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Circus. 7.30 Sounds of the

... . 11.50 Snooker - The Masters. 12.30 FILM: Spirit. (1988) A young athiete finds escape in the poems and letters of a Second World War soldier, he finds while renovating an old house. 2.30 Close. ...

Ex-policeman reaches 106

... Mr Andrew grew up in Deal and joined the Hong Kong Police in 1912. He became a ground-based squadron leader during the Second World War. His birthday was celebrated at a rest home in Bournemouth where Mr Andrew now lives.” His wife died 14 years ago and ...

EEChannel 4 BN

... in charge of a group of British soldiers stranded in the Libyan desert, after the death of their officer, during the Second World War. Starring Jack Lambert, Richard Wilkinson and Gordon Jackson. ...

. 54 RS : ;fi. * : : : T So useful in a tight corner

... . 54 RS : ;fi. * : : : T So useful in a tight corner MY RECENT note about the Second World War German gun which could shoot around corners, described by John Poolman, has brought an interesting piece of information from Bernie Finan, of Mill Road, Deal ...

f o FORMER Walmer Vicar the Rev Raymond Heath, who retired in 1984 and lived near Cheltenham, has died. He

... 1984 and lived near Cheltenham, has died. He arrived in Walmer in 1958 and served in the Army as a captain during the Second World War in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. After being ordained in 1947 he served in three churches before working with the ...

Published: Thursday 27 August 1998
Newspaper: Deal, Walmer & Sandwich Mercury
County: Kent, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 97 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

Family link with town

... Family link with town AN AMERICAN soldier who was among the first US units to be stationed in Deal during the Second World War has discovered an ancestral connection with the town 50 years after his posting. David Madison Duke was 24 when he marched into ...

Published: Thursday 03 August 1995
Newspaper: Deal, Walmer & Sandwich Mercury
County: Kent, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 102 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Veteran gets sewing to make a standard

... Veterans, an association which exists mainly as an to from all over the world who were in the same unit or ship during the Second World War. The veterans only meet once a year and the tory subscrinion, so lutdo: members to a professionally made standard to ...

PICTURE OF THE PAST: Dates scratched into the lead roof of the castle, probably by soldiers

... PICTURE OF THE PAST: Dates scratched into the lead roof of the castle, probably by soldiers There is also graffiti from the Second World War, dated from when the Army temporarily positioned two guns on the bastions to cover the Channel. The discoveries will ...

’mmmumw-unmc-uflmm'm,m Shell out for Blitz evening

... underground tunnels at Dover Castle, used as headquarters for the planning of the ev::ndon olhDunkik.-become a nostalgic Second World War style food will be served and there will be entertainment reminiscent of the War years. ) The evening opens with a glass ...

University of the Third Age

... University of the Third Age HAIR-RAISING experiences as a Second World War pilot were shared by Betty Wilson at the last meeting of the University of the Third Age. Having learnt to fly with the Civil Air Guard, she battled to get into the Air Force and ...

Ringing out the good news

... news CHURCH - bells could ring out across Kent next year to celebrate the 50th anniversary of VE Day, the end of the Second World War in Europe. A line of beacons, last lit for the 1988 celebrations to mark the defeat Spanish Armada threecenturies ago ...

Published: Thursday 24 November 1994
Newspaper: Deal, Walmer & Sandwich Mercury
County: Kent, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 96 | Page: 30 | Tags: none

Rosamond Guild

... will be on Friday, February 19, at 2.15 pm in Walmer parish hall when Mrs Betty Wilson will recount her experiences as a Second World War airplane ferry pilot in India. The next arts and crafts meeting will be on Wednesday, at 6 Dosset Court, Lord Warden ...