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SECOND WORLD WAR

... SECOND WORLD WAR Kevin Keegan totally fooled by revolution- German ‘Blitzkrieg’ tactics in opening ‘Euro 1940’ qualifier, but defiantly vows ‘l'd luv it if we beat these lot in 1945, luv it.’ Rationing hits Latics fans badly as half time refreshments ...

SECOND WORLD WAR

... SECOND WORLD WAR Soldiers use Central Park to mastermind a battle plan that would defeat the Nazis, but Stuart Cummings disallows it for a forward grenade-throw. The ‘bouncing bomb’ destroys three dams in Germany’s Ruhr valley. It would have been four ...

QUEEN Elizabeth the Queen Mother made four official visits to Wigan. The first was before the Second World War and

... QUEEN Elizabeth the Queen Mother made four official visits to Wigan. The first was before the Second World War and the last when she visited the new Heinz food processing plant at Kitt Green in 1959. The royal train also made a stop in Wigan on May 5 ...

GENTLEMAN A suite of songs constructed around the personal experiences of the Second World War. 7.30 pm £5/£4 ..

... GENTLEMAN A suite of songs constructed around the personal experiences of the Second World War. 7.30 pm £5/£4 ANAM ‘ Celtic spin on traditional and contemporary songs from talented and highly respected band. Bpm £8.50/£7.50 THE ELIZA CARTHY BAND First ...

Published: Wednesday 08 November 2000
Newspaper: Morecambe Visitor
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 131 | Page: 40 | Tags: none

By RICHARD BEAN richard.bean@lancspublications.co.uk THE NAMES of four Wigan servicemen killed in the Second ..

... By RICHARD BEAN richard.bean@lancspublications.co.uk THE NAMES of four Wigan servicemen killed in the Second World War have finally been recognised in a new memorial - more than 50 years after they died. Th e Higher Ince branch of the Royal British Legion ...

Wife recalls memories of naval officer who survived Second World War to return home Inhute after fdeath of war hero

... recalls memories of naval officer who survived Second World War to return home Inhute after fdeath of war hero A WIGAN woman has paid tribute to her naval officer husband, a brave veteran of the Second World War, who has died. Jean Steele spoke from her home ...

occasion

... remembered by the men who sailed in her as a very happy ship. The Association has members whose service ranged from the Second World War right through to 1959 when the ship was scrapped. Before the war, HMS Fleetwood went out to the Red Sea and the Mediter- ...

Published: Wednesday 08 May 2002
Newspaper: Fleetwood Weekly News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 52 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Americans attempt to

... from Cuba. War film lovers will not want to miss Enemy at the Gates on June 8 to June 10. The film is set during the Second World War and tells of the epic battle of Stalingrad- starring Jude Law and Joseph Fiennes. ...

Published: Wednesday 06 June 2001
Newspaper: Morecambe Visitor
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 54 | Page: 32 | Tags: none

Sailing on Walmsley

... information on the Edward Walmsley trawler for my Grandma. Her late husband, Arthur Benns, worked on the trawler before the Second World War., Thanks in anticipation Simon Williamson. cymmon@o2.co.uk . Y = J i D [ 3 T A 2 L [ 3 ...

Published: Wednesday 13 November 2002
Newspaper: Fleetwood Weekly News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 52 | Page: 20 | Tags: none

By CLAIRE LARK

... information about her husband - 60 years after he was taken prisoner of war. George Johnston never returned from the Second World War and now his wife Mary wants to piece MOVING: The final note George sent home from a prisoner of war camp in Malaya ...

Published: Thursday 20 September 2001
Newspaper: Fleetwood Weekly News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 56 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Tributes pour in to Ray Evans

... fencing coach. His first job after lcaving school at 14 was as a bottle washer for a chemist in Layton and prior to the Second World War. Mr Evans worked as a plasterer on the Winter Gardens and Odcon cinema in Blackpool. He had many friends throughout the ...

Published: Thursday 08 June 2000
Newspaper: Fleetwood Weekly News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 245 | Page: 25 | Tags: none