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- THE SOLIHULL TIMES FRIDAY AUGUST 18 EDITORIAL 0121 704 3344 ADVERTISING Q121 711 4777 - CLASSIFIED 0121 709 0765

... times of war hidden in the background and overshadowed by images of men uniformed armed and ready to fight But during the Second World War women were a vital help to the British nation working in munitions factories and boosting morale at home In modem day ...

Published: Friday 18 August 1995
Newspaper: Solihull Times
County: Warwickshire, England
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26 THE SOLIHULL TIMES FRIDAY JANUARY 20 1995 - EDITORIAL 021 704 3344 ADVERTISING 021 711 4777 CLASSIFIED 021 70S

... but eventually I became hung up on the Second World War' said the Coleshill based teacher In the play a group of present day school-children find an abandoned air raid shelter in which they discover Second World War relics These items spark flashbacks which ...

Published: Friday 20 January 1995
Newspaper: Solihull Times
County: Warwickshire, England
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... submission recalls it was thanks to the Merchant Navy the nation was fuelled and fed throughout the darkest days of the Second World War “Think of the amount of fuel that was used by fighters in the Battle of Britain and bombers on the bombing raids Then ...

Published: Friday 27 January 1995
Newspaper: Solihull Times
County: Warwickshire, England
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Memories of last century Pictured from left to right are Dora Hoggett James Hall and Florence Thursfield with ..

... Canada She remembers a happy childhood despite getting the cane at school for talking Charlie Chaplin rationing in the Second World War listening to her gramophone and how a concert she was singing in Acocks Green came to an abrupt halt in November 1963 ...

Published: Friday 31 December 1999
Newspaper: Solihull Times
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 485 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

' HOWROOM ANTIQUE RECLAIMED & TRADITIONAL IPINE FURNITUREl 92 HIGH ST HENLEY IN ARDEN Tel: 01564 795979 ANTIQUE ..

... Wren TRIBUTES have been paid following the death of Mrs Anne Schofield of Lowsonford who served as a Wren during the Second World War and spent her life helping the needy Mrs Schofield aged 75 died suddenly on February 21 while on holiday in New Zealand ...

Published: Friday 27 March 1998
Newspaper: Solihull News
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 595 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

SOS THE SOLIHULL TIMES FRIDAY MAY 5 1995 EDITORIAL 0121 704 3344 ADVERTISING 0121 711 4777 CLASSIFIED 0121 709 0765

... Duncan Hooper: Important to pay respects THE NATION will be united on Monday for the 50th anniversary of the end of the Second World War with special events throughout the country and of course the two minutes silence But what exactly does VE Day mean to ...

Published: Friday 05 May 1995
Newspaper: Solihull Times
County: Warwickshire, England
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14 - THE SOLIHULL TIMES THURSDAY DECEMBER 24 1998 Warwick News December 30 1944 had white Christmas coldest ..

... Christmas stroll along an Earlswood road ales from SOLIHULL was a very different place at Christmas during the years of the second world war - supplies were scarce and the lights were out but the spirit of the borough shone through Annual festivities had to ...

Published: Thursday 24 December 1998
Newspaper: Solihull Times
County: Warwickshire, England
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Solihull Property News YOUR TOP WEEKLY GUIDE TO HOMES FOR SALE SITUATED at the northern end of Henley-in-Arden ..

... and a railway station with a regular service operating between Birmingham and Stratford-upon-Avon Built prior to the Second World War Horseshoe Cottage has been modernised in recent years and offers bright and spacious accommodation Leading off a long ...

Published: Friday 28 January 1994
Newspaper: Solihull News
County: Warwickshire, England
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Week 32 7th August 1998 35p Where sold Unearthed bombs spark maj or alerts POLICE sergeant Phil Growden explains to

... Corps who was in charge of the bomb’s disposal said:“We identified it as a 61b high-explosive aircraft bomb from the Second World War era “We weren’t happy to move it a great distance because it was live so we moved it to the field next door after speaking ...

Published: Friday 07 August 1998
Newspaper: Solihull Times
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 786 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

OCTOBER 1992 SOLIHULL NEWS Newsdesk : 021 626 6634 Classified : 021 626 6603 Display 021 626 6600 Distribution 021

... What did you do in the war Mummy? I AM looking for wartime mums’ memories for a BBC documentary about family life in the Second World War While the men were away at the front their wives took over in the factories The work was often hard and very tiring and ...

Published: Friday 09 October 1992
Newspaper: Solihull News
County: Warwickshire, England
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