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Midweek Visiter (620) 16 Couple call in for cocktails The hero pilots of the Second World War were remembered at

... Midweek Visiter (620) 16 Couple call in for cocktails The hero pilots of the Second World War were remembered at a glitzy social event Dignitaries and Royal Air Force representatives attended a Battle of Britain cocktail party at RAF Woodvale The Mayor ...

Published: Friday 08 October 1993
Newspaper: Midweek Visiter (Southport)
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 746 | Page: 16 | Tags: none

Midweek Visiter (483) 16 A SOUTHPORT man who served with the RAF in the Second World War recently celebrated his

... Midweek Visiter (483) 16 A SOUTHPORT man who served with the RAF in the Second World War recently celebrated his diamond wedding anniversary Sydney Allen (81) married his wife Edith (79) at St Luke's Church Southport on January 29 1931 Mr Allen served ...

Published: Friday 15 February 1991
Newspaper: Midweek Visiter (Southport)
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 1250 | Page: 16 | Tags: none

Southport Visiter Friday November 11 1994 37 kids REMEMBERING BATTLES “We remember with poppies because during ..

... because during one of the last battles of the First World War they were fighting on a poppy field” says Peter Wright “The Second World War was from 1939-1945 and we had lots of civil wars in the Stuart and Tudor times” Peter’s classmate Hannah Munro adds: ...

Published: Friday 11 November 1994
Newspaper: Southport Visiter
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 301 | Page: 37 | Tags: none

14 MidW&k RE-OPENING JANUARY 31 8T THATS tHATo THE HAT BOX MODEL MILLINERY 1 8EABANK ROAD SOUTHPORT TELEPHONE ..

... all his life he sung in the choir met his wife Cissie at Church and lived within sight of the Church gate During the Second World War he served as a medical orderhe on troopships and encountered many dangers Family flowers were received and in lieu donations ...

Published: Friday 01 February 1991
Newspaper: Midweek Visiter (Southport)
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 835 | Page: 14 | Tags: none

Southport Visiter Friday March 3 1995 lash back with Geoff Wright As promised a few weeks ago here are some

... which includes the naval base HMS Inskip and played a key role in protecting merchant shipping from German U-Boats in the Second World War Between 1943-45 the area was converted into a vast training and operational airbase for the Fleet Air Arm with a staff ...

Published: Friday 03 March 1995
Newspaper: Southport Visiter
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 363 | Page: 20 | Tags: none

Southport Visiter Friday August 25 1995 look back with Angela Birchall Images of Eastern peace Remembering the ..

... The result is a collection of incredible photos of the years just following the surrender of Japan and the end of the Second World War taken in Singapore and Rangoon in Burma One of them (above left) actually shows George with a Japanese Prisoner of War ...

Published: Friday 25 August 1995
Newspaper: Southport Visiter
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 1038 | Page: 26 | Tags: none

Soutfaport Visiter Friday February 28 1992 OUR YESTERDAYS All Our Yesterdays series where turn back dock look ..

... rem Mr Fred King of Halsall Building! Road the can well he was the proud owner of BSA oa two occasions just after the Second World War He remembers paying about for one car said it reached speeds of up to SOmph Our pictures show Mr King's cars with his ...

Published: Friday 28 February 1992
Newspaper: Southport Visiter
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 356 | Page: 35 | Tags: none

Sdfrtf)ortr 29 Touches of mastery in flyers’ memoirs SKY SPY by Ray Holmes Published by Airlife Publishing Ltd ..

... masters and with Sky Spy has produced a superb autobiography highlighting his career in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War Holmes known in local circles today for his work as a reporter in the Liverpool Law Courts saw more than his fair share ...

Published: Friday 29 September 1989
Newspaper: Southport Visiter
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 997 | Page: 17 | Tags: none

Wally made a splash! LIFE-SAVERS The late Wally Pearson is pictured (left) with a young man Mrs Leyland ..

... retreat it suffered from a lack of clientele It had more than 1000 rooms its own railway station and runway During the Second World War it was requisitioned by the Ministry of Works and used as a Rest Home by the Red Cross for American PALACE HOTEL SOUTHPORT ...

Published: Friday 19 September 1997
Newspaper: Southport Visiter
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 470 | Page: 44 | Tags: none

One Mann and his friends SEFTON’S Mayoral couple soon to attend their 600th engagement since they took office ..

... control since the early days of flying when an air sock and green and red lights were used Improvements started during the Second World War when radar was introduced Computer-based systems are now in use and Manchester control room covers very wide handling ...

Published: Friday 18 March 1994
Newspaper: Midweek Visiter (Southport)
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 510 | Page: 13 | Tags: none

Viator Friday February 21 1992 SOUTHPORT MONUMENT AND WAR MEMORIAL RE-DEDICATION CEREMONY June 7 1992 for ..

... memorial will be re-dedicated on June 7 to include me names of theSoutfaport servicemen and women who died during the Second World War in Floral Hall The cbuiiii service win sot iadude parade are requeued to be seated 9 15am A collection takea ia aid ...

Published: Friday 21 February 1992
Newspaper: Southport Visiter
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 436 | Page: 4 | Tags: none