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... Despite the fact that I was stomach that can digest -practi- W“ porridge that resem cally ‘anything from a T-bone .2 battle of the Somme steak to tarred string and ‘with waterhole and the cold ‘gastric juices that can, ‘with of two sausages, I nmm instant ...

Published: Thursday 13 March 1980
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1011 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

REGIONAL boss Charles O’Halloran has slammed “the cheek gall and hypocracy” of Cun-ninghame in demanding an ..

... World War to the civil war in Northern Ireland The oldest patient is 96-year-old Paddy Bennison who lost a leg in the Battle of the Somme in 1916 The hospital also has 54 cottages set in grounds on the banks of the Clyde Said Deacon Convener Rubie: We were ...

Published: Friday 25 April 1980
Newspaper: Irvine Herald
County: Ayrshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 1276 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Saga of a siege

... was clear; now, was it to be hardbitten Loyalism and racialistreligious bigotry frozen in a time-set before the First Battle of the Somme, or would it be mhe«h' tions mixtures of rty patronising and deprecating fittle eneers at the crudity of the Derry ...

Published: Saturday 05 July 1980
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 944 | Page: 19 | Tags: none

paradise

... in action at.Armentieres, while his youngest brother John, aged 19. was hospitalised a gas casualty from, the second battle !of the Somme. Originally posted as missing. Sandy’s homecoming at least provided some comfort his long-suffering mother, Jessie ...

Published: Thursday 24 July 1980
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1264 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

Saturday, 9th August, 1980

... France in 1915. BLACKFORD In one day during the Battle of the Somme in 1916, Tom was killed, and so also was an elder brother, Sergeant-Signaller Bill. A third brother, George, was to die later after being a Somme gas victim on the same day. Mr Bain recalls ...

Published: Saturday 09 August 1980
Newspaper: Strathearn Herald
County: Perthshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 1142 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

TELEVISION TODAY

... A new series of films by directors new to televiston, The first, ‘‘ Rifleman,” is set in Northern Ireland after the Battle of the Somme in which' the 36th (Ulster) Division covered itself in ‘‘glory ' — but ‘at tragic cost. 10.45 Newsnight. g 11.30 Heutp ...

Published: Monday 27 October 1980
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 226 | Page: 18 | Tags: none

Thousands Are Thankful For Howard's Brainwave

... he wrote for Remembrance Day, asking me for a mention to remember all his old friends who'd fought beside him at the Battle of the Somme, when the British suffered 420,000 casualties and at Passchendaele. The letter came every year without fail. When he ...

Published: Sunday 02 November 1980
Newspaper: Sunday Post
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1188 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

Thatcher queens it on first Foot @

... Cabinet had actually run a' busi: ness? ’ A Liberally using military metaphors, Sr‘hrry stated of the m battle: “We are not about the battle of the Somme or Passchendaele but something more 'like the SAS matmm&n% Their motto, as you know, is: ‘ ‘dares wins' ...

Published: Wednesday 12 November 1980
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1549 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

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... (79) each served the community as shopkeepers, he as a general merchant, and she as draper. Mr Angus lost a leg at the Battle of the Somme while serving with The Gordons in the Kaiser War. “A SNIP AT HALF THE PRICE.” On the left is the hairy version of Tony ...

VETERANS SOUGHT (To the BEditor, ' Arbroath Herald *)

... SOUGHT (To the BEditor, ' Arbroath Herald *) Sir, — I would very much like to hear from men who took part in the Autumn battles on the Somme 1916 and who would be willing to help me with some details. I am writing therefore to ask you whether you could consider ...

Published: Friday 28 November 1980
Newspaper: Arbroath Herald
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 306 | Page: 16 | Tags: none

5/12/80 Can you help?

... 5/12/80 Can you help? Sir, — | would very much like to hear from men who took part in the autumn battles on the Somme 1916 and who would be willing to help me with some details. | am writing therefore to ask you whether you could consider putting an appeal ...

Published: Thursday 11 December 1980
Newspaper: Forfar Dispatch
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 124 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

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... documentary of life in reality. the lst London Scottish He lived a charmed life. during the mane tren is His part in the battle of the Somme was to make tea for he kept the the front-line troops — and tions, and it hits a he came through un- balance between ...

Published: Thursday 18 December 1980
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 566 | Page: 22 | Tags: none