On Sunday the 1st June the National Service (RAF) veterans annual parade took place at Cosford. One of the events billed was a fly past by the Battle of Britain Memorial Dakota (weather permitting). Sunday morning was glorious so we set off for Cosford in order to watch the display.
We stood on a grassy bank [...]
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Dakota Fly Past
12 Comments CherryPie on Jun 2nd 2014
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Danish War Memorial and Window
Info from the Cathedral Church of St Nicholas guide book:
In World War II, after the fall of Denmark and Norway in 1940, Newcastle became the home of the Danish merchant fleet. About 4,000 Danish seamen sailed from here and 1,406 gave their lives. the memorial in natural slate and stainless steel, designed in [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Apr 23rd 2013
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History Recalls
8th June 1941:
The British entered Syria this morning.
From the Orwell Diaries.
4 Comments CherryPie on Jun 8th 2011
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History Recalls
9th April 1941:
The budget has almost knocked the Balkan campaign out of the news. It is the former and not the latter that I overhear people everywhere discussing. [1]
[1] The budget raised the basic rate of income tax to ten shillings in the pound (50%). Peter Davison
From the Orwell Diaries.
Comments Off CherryPie on Apr 9th 2011
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History Recalls
7th April 1941:
Belgrade bombed yesterday, and the first official announcement this morning that there is a British army in Greece – 150,000 men, so they say. So the mystery of where the British army in Libya had gone to it at last cleared up, though this had been obvious enough when the [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Apr 7th 2011
