We can often easily determine what is fact and what is fiction, but even for people around at the time that line can be blurred. Stories or memories? Who knows. But even as a story it holds significance to the people who remember it, the people of that little town have their small piece of history in their palms and true or not, it probably gives them a sense of pride as the blitz did for many.

[@EtoileLion]

"It's just a good story." Sometimes, it's important to just... enjoy a good story for what it is.

[@Hide.the.Salami]

"some unexpected and rather violent ploughing" what a lovely turn of phrase tom 😆

[@Killroy133]

Don't normally comment, especially on videos I like. Thanks for making me smile, Tom. The mythos of the story is only enhanced by a video like this.

[@MattTheCommenter]

Imagine being part of the Luftwaffe and accidentally doing this, how would you explain to your boss? "Oops, I accidentally bombed a village"?

[@sevret313]

It wouldn't be about accidentally bombing a village, but accidentally wasting bombs.

[@Teub03]

And missed*

[@CarthagoMike]

Just ask the British, they got experience with bombing the wrong towns and villages 'by mistake'.

[@Kyrelel]

Better that than to have to explain why you came back with all your bombs.

[@neiloflongbeck5705]

Could gave been worse - could have been a Q site.

[@nefle541]

2:46 that's a sad sign :(

[@ortherner]

make them happy

[@subscheme]

Tom Scott seriously always has a background that is not normal it’s interesting to see what it is!!!

[@alfredVN]

Very interesting! Top-quality as usual

[@joetaylor486]

Another great video from you, Tom. It would have been a tragedy if the German airforce had disturbed the growth of the cress beds there. What would we have done locally for sandwich fillings for church events etc?

[@kaidenmowbray3364]

I find it funny how i have walked through that village many times and i never knew it was nearly bombed The more you know

[@Hezzey]

That was a good story, thanks, Tom!

[@downhilltwofour0082]

Stay safe and keep bringing us great stuff!

[@calebg6587]

Me at 10pm: Ok, I'll go to sleep now. Me at 4am:

[@woroGaming]

2:30 Now that's an amazing way of repurposing red phone boxes. Put a defibrillator in it.

[@safe-keeper1042]

They even swapped out the "TELEPHONE" sign for a "DEFIBRILLATOR" sign.

[@bex2]

We also light it up with Christmas lights in winter!

[@chonaturallo5281]

@@bex2 that's cool. I kinda wanna see it now

[@dcarbs2979]

My town has one and uses it as tourist advertising (as it's right next to the pier on the seafront)

[@ThomasBomb45]

2:20

[@g_blue_2737]

I love your channel best channel on KZbin, definitely thanks for the great content.

[@economicsinaction]

Tom always hitting us with these interesting stories

[@ovencake523]

"Something like this doesn't have to be proven or debunked..." CPG Grey: ...DISSOWAY!

[@ethantebbutt4253]

I achauly live here and its rly interesting to hear this kind of thing I've never really been told about this because as you say bomb lands in feald dosant exactly make for a good story but what does make for a good story is the fact I saw Tom Scott wile going on one of me daily bike rides down linby trail. Mental

[@violeteclipse3912]

Wow

[@takamanch]

Achauly, feald, dosant.

[@biscuit715]

Did you say hello?

[@klasing]

I lived in Hucknall for 5 years, never knew about this either. Did find out there was a murder happen in the house I rented though

[@luker3752]

Fascinating story of a village I live embarrassingly close to having never heard of it. Will have to check Linby out soon!

[@tommythecat4961]

at 00:16 I thought the sign read "Public toothpaste" and I was really curious... then I read again and went "oh, right"

[@noeljonsson3578]

I don’t have anything to say but I have heard that leaving a comment helps the video.

[@Ja-jq7pc]

No it doesnt.

[@soupisfornoobs4081]

@@Ja-jq7pc source?

[@pavarottiaardvark3431]

@@Ja-jq7pc It often does. Even if you come back here to read this reply it means the video gets another pageview

[@krlllx]

@@Ja-jq7pc subbed to you for cynicism

[@joebleasdale5557]

Clicking on the video: Ooh, I think I remember seeing this on QI! A Tom Scott video I know a bit about, yay!!! After watching the video: *Even QI lies* 😢

[@manpluscamera5482]

This video is incredibly relaxing

[@mattparkin7224]

Always nice to see Nottinghamshire on a large channel! :)

[@LLLadySSS]

"Bombed by mistake" Remember when you guys make mistakes, at least you didn't drop a bomb on innocent people.

[@LLLadySSS]

S Hol truly didn't

[@creakyboards8517]

tom scott: "This small town has a local myth that's been told for decades. Here's why it's wrong."

[@CR-oo3cm]

I like your take on the last bit. That‘s a very human thing to say. Facts are for the brain, stories are for the heart.

[@flossenking]

I like the color grading in this. Gives it a vintage look

[@KaesoQuinctius]

"And it was here, in these skies that the Luftwaffe was defeated, not just by brave airmen in fine aircraft but by invisible beams of electromagnetic energy that could see further than the human eye, the great British secret weapon - radar!"

[@littlejimmy8744]

If only the Luftwaffe used there fighters correctly and kept bombing factories and runways. they would have won lucky for the brits they didn't.

[@EdwardCree]

@@littlejimmy8744 Much like Linby, that's a popular bit of folklore that's probably not actually true (possibly the 1969 film is to blame, entertaining though it is). The best summary of the Battle of Britain I've seen is that it 'was a clash between a professionally led airforce and one run by gifted amateurs. The professionals were the RAF, and they beat the Luftwaffe like a ginger stepchild'. But that doesn't make for quite such a good national mythos, especially for we Brits who love amateurs, along with underdogs and pluck.

[@littlejimmy8744]

@@EdwardCree To be fair to the German you where going up mostly against bombers and heavy fighters. The 109s always had to return because no drop tanks plus you had radar. Had the Brits fought in France the air war you would have lost. Also remember when a German planes downs a British planes the British pilot can come back to the fight again but German aircrews come PoW's. It was a war of attrition and you got lucky the Luftwaffe was not prepared.

[@kelvinp.coleman563]

"Was there a problem, Charles? I thought the arms were rather good on that one."

[@kleinweichkleinweich]

the great British secret weapon - radar Freya and Würzburg: hold our beers ...

[@AWilliamBishop]

I live fairly close to this spot (15miles) and never heard this, I'm going to Linby pub for some research

[@tigerkill420]

Are your pubs open? The bars in America are still shut down. 😞🍻

[@Zadster]

@@tigerkill420 Some pubs are, with varying levels of social distancing. Many with beer gardens are open

[@tigerkill420]

@@Zadster I can't wait to go to the bar again and make out with strangers. In like 2 years....

[@bex2]

The Horse and Groom in Linby is open- my brother works there

[@Spalonga]

It is a good pub

[@keithmoonisalive]

When I think back to my school teachers, history in particular, I would have loved to have Tom as my teacher instead of the stiff, out of touch teachers I did have. Keep it up Tom, you're brilliant.

[@obohp]

Amazing how you are able to take a really out of left field topic that I probably wouldn't care about and turn it into something interesting to watch. I would have loved to have you as my uni professor.