... Remembering Dunkirk SIR, Dunkirk When all has been accomplished And the little ships are gone And the beach lies stark and silent Beneath a smoke enshrouded sun When the skies are free of Stukas And on the ebbing tide Floats the tragic human flotsam With ...

... ‘Dunkirk spirit’ as rain floods town centre TORRENTIAL rain deluged Blyth town centre last week with shoppers running for cover as retailers were forced to close their doors. Many shops were flooded in the downpour, which also saw the town’s Keel Row ...

... No sitting down on the job AN armchair will be removed from the Dunkirk layby in Rothbury following a request from a parish councillor. Coun Bruce Hewison had asked that the chair be removed at last month’s meeting, prompting a letter to be sent to Alnwick ...

... As Britain and Europe remember Dunkirk., we turn the clock back too and recall Berwick’s wartime memories P add R B IS B 0 T S f By WY /o b o 2| oy ) SN Ay v e %) . o b e 4 . k3¢ £ , ) % TINTAGEL HOUSE 4 A ) e b ol e ; s N tar AR et o : BT 1 e 1 L A ...

... grateful thanks Story: lAN NOBLE Pictures: JANE COLTMAN FORMER wartime inmate of Changi Prison joined Chelsea Pensioners and Dunkirk veterans at a party held in their honour in Northumberland. Over half a century after their release from captivity, over 500 ...

... and share common interests. For further details, cut out this letter and send it with a stamped s.a.e. to: Letter Link, 35 Dunkirk Lane, Leyland, Preston PR2S ITX Carol Anne Strange ...

... archaeological dig in Peterborough. (R) (C) 8.05 Finest Hour. The successful evacuation of British troops from the beaches of Dunkirk. (R) 8.50 Trade Secrets. The ~ work of butlers. (R) (S) 9.00 FILM: A Bronx Tale (1993). Poignant drama, starring Robert De ...

... to cheer the Royal great-grandmother. the crowds enjoyed the brithant July sunshine as the party went ahead In tact, the Dunkirk spint shone through. Perhaps it should have been expected - after all. the pageant was in honour of a woman who smiled her ...

... state of the road to Pauperhaugh, which ‘is in danger of sliding into the road.’ Coun Fendley also mentioned a road near Dunkirk, which he said was cracking up, and a local bridge. He said: “Have we got to wait for an accident or a death?” Coun lan Mills ...

... would have lost the battle of the Atlantic before Germany attacked Russia and Japan attacked the USA at Pearl Harbour. After Dunkirk we had one serviceable division in the British Army but the Canadian Army had just landed. 1 have no doubt that if Germany ...

... port in Germany, flying at mast height. In some quarters the raid is regarded as having been designed to boost morale after Dunkirk. He remained in the RAF for a further two years after the war and then began his career in teaching. He intends to forward ...

... the two marches in which I took part. 3% The summer march began when we were taken fighting the rear guard action, on the Dunkirk perimeter in May 1940 and toof us through France, Belgium, Holland and on into Poland. The second march of evacuation in the ...