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Shattering Pearl It was an action which changed the course of the Second World War, and brought the United States

... Shattering Pearl It was an action which changed the course of the Second World War, and brought the United States into the global conflict, But the bombing also made a dramatic impact on the people who were there, and Pearl traces their story which begins ...

Published: Monday 06 December 1993
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 214 | Page: 27 | Tags: none

.| PUPILS from Viewforth High School in the years prior to the Second World War form the subject of this

... .| PUPILS from Viewforth High School in the years prior to the Second World War form the subject of this week's trip down memory lane. And the picture has a transantiantic connection, having been sent to the Press by Margaret Carmichael (nee Page), of ...

Published: Friday 23 July 1993
Newspaper: Fife Free Press
County: Fife, Scotland
Type: Advertisement | Words: 140 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

Also completed this month is Peter Black's account of life at Sumburgh in the Second World War. In this instalment

... Also completed this month is Peter Black's account of life at Sumburgh in the Second World War. In this instalment he describes his love for the people and the landscape and his feelings at leaving the islands for a posting in the Far East. There 1s another ...

Published: Friday 06 November 1998
Newspaper: Shetland Times
County: Shetland, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 173 | Page: 28 | Tags: none

Fortunes fl;ked up again in the 19305, the outbreak of the Second World War put paid to their tEflo(l of

... Fortunes fl;ked up again in the 19305, the outbreak of the Second World War put paid to their tEflo(l of glory. Afterthe war, askilful 18l team emerged, which played and won many toflecvel matches. Those keen on shinty lore still speak of the ‘best game ...

set, abruptly, at the end of the Second World War and the diminished heartland has still to come to terms

... set, abruptly, at the end of the Second World War and the diminished heartland has still to come to terms with the fact. In effect, English history as a coherent continuous and identifying process came to an end in 1945. The Gaels, the Welsh and even ...

With the announcement of the worst unemployment figures since the Second World War, the natural focus of ..

... With the announcement of the worst unemployment figures since the Second World War, the natural focus of political interest this week at Westminster has been on that issue. prediction that unemployment would inevitably rise to just under two million and ...

Published: Friday 04 July 1980
Newspaper: Arbroath Herald
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1217 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

plan was prepared in detail in the years immediately before the Second World War, and but for th war would

... plan was prepared in detail in the years immediately before the Second World War, and but for th war would now be in existcm:e. It was shelved on account of cost in the immediate post-war period. The Town Council should urge the Government in the changed ...

Published: Friday 07 April 1961
Newspaper: Arbroath Herald
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 678 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Tribute to 'Wooden Wonder) . . .. . , A NEWLY RESTORED second world war Although the Ministry of War

... Tribute to 'Wooden Wonder) . . .. . , A NEWLY RESTORED second world war Although the Ministry of War had been • , , • . - , Mosquito fighter-bomber was rolled out at the against the idea of wooden aircraft by the end aircraft's own museum yesterday to ...

Published: Monday 26 November 1990
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Advertisement | Words: 324 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

IFE in the desert is nothing new for the British soldier. In the First World War, the Second World War,

... IFE in the desert is nothing new for the British soldier. In the First World War, the Second World War, Palestine, Aden, and now the Gulf, it has been a part of their history. This is a group of the original Desert Rats, taken just before the Battle of ...

Published: Wednesday 06 March 1991
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 596 | Page: 12 | Tags: none