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Normandy June 2014 – Day#05 Tuesday 3rd June

May 27, 2015 – 5:38 pm

At La Fiere A reasonably early start saw us arriving at the Sullivan family accommodation at La Fiere which is on the banks of the river Merderet which is a key battle in the history of the 82nd Airborne Division Elizabeth, Bill’s wife had found some old wartime photos of Bill that she brought out […]

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Normandy June 2014 – Day#02 Saturday 31st May

May 27, 2015 – 1:57 pm

Ducks have right of way We were up early ready for breakfast and then our journey further south and east towards the Channel Tunnel. As has been customary over the last few years, we headed first west around the M25 past Heathrow airport and then under London. This route takes approximately the same time as […]

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August update

August 8, 2014 – 10:35 am

So August has arrived & still no postings yet of the June trip… so what have I been doing? Well, in the background, I’ve been getting the words sorted ready to post and the same with the photographs… but what’s also taken time out is that I returned to Normandy in July & met (among others) […]

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Normandy 2014

May 26, 2014 – 9:51 pm

Normandy 70 Final preparations are almost complete for the first of three trips to Normandy in this 70th Anniversary year As usual, there will be a mix of research,, history, meeting Veterans and I suspect that beer, wine, cider & Calvados will also be involved! Day #1 – Friday 30th May This should be a […]

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Stuart Hadaway: The British Airman of the Second World War

April 9, 2013 – 11:21 am

The British Airman of the Second World War …is the title of a new book released by the Shire Library written by Stuart Hadaway formerly of the RAF Museum & now working for the Air Historical Branch of the RAF. I first met Stuart whilst he was at the museum & he was very helpful […]

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Finding Fathers Documentary

February 18, 2013 – 10:18 am

One of my friends in France – Jean-Marc Lesueur – sent me (over the weekend) details of a documentary that he had been sent on Valentine’s Day… “I met France at the Normandy American cemetery some years ago…. She was student in NYc — she made this fantastic documentary after our meeting  .. I am […]

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Planning Normandy June 2012

March 9, 2012 – 9:04 pm

Just starting the planning for this year’s trip to Normandy – so many places to see, so much to do! At the moment, it’s looking as though we’ll be travelling over the weekend before 6th June & returning the weekend after; as last year, we’re also hoping to attend the services at St Charles de […]

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Ian Daglish – RIP

July 31, 2011 – 8:12 pm

I’ve just returned from what has been a brilliant trip back to Normandy & more to follow on that, soon, however, I also returned to the shock news that Ian Daglish had died this morning from injuries sustained in a light aircraft crash on Friday. To those of us interested in the Normandy fighting, especially […]

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4th July

July 4, 2011 – 4:55 pm

Happy 4th July to all of my American readers; hope that you have a great holiday

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Tameside Arts Festival

June 27, 2011 – 4:06 pm

As part of the  Tameside Arts Festival which runs from 10th – 24th July, I’ll be delivering my talk on “The Men in the Shed” to the South Manchester Tactical Society & East Manchester Historical Games Society on Tuesday 12th July. More details can be found here… http://www.tamesideartsnetwork.org/2011/06/military-history-menintheshed/ and here

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