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Could more lives have been saved? WHEN blazed at the height of the blitz in the second world war the

... Could more lives have been saved? WHEN blazed at the height of the blitz in the second world war the Underground was THE safe haven for citizens fleeing the Luftwaffe’s incendiaries Thousands slept nightly the platforms of tube stations Kings Cross among ...

Published: Thursday 19 November 1987
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 705 | Page: 39 | Tags: none

34 SECOND WORLD WAR SPECIAL ’: ' ' This Home Guard company on inspection at Heaton Park was made up

... 34 SECOND WORLD WAR SPECIAL ’: ' ' This Home Guard company on inspection at Heaton Park was made up of railway employees Danger duty for Couple dived for cover and HOW THE HOME GUARD HAD TO DEFEND THREE-TIMES married Beatrice Margaret Hackett met her ...

Published: Tuesday 05 September 1989
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 820 | Page: 98 | Tags: none

By David Manson THE smartest move Portugal ever made was failing to turn up for the second world war This

... By David Manson THE smartest move Portugal ever made was failing to turn up for the second world war This left her monuments intact and her wondrous ironwork safe from military meltdown Both are celebrated in Lisbon now the target of a growing number ...

Published: Saturday 24 October 1992
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1776 | Page: 31 | Tags: none

SECOND WORLD WAR SPECIAL 27 Prisoners of had to be tough to Reunited at last Joy of home after the

... SECOND WORLD WAR SPECIAL 27 Prisoners of had to be tough to Reunited at last Joy of home after the jungles of Thailand Sydney Crooks and his wife Clara SYDNEY CROOKS had to be tough to survive three and a half years as a prisoner of the Japanese in Thailand ...

Published: Tuesday 05 September 1989
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1853 | Page: 91 | Tags: none

- i Man who Never Was is named ONE of the most enduring mysteries of the Second World War was

... - i Man who Never Was is named ONE of the most enduring mysteries of the Second World War was solved today as the name of the so-called “Man Who Never Was” was revealed The secret came to light thanks to 16 years’ painstaking work by amateur historian ...

Published: Monday 28 October 1996
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1017 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

- Revealed today for the first time: ' x'- The secret stories of Merseyside in the Second World War Censorship

... - Revealed today for the first time: ' x'- The secret stories of Merseyside in the Second World War Censorship was a necessity in those dark days of the 1940s Morale might have been wrecked had the truth been known Disasters were therefore hushed up being ...

Published: Monday 07 September 1970
Newspaper: Liverpool Daily Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 926 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

BILLY LIDDELL's service to Liverpool was exemplary and his contribution to their first Championship-winning ..

... LIDDELL's service to Liverpool was exemplary and his contribution to their first Championship-winning side after the Second World War could not be under-estimated. The club had played it's part during the War by joining the Territorials and many players ...

Published: Monday 06 November 1995
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 77 | Page: 81 | Tags: none

One of the most tragic battles of the Second World War. French sailors beside their wrecked gun turret at Oran

... One of the most tragic battles of the Second World War. French sailors beside their wrecked gun turret at Oran. Second-Lieutenant Menhinick drilled his guns' crews with increasing fervour at Portsmouth. and. after a War Office conference had decided tat ...

Published: Friday 05 October 1956
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 59 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

opened Panama Canal. John sailed out of the port until the start of the Second World War, crisscrossing the seven

... opened Panama Canal. John sailed out of the port until the start of the Second World War, crisscrossing the seven seas too many times to remember. He's still got the passport-style certificates of discharge which log each journey. And the sprightly 89- ...

Published: Wednesday 24 February 1988
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 59 | Page: 29 | Tags: none

IFay of the North-West By North-Westerner The Mayor’s Robes Come Out of the old sweats of the second World War

... IFay of the North-West By North-Westerner The Mayor’s Robes Come Out of the old sweats of the second World War are following fathers example Joining ex-Service men's associations to recapture some the spirit of more stirring days. 1 thought everyone was ...

Published: Thursday 10 October 1946
Newspaper: Lancashire Evening Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 472 | Page: 3 | Tags: none