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Remembering Week 3
Monday, November 18th 2024
In the Second World War women were not allowed to fight alongside men in the frontline services but they played a vital part in the war effort often close to danger, and often paid with their lives.
Like their male services comrades they were usually achingly young serving as WAAFs in the air force and Wrens in the Navy as well as the nursing corps in all three service arms. In 1938 the Auxiliary Territorial Service, the ATS, was formed as the Army’s uniformed women’s service.
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18 year-old awarded Victoria Crossfor fighting mid-air blaze
Monday, November 11th 2024
The “Bomber Boys” who headed across the dark Channel and into the face of blistering attack from German fighters and ground batteries were at the highest risk of any branch of the services. The crews were young and pilots were trained as quickly as possible and thrust into front line service, gaining experience under fire. Around half of the crews didn’t make it back and combat missions were not the only danger - many perished in training exercises over home territory.
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Remembering week 1
Wednesday, November 6th 2024
As remembrance time comes round again it is rather sobering to be reminded that there are very few combatants from The Second World War still surviving to attend services and memorial events.
War graves are an enduring symbol of the pledge: “We will remember them”. Poignant and moving, whether a scattering of headstones next to a quiet Flanders farm or the sweeping Normandy clifftop with seemingly endless fields of white crosses.
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How often do you wash your towels?
Wednesday, January 17th 2024
Many of us usher in the new year with a deep clean, with six in 10 doing so in the days leading up to or following New Year's Day (64%). The new year is a time to reset and declutter, but shocking new statistics show that over a million UK residents only wash their bathroom towels once a year.
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