... 1.00 ON COURSE 2.00 THK PARLIAMENT PROGRAMME 2.30 UONS LEO BY DONKEYS This repeated documentary about the Battle of the Somme looks at the experiences of some of the few remaining survivors who went over the lop on July 1,1916. 3.30 TIME TO REMEMBER The ...

... cast gather for The Big Picnic (BBC 2 Bill Bryden's epic stage play (shown to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme), set in Govan, Glasgow, at the outbreak of the First World War. It features Aberdeen's Gary Bakewell (recently seen ...

... Darwin presented his theory on evolution and natural selection to the Linnean Society in London. 1916 First day of the battle of the Somme in World War 1 in less than 24 hours there were 60.000 British casualties. 1929 The cartoon character Popeye the Sailor ...

... of Mexico,” as his subject and industrial relations officer, David Stevenson (29), from Stirlingshire, goes for “The Battle of the Somme. ...

... Sportstown. 7.2o—The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau. B.lo—Angels. 9.o —News and Weather. 9.25 The Good Life. 9.55 The Battle of the Somme. IXs—Tenight. 11.40 Scottish Noun and Weather. ...

... born in Cambrai, France. He was the first person to come to Britain without arriving by sea. 1916 First day of the battle of the Somme in World War 1. In less than 24 hours there were 60,000 British casualties. 1969 Prince Charles was invested as Prince ...

... Aberdeen aged 92. Mr Oalashan. Craigton Terrace, Culter. was a corporal In the 7th Gordon Highlanders. He survived the Battle of the Somme and was wounded at High Wood. He was 45 years with the former Culter Paper Mills, latterly as foreman papermaker. A ...

... Rocket its inaugural run [1916: Military tanks were first sent into action as part of the allied ; offensive at the Battle of the Somme j 1928: Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin 1982: Despite Israeli opposition. Pope John Paul ...

... of the championships while Gerald Williams collates the stories making today's news. 11.00 THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME The first day of the Battle of the Somme was the worst in British military history In less than 24 hours 60,000 British soldiers became ...

... were first used in action on September 15.1916, in France when 50 preceded infantry into German trenches in the first Battle of the Somme In 1939, the Royal Tank Corps became part of the Royal Armoured Corps, BIRTHDAYS: Jacqueline Onassis, widow of President ...

... Rocket on Its inaugural run 1B1B: Military tanks were first sent into action as part of the allied offensive at the Battle of the Somme 1928: Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin 1982: Despite Israeli opposition. Pope John Paul II ...

... and piers. Mrs Laura Grimond told the meeting she had received complaints about the mud on the road. “It’s like the battle of the Somme and the people are furious.” The council decided that Occidental should be told to clear it up at once and chief executive ...