Beauty of the army

... Beauty of the army A WOODLAND sponsored walk organised by a woman from Timberland has raised over £3OO. cinating guided tour of the plantation he Ry g e IThe walk was held on Forestry Commission land at Ostler’s Plantation, at Kirkby-on-Bain. Lindi Marson ...

Published: Thursday 09 September 1999
Newspaper: Sleaford Standard
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 649 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Rosie Rushton’s woman’s view

... WI: Attention all ex Land Army girls! At the meeting of the WI to be held on March 13 at 7.30 pm in the Village Hall, Mr R Manton will give a talk on the Womens Land Army. This evening is open to every: one especially ex Land ...

Published: Monday 03 March 1997
Newspaper: Northampton Chronicle and Echo
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 946 | Page: 28 | Tags: none

12.40 FILM: Triple Echo (1972) A woman living alone on a farm finds a young army deserter on - her

... 12.40 FILM: Triple Echo (1972) A woman living alone on a farm finds a young army deserter on - her land. When she disguises the boy as her sister, they find that their sexual roles begin to change. Starring Glenda Jackson and Oliver Reed. (Followed by ...

Published: Saturday 26 March 1994
Newspaper: Northampton Chronicle and Echo
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 49 | Page: 54 | Tags: none

Woman, 96, fell to her death

... Woman, 96, fell to her death AN ELDERLY Bridlington pensioner fell down a flight of stairs to her death after she was disturbed in the middle of the night. Elsie Hodds, of St Columba Road, got out of bed and went to investigate after the security light ...

Published: Thursday 10 September 1992
Newspaper: Bridlington Free Press
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 533 | Page: 16 | Tags: none

EW Yorksseldorf flight nt ahead even iough a young woman spotted a 12-inch snake slithering between her feet ..

... snake got on board the plane. A WOMAN in Brisbane, Australia, awoke to find a carpet overlook the opportunity to have sex or appear ‘on the radio™ What is vour worst habit? Nail-biting What do you never miss on TV? Dad’s Army and Heartbeat. What V(‘ar do ...

Published: Saturday 24 October 1998
Newspaper: Northampton Chronicle and Echo
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 730 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

Bomb alert

... AN elderly woman walked calmly into an RAF office -and handed in an unexploded bomb. Police evacuated the building and nearby shops in Wolverhampton, while army bomb disposal experts defused the device, thought to be a Second World War land mine. The device ...

Published: Thursday 24 November 1994
Newspaper: Northampton Chronicle and Echo
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 55 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

SKY MOV'ES 11.40 They Flew Alone (1941) 1.30 Head (1968) SCREEN 1 3.00 A Troll In Central Park (1994) 4.20

... In The Army Now (1994) Ballad Of Cable Hogue (1970); 11.00 Lost 7.30 Special Feature Treasure Of Dos Santos (1997); 1.00 Magic 8.00 A Stranger To Love (1996) Sticks (1987); 3.00 Panic In The Skies! 10.00 Primal Fear (1996) (1996): 4.30 The Land Before ...

Published: Saturday 02 May 1998
Newspaper: Northampton Chronicle and Echo
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 181 | Page: 23 | Tags: none

Grave anguish

... Grave anguish A WOMAN is preparing to finally lay to rest the body of her Army pilot brother, after spending more than 50 years mourning him at the wrong grave. Sheila Philbrook’s eldest brother, glider pilot Sgt Laurence Howes, died in the epic Arnhem ...

Published: Saturday 15 August 1998
Newspaper: Northampton Chronicle and Echo
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 109 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Praise from top Territorial officer

... Territorial officer BRITAIN’S top Territorial Army officer has praised the town’s troops for the speed of their response to last week’s flooding. General Sir Michael Walker., Commander-in-Chief of the UK’s land forces, said: “The Northampton soldiers’ efforts ...

Published: Saturday 18 April 1998
Newspaper: Northampton Chronicle and Echo
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 176 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

Girls meet again — after 50 years!

... Women’s Land Army. Elizabeth Charlton, aged 85, of Rushmere Crescent, and Dora Tester, 74, of Charnwood Avenue, both remember working with Margaret at Woodford Halse and Arthingworth Manor in the 19405. But Margaret was discharged from the Land Army in 1945 ...

Published: Friday 19 June 1998
Newspaper: Northampton Chronicle and Echo
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 376 | Page: 50 | Tags: none

No jealousy after D-Day

... among our forces in Italy over something Britain’s first woman MP, Lady Astor, an American by birth, was supposed to have said. Apparently in some sort of jest, she referred to the Eighth Army as ‘D-Day Dodgers’. Lily Marlene was re-written and soon the ...

Published: Friday 11 March 1994
Newspaper: Northampton Chronicle and Echo
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 136 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Forces film 1S A winner

... Forces film 1S A winner THREE generations of army men gathered to watch rare film footage of the Green Howards in action during the second world war. newly signed recruits about to embark on their army careers. At least three of the visiting veterans ...

Published: Thursday 26 August 1999
Newspaper: Scarborough Evening News
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 368 | Page: 15 | Tags: none