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... two-thirds the size of a football pitch. It makes a highly appropriate way to commemorate the 80th anni rsary of the Battle of the Somme. This dresdAil slice of warfare began on July 1, 1916 and claimed 60,000 lives during the first day. The Big Picnic ...

Published: Tuesday 18 June 1996
Newspaper: Perthshire Advertiser
County: Perthshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 309 | Page: 41 | Tags: none

70 years ago

... 70 years ago age to join the Black Watch, only to fall in the bloody and huitless battle for the Somme in 1916. He was posted missing for two years, and I suppose the family dung on to fragments of hope, said Mrs Deuchars. But when his body was finally ...

Published: Tuesday 29 March 1988
Newspaper: Perthshire Advertiser
County: Perthshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 302 | Page: 29 | Tags: none

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... Fund Committee held a Soots ceilidh in the church hall. Piper BiU Jamiesoa stirred the hearts of all present with The Battle of the Somme; Morag Lath:), accompanied by Robert Puller ors the piano, sang four Scots songs; Avril Taylor demonstrated Highland ...

Published: Friday 31 January 1992
Newspaper: Perthshire Advertiser
County: Perthshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 365 | Page: 19 | Tags: none

Powerful words I was there

... distance. the more objective the analysis can be. But what is objectivity? The 80th anniversary of the start of the battle of the Somme has given historians and writers the opportunity to re-examine the events and the part played by those who were mainly ...

Published: Friday 05 July 1996
Newspaper: Perthshire Advertiser
County: Perthshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 608 | Page: 20 | Tags: none

,r; , • 4vs, 47-4'e PUPILS HOPE TO TASTE SUCCESS Alternatives managing . marketing executive Anna Cunningham, ..

... almost romantically regarded as The Great War. Graham Fulton treets and were almost entirely wiped out at the 1916 Battle of the Somme. No, it's about the women they left behind. Joan Knight's remarkable production of Peter Whelan's play 'The Accrington ...

Published: Tuesday 08 November 1988
Newspaper: Perthshire Advertiser
County: Perthshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 759 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

11.00-FILM: ONE OF OUR

... course. Maradona were there. So wee Jack Charlton and the Irish. 4.3 S—THE YOUNG INDIANA JONES CHRONICLES: Following the Battle of the Somme, Indy is imprisoned in Inglostadt, a German fortress for prisoners of war. S.2O—NEWS; WEATHER S.3S—BEATRIX POTTER: THE ...

Published: Tuesday 27 December 1994
Newspaper: Perthshire Advertiser
County: Perthshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 962 | Page: 34 | Tags: none

gorron- Karnipis TO Tsai

... Army) who, for outstanding gallantry which cost him his life, was awarded the Victoria Cross on July 1, 1916, at the Battle of the Somme. He was one of many who died that day to keep this country free. D. McGregor, Secretary, St Andrew True Blues, LOL 209 ...

Published: Friday 01 July 1994
Newspaper: Perthshire Advertiser
County: Perthshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 1199 | Page: 43 | Tags: none

December 12 Mrs Valentine (Jessie Anderson) displays canteen of presented Town Council on Monday night Tribute ..

... encouraged the men his magnificent example and disregard for danger Mr Raistrick wounded on three occasions at in 1915 at Battle of the Somme in 1916 and again at Arras in 1918 A after the cessation of hostilities went India where spent sis years with 1st Battalion ...

Published: Wednesday 12 December 1951
Newspaper: Perthshire Advertiser
County: Perthshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2144 | Page: 4 | Tags: none