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More updates to the site

June 20, 2011 – 10:18 pm

Just added a “proper” contact form here  which will (hopefully) make contacting me more straightforward

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Normandy Visit – June 2011

June 9, 2011 – 9:19 pm

So, after the sleepless start (see previous post for the horrific details of what happens if you’re late to the Chunnel on a Friday night!) & arrival at our hotel (the Formule 1 Hotel at Boulogne sur Mer) as dawn was breaking, we had a reasonable night’s sleep and so, having taken full advantage of […]

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The best laid plans of mice and men

June 3, 2011 – 11:07 pm

Hadn’t been planning to write anything this evening (Friday June 3rd), but might as well do something to while away the hours! We arrived at the Chunnel terminal a mere 10 minutes late for our train so they’ve fitted us onto the next available… unfortunately, being on a Friday when it’s apparently busier (‘though the […]

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It’s Alive!!

June 2, 2011 – 1:47 pm

Couldn’t resist the quote from the “Frankenstein” movie, but the site is now up & “out there” Thanks to the guys at http://www.asone.co.uk/ who built the outline of the site & particularly Joel, Adam & Phil who put up with some of my daft questions! A little plug for AsOne – they recently won an award […]

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Visit to Normandy – July 2009

May 28, 2011 – 5:20 pm

Friday 24th July Flt Lt John Worthington Harder We (Glyn, Benoît (our translator – local lad interested in local history & with very good English) and me) set out on our 2 hour drive (having driven over 8 to get to “the Shed” the day before!) down to Evron, the town where John had crashed […]

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Lots of input, today!

May 28, 2011 – 5:17 pm

Have spent most of the first day of this, so far, rainy bank holiday typing up information on the pages to the site. Lots of stuff gone through & now moving on to those guys that I have lots of information about

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Welcome to the MenintheShed Blog

March 2, 2011 – 3:32 pm

This is the start of this new website dedicated to 18 Allied servicemen who were held briefly during June & July 1944 in a wooden shed in Normandy that now belongs to my friend. Thanks to Joel & the team at www.asone.co.uk for setting it up for me… now to work!

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