Archive for the tag 'WWII'
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Stratford-upon-Avon 2022
Bletchley Park
23 Comments CherryPie on Jan 24th 2023
After breakfast we checked out of the hotel, taking the opportunity to mention that we had been locked out of the hotel the previous evening. The receptionist seemed unconcerned about our experience and I wasn’t convinced that the problem would be escalated to make sure it didn’t happen to anyone else. I was persistent on [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Dec 14th 2022
Filed under Art, Heritage, Holidays, Newcastle & Durham 2021
Seaham Memorials
The war memorial at Seaham is located on Terrace Green, by the sea front. The memorial is a Celtic cross designed by Mr TA Lawson and unveiled 1922 in dedication to the local men who lost their lives in the First World War. It was later further dedicated to those lost in the Second World War. The monument [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Jan 27th 2022
Filed under Holidays, Sherborne & Cirencester 2021
Burrow Mump
Burrow Mump is a hill and historic site overlooking Southlake Moor in the village of Burrowbridge within the English county of Somerset. It is a scheduled monument, with the ruined church on top of the hill a Grade II listed building.
The hill stands at a strategic location overlooking the point where the River Tone and the old course of the River Cary [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Jul 14th 2021
Filed under Harrogate 2020, Heritage, Holidays
Knaresborough War Memorial
The memorial commemorates the residents of Knaresborough who were killed or missing in World War I (155 names) and World War II (54 names).
6 Comments CherryPie on Nov 23rd 2020
Filed under Heritage
At The Going Down of the Sun…
…and in the morning,
4 Comments CherryPie on Nov 11th 2020
Filed under Anecdotes, This & That
Walking Challenges
My medals have arrived for two walking challenges that I undertook before the lockdown restrictions were eased.
Due to the recommended hour for a walk once a day I was limited to the 5k (3.1 miles) option.
VE Day Challenge – 3.31 miles completed on 11 May 2020 taking 60 minutes. This event commemorated 75 years since [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Jun 16th 2020
