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BATTLE stati(;ns were declared over a year ago when Kexton Arts first decided to bring their Second World War ..

... BATTLE stati(;ns were declared over a year ago when Kexton Arts first decided to bring their Second World War history back to life. Curtain goes up on show telling the story of a village at war Apparently it was a chance remark in the Rose and Crown pub ...

Published: Tuesday 08 March 1994
Newspaper: Gainsborough Evening News
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 867 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

AN ELITE band of workers toiled behind closed doors ata 3 Gainsborough factory during the Second World War on a ..

... AN ELITE band of workers toiled behind closed doors ata 3 Gainsborough factory during the Second World War on a top secret project. . P * Marshalls built three midget submarines during the war and now the firm'’s efforts are being marked ...

Published: Tuesday 15 October 1996
Newspaper: Gainsborough Evening News
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 42 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

FOR FATHER

... FOR FATHER ‘The Origins of the Second World War’ by Maurice Beumont (Yae Univ. Press £15.80) is a revealing book on the between-the-wars period by the chairman of the French Commission on the History of the Second World War. The French view of the ...

Published: Wednesday 06 December 1978
Newspaper: Gainsborough Evening News
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 44 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

AIRFIELDS THAT MADE HISTORY

... HISTORY LINCOLNSHIRE Airfields In The Second World War, is the latest book by Lincolnshire aviation and military historian Patrick Otter. A total of 46 military airfields were operational during the Second World War, the author vividly recounting the impact ...

Published: Tuesday 17 December 1996
Newspaper: Gainsborough Evening News
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 200 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

War vets go back to ‘God’s Little Acre’

... members of the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment or Sherwood Foresters who served in Malaya in the years during and after the Second World War are being invited to return this summer. An emotional pilgrimage to remember those who fell during the Malayan campaign ...

Published: Tuesday 02 February 1993
Newspaper: Gainsborough Evening News
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 129 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

ON PERMANENT STAFF

... ON PERMANENT STAFF During the Second World War, Mrs. Marsh dropped her voluntary status. In 1940 she joined the Legion permanent staff and left Gainsborough to live in Nottingham. She travelled extensively throughout the war years, and after the war returned ...

Published: Tuesday 01 December 1964
Newspaper: Gainsborough Evening News
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 131 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

We OWwWe

... is over 50 years since the start of the second World War and nearly 80 since the first and yet the Poppy Appeal lives on. the younger ex-service men and women in conflicts and missions since the Second World War. g ~ And how does the Poppy Appeal allocate ...

Published: Tuesday 02 November 1993
Newspaper: Gainsborough Evening News
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 162 | Page: 13 | Tags: none

HOICE by Lester Middlehurst

... HOICE by Lester Middlehurst during the Second World War. It is showing at the Retford Majestic, Scunthorpe Studio’s Screen, Six, the Epworth Rio on Friday and Saturday, and will open at the Doncaster ABC on Thursday if **A Star is Born’' is not retained ...

Published: Wednesday 20 July 1977
Newspaper: Gainsborough Evening News
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 48 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

TENTH R.AF. BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE

... associated Services who died during the Second World War, were placed in the church‘ on May Tth, 1961, along with an American volume devoted to the airmen of the United States who were killed during the Second World War while based in the United Kingdom, s ...

Published: Tuesday 28 January 1964
Newspaper: Gainsborough Evening News
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 212 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

R.AF. POST-WAR AID IN

... R.AF. POST-WAR AID IN LINCOLNSHIRE Since the end of the Second World War, the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund has disbursed £149,138 in Lincolnshire for the relief of need or distress among serving and ex-Service personnel and their dependants. This moneg ...

Published: Tuesday 21 July 1964
Newspaper: Gainsborough Evening News
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 65 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Dopey

... Trinity Cinema on Sunday afternoon In the evening, there is another chance to see Memphis Belle (12), David Puttnam's Second World War spectacular, filme! at RAF Binbrook. Best actor near-miss the Oscars Nick Nol stars with Barbr Streisand in The Prince ...

Published: Tuesday 07 April 1992
Newspaper: Gainsborough Evening News
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 76 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

1962 CEREMONY

... presentations are often made by Royalty or very high-ranking officers. No. 83 Squadron was formed in 1917. During the Second World War it flew 5,117 raids against the enemy, including one of the V weapon experimental establ'shments at Pennemunde. ...

Published: Tuesday 22 November 1960
Newspaper: Gainsborough Evening News
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 78 | Page: 5 | Tags: none