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WOMEN CANAL CREWS MAN EXPRESSES”

... WOMEN CANAL CREWS MAN EXPRESSES” NOEL BAKER (Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport) told Mr. Thorne (Lab., Plaistow) in the Commons to-day that the through journey between London and Birmingham. is being made by narrow canal boats ...

Published: Wednesday 19 April 1944
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 80 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

BIRMINGHAM MAN, 77, NEVER LATE FOR WORK-B.E.M

... General Eisenhower’s chauffeuse. Mrs. Kay Summersby, gives the names of 1,070 men and women. The awards are 200 (18 women) 0.8.E.5; 371 (77 women) M.B.E.s; and 489 (59 women) B.E.M.s, and there are ten commendations for valuable service in the air. 0.8. E ...

Published: Wednesday 03 January 1945
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 708 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

REFUGEE DOCTOR RESCUES GIRL FROM MIDLAND CANAL

... REFUGEE DOCTOR RESCUES GIRL FROM MIDLAND CANAL dramatic story of how a German refugee doctor dived into the filth of a Birmingham canal, rescued a six-year-old girl, and then, in dripping and begrimed underclothes, drove her to the General Hospital, has ...

Published: Wednesday 02 February 1944
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 589 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Years or Women Offerings at middle ace

... Years or Women Offerings at middle ace upon reaching the trying year* S> urßin to realise that they are not kati,*.** were. If, however, you ' ' Vf, *’* *’ o,e passing through this critical '.Hi U not think that you cannot a,, 'l happy. V ,i. have rather ...

Published: Tuesday 16 July 1940
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 361 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

GRANGE, Small Heath.—Pat O'Brien, Brian Donlevy in TWO YANKS IN TRINIDAD lU); Chester Morn* CANAL ZONE (O). ..

... GRANGE, Small Heath.—Pat O'Brien, Brian Donlevy in TWO YANKS IN TRINIDAD lU); Chester Morn* CANAL ZONE (O). SITUATION None of the Vacancies for e n advertised in these columns relates to a Woman between 18 and 41 years age, unless such woman (A) ha« living ...

Published: Wednesday 07 April 1943
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 160 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

IMRpi ALBERT STREET. BIRMINGHAM NAZIS FOUGHT ITALIANS IN GREECE

... TWO DEAD IN CANAL The body of Private Harold George Lang, aged 29. of Sevenfield-terrace, Plymouth, was found in the canal near Bingley, Yorkshire, to-day. Mary Taren, aged 20. of Norfolk-street, Bingley, was found drowned in the canal last Sunday. Lang ...

Published: Friday 26 September 1941
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 184 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Death are making investigations regarding the discovery in the Thames off Westminster Bridge, London, of a ..

... getting into °Uble. h was explained that the National ?i}hcil of Women had nothing to do the resolution. Boy drowned IN CANAL V little boy who overbalanced jAUst trying to recover a ball from canal in Commercial-street, Bir- and was drowned was the inject of ...

Published: Wednesday 27 March 1940
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 324 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

DEATH OF SIR SEYMOUR HICKS’ SON-IN-LAW

... damage by children who used canal locks a playground was mentioned at Lichfield, when a 13-year-old Brownhills boy was charged with interfering with canal lock paddles belonging to the Birmingham Canal Navigation Co. The boy was fined 10s. and ordered to ...

Published: Thursday 08 August 1940
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 297 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

3 MISSING FROM RAID ON GERMANY

... Holland were raided by Bomber Command yesterday, states an Air Ministry communique. Fighters of the U.S. Air Force attacked canal barges in Belgium. Three of our bombers are missing. The German news agency admitted to-day that the R.A.F. were over occupied ...

Published: Friday 30 October 1942
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 91 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

COAL QUEUES NOW

... central area coalyard to-day a queue of 80 100 women and boys were waiting with bassinettes, anything, in fact, which had wheels, to make sure of gettiVig their quota home. Dealers who have their own canal barges hope that the situation wdll be eased next ...

Published: Friday 06 June 1941
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 130 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

TWO MEDALS FOR COMMANDO HERO OF VAAGSO RAID

... Harborne, Birmingham, from drowning. Mprgan had fallen into the Stratford-on-Avon canal at Warstock when walking along the narrow iron railing on the wall at the side of the canal. Phone girls are going P.O.lite Awards of parchments are also made to James Williams ...

Published: Thursday 21 May 1942
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 621 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

CHOLERA TERROR IN STRICKEN BENGAL VILLAGES

... villages. About every 300 yards along the. canal banks were skeletons. All night long jackals howled. Vultures hovered overhead. Death has been so common during the past year that bodies are simply dumped into canals. At Durgapur we asked the village headman ...

Published: Saturday 20 November 1943
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 320 | Page: 1 | Tags: none