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It's not nostalgia for the second world war, so much as sentimental affection for the songs and entertainment ..

... It's not nostalgia for the second world war, so much as sentimental affection for the songs and entertainment of the period that make Happy as a Sandbag (Decca SLK 5217), from the West End musical by Ken Lee, so captivating. Impressions of Al Bowlily ...

Published: Thursday 27 November 1975
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 271 | Page: 46 | Tags: none

. . . - 12,000 still waiting Nearly 33 years after the end of the second world war 12,000 people

... . . . - 12,000 still waiting Nearly 33 years after the end of the second world war 12,000 people are still waiting for their medals. There has been an upsurge of interest in war medals recently, Minister of State for Defence Dr John Gilbert, told MPs ...

Published: Saturday 28 January 1978
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 53 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

. . Pillbox will . be demolished A Second World War relic is to be demolished after more than 45

... . . Pillbox will . be demolished A Second World War relic is to be demolished after more than 45 years as part of Stafford’s landscape. The reinforced concrete pillbox at the Sow aqueduct , Milford, was built when the country was under the threat of invasion ...

Published: Thursday 28 August 1986
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 78 | Page: 13 | Tags: none

Mr Cartwright with some Second World War respirators and helmets. Pensioner saves 30 from blaze

... Mr Cartwright with some Second World War respirators and helmets. Pensioner saves 30 from blaze A quick thinkix:fi pensioner saved 30 elderly res today as fire swept through a block of old people’s flat Lagti'en ran through the home near Brentwood, Essex ...

Published: Friday 22 August 1975
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 118 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

MANY PEOPLE who lived through it get nostalgic about the home front in the Second World War. They remember the

... MANY PEOPLE who lived through it get nostalgic about the home front in the Second World War. They remember the communal spirit, the matinees of strangers, the common cause that united everyone. They forget what Jim Simmons remembers: “] watched our Labour ...

Published: Saturday 11 March 1972
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 246 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Don’t miss a great day out at The Midlands Featuring many rare vehicles of the Second World War, and amazing

... Don’t miss a great day out at The Midlands Featuring many rare vehicles of the Second World War, and amazing display of stunt riding by the famous ROYAL ARTILLERY MOTOR CYCLE DISPLAY TEAM (SUNDAY ONLY) ALSO GREAT AND COLLECTORS ANTIQUE SPECTACULAR MOCK ...

Published: Friday 28 July 1978
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 87 | Page: 25 | Tags: none

o £4o,ooo—price : ARIZONA. Adolf Hitler’s car may go back to Gemwlllr or to its Second World War axis partner,

... o £4o,ooo—price : ARIZONA. Adolf Hitler’s car may go back to Gemwlllr or to its Second World War axis partner, Japan. Tom Barrett, the Scottsdale, Arizona, businessman who has owned the car for 13 years, said he had been aggroached by private s&r;gicates ...

Published: Saturday 06 January 1973
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 292 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

A MAN who changed the social pattern of Britain and most of the world died in Milan, Italy, recently. He was ..

... multi-millionaire, whose coffee machine was really responsible for the coffee bar revolution in Britain. ° °® Before the second world war Achille, a cafe owner in Italy, was worried about his coffee. The pre-war espresso machines e lmmlc — used steam and ...

Published: Friday 14 September 1962
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 372 | Page: 18 | Tags: none

War memorial for school

... information about old boys who were killed during the Second World War. “We are trying to compile a list of old bogs of Stonefield Boys School, Bilston, who lost their lives in the second world war and subsequent cammns. said Mr C. Davies, \ master of ...

Published: Thursday 11 May 1978
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 88 | Page: 14 | Tags: none

Search for war poems

... Search for war poems A call went out today for helg in tracking down the last of the unknown poets of the Second World War. Poems written by former servicemen and women on anything from envelopes, {ogboo‘l;s and old newspapers o ordinary notepaper are ...

Published: Monday 22 December 1986
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 210 | Page: 16 | Tags: none

Row over ‘insult’ to Army

... Comments by a Wolverhampton councillor about a visit to the town of an Army motor cycle display team are “an insult” to Second World War despatch riders. Councillor Ken Purchase feels that council backing should not be given to armed forces’ advertising ...

Published: Tuesday 25 February 1975
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 108 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

Plum tales from the home-made war pie by RAY SEATON

... Plum tales from the home-made war pie by RAY SEATON THE Second World War, on the home front, was sing-songs in Anderson shelters. It was Robb Wilton remembering the day war broke out. It was that man again, Tommy Handley, poking fun at Funf, the master ...

Published: Friday 02 April 1971
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 132 | Page: 6 | Tags: none