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Normandy 2016 Day 3 – The calm before the storm!

June 19, 2017 – 8:44 pm

Sunday 29th May was a tough day… lounging out at Glyn’s & getting ready for our trip out to Normandy.

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Normandy 2016 Day 2 – Black Country brewery tour

June 19, 2017 – 8:32 pm

Day 02– Saturday 28th May Final checks at the garage An early start saw me at Ashley’s garage & 10 minutes later with a little half-horseshoe clip back in place & the engine washed off of surplus diesel, I was back on the road south to Glyn’s. Black Country Brewery tour On arrival, though slightly […]

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Normandy 2016 Day 1 – AA man to the rescue

June 19, 2017 – 8:18 pm

Day 01 – Friday 27th May Plans go awry The plan was for me to travel down to Glyn’s. I had planned to visit my uncle, too, but he was unavailable. So I finished off some work related stuff & set off at 4pm. I checked the state of the motorway traffic with it being […]

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Flt Lt Tony Cooper L d’H

February 23, 2017 – 10:15 pm

Sadly, just a few days short of what would have been his 101st birthday, ex Flt Lt Tony Cooper has passed away. Tony was a wonderful gentleman. Always giving of his time & willing to share anecdotes of his time with 64 Squadron RAF & especially of his friendship with Flt Lt John Harder. Tony […]

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Men in the Shed on Facebook

December 31, 2016 – 3:41 pm

Having thought about this for a while, we’ve decided to take the project to Facebook. This doesn’t mean that this website will be discontinued; far from it, there’s still plenty to add. However, with more & more people searching Facebook for friends & relatives, it just seemed to be the logical next step. We’ve set […]

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Make a Donation

May 24, 2016 – 4:59 pm

Following a recent email discussion with some of the family members of the guys that I’m researching, I’ve decided to set up the ability for people to make  a donation towards the cost of the ongoing research via a PayPal account. Any funds received will help pay towards the hosting of this site & research […]

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Getting ready

May 23, 2016 – 3:05 pm

So, off to Normandy, soon, with lots of plans made (some of which might actually work!) I’ve still got to book the one night’s accommodation (nothing like leaving till the last minute!) & make sure that I’ve arranged all that needs arranging… But there are two imponderables for this year… the first is whether the French […]

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Normandy September 2015 – Day #06 – Monday 14th September 2015

May 2, 2016 – 9:20 pm

A surprise for Martha So our last day with Martha & Sam started off bright & early with a filling traditionally French breakfast. Leaving  Tony & Jill  enjoying the sunshine, we headed off to Barrie’s & the Shed. What Martha didn’t know was there was a little surprise in store for her! Initially, we were […]

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Normandy September 2015 – Day #05 – Sunday 13th – Elledge Tour

April 22, 2016 – 9:45 pm

So, having met Sam & Martha for a meal last night, today we were off in the footsteps of Martha’s father – Major Raymond P Elledge Jr. In many ways, today was all about the whole point of this project. Giving back to the family of one of the men that were held in the […]

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Normandy September 2015 – Day #04 – Saturday 12th September 2015

April 22, 2016 – 9:44 pm

Today started wet – our first bad weather day. However,as we were largely travelling, at least to start with, that didn’t matter much. We were off to join in with a Remembrance/Commemoration service at the village of Norolles, which is just north of Lisieux. We’d been invited by a French Historian – JeanMarc Lesueur. The […]

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