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Remembering Dunkirk

... 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 ...

Published: Thursday 08 June 2000
Newspaper: Alnwick Mercury
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 167 | Page: 18 | Tags: none

Baid for Dunkirk

... Baid for Dunkirk Sept. 24th. } Wof Wick for Rey- im lith. k 25th ult. Gibraltar for Aba- Giobraltar for Aden, Jef§ Abadans :::lned Perim Ist left Grange- Land’s End, passed 's End, pud badan (lightering). left Tocopilln Swansea, lefy Port llow 15th dan ...

Published: Thursday 18 December 1930
Newspaper: Shields Daily News
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 100 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

ENGLISHWOMAN KILLED AT DUNKIRK

... ENGLISHWOMAN KILLED AT DUNKIRK Train Crashes Into Car at Level Crossing Dunkirk, Monday. An Englishwoman, described as Mrs Bpencer, of Hull, was killed near here today, when a train crashed into a motorcar at a level crossing. Many people, including eome ...

Published: Monday 13 January 1936
Newspaper: Shields Daily News
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 264 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Dunkirk Veteran remembers

... Dunkirk Veteran remembers TOMORROW marks the remembrance of Dunkirk by the Dunkirk Veterans’ Association when a service is to be held on the Headland at2.oop.m. Browsing through my possessions recently I came across an anonymous poem which was printed ...

Published: Saturday 16 July 1988
Newspaper: Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail
County: Durham, England
Type: Article | Words: 343 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Dunkirk trip vacancies

... Dunkirk trip vacancies A PILGRIMAGE to Dunkirk is being organized by Hartlepool’s old soldiers. 3 And there are still four places available to anyone wantingto jointhe trip. - The pilgrimage takes place between May 24 and 31 and includes six nights bed ...

Published: Tuesday 07 March 1989
Newspaper: Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail
County: Durham, England
Type: Article | Words: 94 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

It’s back to that Dunkirk spirit

... It’s back to that Dunkirk spirit IF THERE appears a glut of people looking with avid interest at the birds clucking away in pigeon lofts — put itdown to the postal strike. The rising mountain of mail; the disappearence of the friendly postman; the shutdown ...

Published: Friday 09 September 1988
Newspaper: Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail
County: Durham, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 623 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Veterans prepare to visit Dunkirk

... Veterans prepare to visit Dunkirk A PARTY of old soldiers from Hartlepool is preparing to join comrades from all over the country for the annual pilgrimage to Dunkirk and Du Panne. The event, to commemorate the 49th anniversary of the evacuation of the ...

Published: Wednesday 03 May 1989
Newspaper: Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail
County: Durham, England
Type: Article | Words: 147 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Kgpilwofi for Dunkirk, left Las Palmas

... Kgpilwofi for Dunkirk, left Las Palmas 21st. Pennyworth at Galveston 25th. Ravensworth in the Tyne 20th. Wentworth at San Francisco 9th. Dalworth at Santa Fe asth, Ashworth for Chile left Tyne 25th. Glentworth for Manchester left Quebec 20th Illingworth ...

Published: Monday 29 October 1928
Newspaper: Shields Daily News
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 432 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Dunkirk spirit as Hugo hit island

... Dunkirk spirit as Hugo hit island BRITISH holidaymakers flew home from a devastated Caribbean island today — and spoke of the Dunkirk spirit that helped them survive the ravages of Hurricane Hugo. Honeymoon couples arriving at Gatwick described how they ...

Published: Wednesday 20 September 1989
Newspaper: Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail
County: Durham, England
Type: Article | Words: 241 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

‘Dunkirk spirit’ as rain floods town centre

... ‘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 ...

Published: Thursday 15 August 2002
Newspaper: Blyth News Post Leader
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 211 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

LIBRARY FIRE. Valuable Documents Destroyed at Dunkirk. –

... LIBRARY FIRE. Valuable Documents Destroyed at Dunkirk. - puqfiirk. 'Wednesday. More than 90,000 books are believed 10 have been destroyed in a fir. which gu.ted the Dunkirk library yesterday morning. From an aristic poins of view the loss is irreparable ...

Published: Wednesday 24 April 1929
Newspaper: Shields Daily News
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 150 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

WAR MEMORIAL AT DUNKIRK British Admiralty to be Represented

... MEMORIAL AT DUNKIRK British Admiralty to be Represented Paris. Saturday. Captain G. W. Hallifax, the British naval attache in Paris, and the destroyer, Trinidad will present the British Admiralty at the unveilin, of a monument at Dunkirk in bonour of ...

Published: Saturday 09 November 1929
Newspaper: Shields Daily News
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 61 | Page: 4 | Tags: none