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Girls from the towns who farmed forvictory

... GROVES captures the memories of some of Britain’s Land Girls. dation in the mansion. Diane’s sister, Barbara Burchmore. made a cake iced in Land Army colours and bordered with toy farm animals. One woman had come from Manchester but the majority were from ...

Published: Thursday 02 April 1987
Newspaper: Bucks Herald
County: Buckinghamshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 776 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

CIRIANINIEIL

... Scot- = land's Story. 10.55 The Idie Class. 11.30 Danrcin’ [ sys. 12.30 World of Animation. o 12.50 CHANNEL 4 RACING: From Sandown Park. o 2.55 FILM: THIS ABOVE ALL (1942): Romantic drama set in World War Il Britain, starring Tyrone Power as i an army deserter ...

Published: Thursday 07 January 1988
Newspaper: Bexhill-on-Sea Observer
County: Sussex, England
Type: Article | Words: 233 | Page: 14 | Tags: none

who fought home front

... Finest Choice of all Le Makers in Stock From 57 Gns LIFE in the Land Army during the war was far from easy, with women taking on jobs left by the men who were fighting at the front. R For one woman, that life meant being plucked from her secretarial job in ...

Published: Thursday 21 April 1994
Newspaper: Banbury Guardian
County: Oxfordshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 886 | Page: 63 | Tags: none

e, MR. W. G. ELPHICK

... hands of Policecoustable Harding and myself. We had clasped hands to form a chair, I have served for nearly nine years in the Army Medical Seryvice, and was in South Africa during the Zulu War. Of course, 1 bud something to do with the wounded there. “ A ...

Published: Wednesday 28 August 1912
Newspaper: Eastbourne Gazette
County: Sussex, England
Type: Article | Words: 454 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Tiny Anne’s heroic tale

... uadron O?olmtee%ss;yinw France ' ¥ ®E ] @ Joins An‘l’eyrnn w;e;’”my Corps, trains as radio operator @ Lands under shellfire on D-Day Plus Six . @ First woman nurse to enter Bel- 0 T B evl & Nuremburg War Trials @ Volunteers to ferry children into newly-energent ...

Published: Friday 05 October 1990
Newspaper: Bexhill-on-Sea Observer
County: Sussex, England
Type: Article | Words: 406 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

EAME ROFF,

... couditions of life that a woman can perform more useful service in other spheres, and to those spheres she has been relegated witbout choice or reason of her own. “Traveller claims that the Empire, shipping industry, mining, Army snd Navy, and agricultare ...

Published: Wednesday 24 January 1912
Newspaper: Eastbourne Gazette
County: Sussex, England
Type: Article | Words: 1049 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

' Party to ward off evil spirits

... of the garden as rough land and their run goes right across it. The woman in the house backing on to ours has seen them.” : ; When the Danns moved into their home almost two years ago the garden was overgrown but they had a A WOMAN who obtained over £B ...

Published: Thursday 27 October 1988
Newspaper: Bexhill-on-Sea Observer
County: Sussex, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 845 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

ONE TON Best Large Nuts A PENNY

... at Earisfield. q. ‘ 9 ON injured woman says there are three bodies in the bedroow—ber bLusband and two children.” & I could only exclaim, “ God help then. | Tho inspector said, * [ will see ber again. The wounded woman declared that it was quite impossible ...

Published: Wednesday 21 August 1912
Newspaper: Eastbourne Gazette
County: Sussex, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 3288 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

GOOD TEMPLAR'S TRAVELS. SUNDAY CLOSING IN THE COLONIES

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Published: Wednesday 18 September 1912
Newspaper: Eastbourne Gazette
County: Sussex, England
Type: Article | Words: 604 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

The 999 call that took 200 people four days to answer

... faces of the people he went out to help. The journey was exhausting, emotionally draining and dangerous. But caring for a woman and her two small frightened children on the journey from battlescarred Mostar to Split airport was the most satisfying experience ...

Published: Thursday 06 January 1994
Newspaper: Bucks Herald
County: Buckinghamshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 994 | Page: 9 | Tags: none