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D-Day: The turning point in the Second World War!

... D-Day: The turning point in the Second World War! ] y Were you there? JUNE 6, 1944 - the date of the allied invasion of Europe, and the turning point of the Second World War. Operation Overlord was the biggest military movement of men and machinery the ...

Wartime links renewed JESUp——— P AN OCEAN mine sweeper that was adopted by Daventry in ) the Second World War

... Wartime links renewed JESUp——— P AN OCEAN mine sweeper that was adopted by Daventry in ) the Second World War fias found a resting place in the town ‘, ] —or at least a small replica of it has. - A Bob Matthews commissioned local man Frank Veron to . J ...

A scene from last year's Pancake Day races when the theme involved turning the clocks back to the Second World War

... A scene from last year's Pancake Day races when the theme involved turning the clocks back to the Second World War. PANCAKE DAY is a month away — just enough time for you to find an international costume to wear at the annual event. This year, the Davenu ...

9.00 FILM: The North Star: Second World War drama starring Anne Baxter 1040 FILM Champion: Drama starring Kirk ..

... 9.00 FILM: The North Star: Second World War drama starring Anne Baxter 1040 FILM Champion: Drama starring Kirk Douglas 12.15 The Europeans 12.30 A Time To Dance 120 Charlie Chalk 135 Lock, Stock and Barrow 2.00 News and Weather 2.05 Sport on Friday with ...

Course of war changed in skies over Daventry

... Course of war changed in skies over Daventry AMONG the many celebrations marking of the Second World War, one event that changed the course of military history, will probably pass unnoticed. It is exactly 60 years ago that radar was first used to detect ...

Were you a choo-choo-char?

... women’s service in the Second World War, on behalf of a publisher. Its publication in August 1990 will coincide with an exhibition on the same subject. I hope to accent the less well-known activities of women during the Second World War. ATS, WAAFs, and WRNS ...

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... were told that the venue for Group 15 Annual Parade and service hadub:et‘\ ch-ngd to Harbury on y at 5.30 pm. After the Second World War Napton Royal British Legion plantedy a number of trees on the Village Green, one for each serviceman who had given his ...

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... l. surprise visitor week. It was Mrs Rose Marchant who was an evacuee to Boddington between 1942 and 1944 during the Second World War. She Do i Lowes Biodegon urels in n and then moved to a cottage in ...

Obituary —Mr A. Stanger-

... Obituary —Mr A. Stanger- ing the Second World War and later worked as a foreman Er'mder at a firm in Nottingam. His son Rob revealed that his father was also a keen gardener. Roy Edwards, who worked at British Timken with him, paid tribute to Albert. ...

From the Daventry Express, August 31, 1995: The freedom for today’s children to play and laugh in the sunshine is

... Express, August 31, 1995: The freedom for today’s children to play and laugh in the sunshine is what the heroes of the Second World War fwfi:cf'or. So says Daventry Mayor Burt, who last weekend hosted a VJ Day party for around a hundred youngsters, some ...