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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

celebration TO MARK the 40th anniversary of the end of the second world war, 18 members of the local Burma

... celebration TO MARK the 40th anniversary of the end of the second world war, 18 members of the local Burma Star Association journeyed to London’s Royal Albert Hall to celebrate their annual reunion. It was the first time that ladies were admitted and ...

AS CELEBRATIONS go on to mark the 40th anniversary of the end of the Second World War a Bristol man

... AS CELEBRATIONS go on to mark the 40th anniversary of the end of the Second World War a Bristol man is trying to trace an old army pal who was last known to be living in Pimlico. Mr. Jim Pearce served in the Somerset Light Infantry during the war and ...

Eva, who worked in had.” the Land Army during The cclebralorysparly the Second World War at the station on Saturand

... Eva, who worked in had.” the Land Army during The cclebralorysparly the Second World War at the station on Saturand lives in Dudley day night attracted Close, Bovingdon, says many ex-firemen, some it was a wonderful sur- now in their seventies. Erise ...

. . . - 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

B We Wore What We'd Got — Duspla; of women's clothing during the Second World War, St John's Museum, Warwick,

... B We Wore What We'd Got — Duspla; of women's clothing during the Second World War, St John's Museum, Warwick, 10 am-12.30 pm, 1.30 pm-5.30 pm, until October 1990. @ Mercia Artists — Last chance to see a wealth of Midlands talent, at the Herbert Art Gallery ...

Published: Friday 15 December 1989
Newspaper: Leamington Spa Courier
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 360 | 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

THIS week’s photo looks back to the time of the Second World War and Rugby’s own special police force. Lined up ..

... THIS week’s photo looks back to the time of the Second World War and Rugby’s own special police force. Lined up here are Hillmorton ‘C’ Section Specials, sent in by Mr Brett from Cosgrove. mEFrom the Advertiser NS MAY 26, 1888 A CURIOUS ACCIDENT: A terrible ...

Published: Thursday 09 June 1988
Newspaper: Rugby Advertiser
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 154 | Page: 4 | Tags: none