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Lydia Jane

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2 years

FGS… anyone want a spaniel?🙄😆

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On #DDay 6th June, as we commemorate the incredible courage and sacrifice of those who took part in Op OVERLORD, please spare a thought too for the so-called D-Day Dodgers “out in Italy”…

Forgotten fighters: the story of the D-Day Dodgers | CWGC

They were often overlooked but played a major role in achieving victory in World War Two. This is the story of the D-Day Dodgers and the Italian Campaign.

www.cwgc.org

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1 year

As the nation is an absolute binfire at the moment, here’s a picture of Pippin when he was tiny to cheer you up

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1 year

Is this acceptable artwork for a bathroom? Asking for a “friend” 👀

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7 months

You can stick your Hundred where the sun don't shine. Test cricket is unbeatable.

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Lydia Jane

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2 years

IT’S DONE! My Masters’ thesis is complete. “The Invisible Campaign: Assessing the Impact of Bomber Command’s Minelaying Operations in the Second World War”. What shall I do next? 😁

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5 years

I spent 3 years at university studying a subject I hated, then 27 years working in a profession I detest. As of September I’ll be studying for my Masters in Second World War Studies at @wlv_uni It’s taken me 30 years to get to where I really want to be. Never give up :) 💫

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1 year

Norwegians celebrate Liberation Day on 8th May. This quote, in the Norwegian Resistance Museum in Oslo, is quite something 🇳🇴

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6 years

What’s first jam or cream??* *actually, a bloody plate should be first

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3 years

Our darling Merry left us last night, on the eve of his 14th birthday, He was the sweetest, gentlest of souls, my constant companion & research assistant. A life lived full of love, joy, fun, adventure & biscuits. We’re heartbroken. Sleep tight, my beautiful old boy ❤️

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2 years

@campbellclaret @AL301093 Failing state. What an embarrassment we are.

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2 years

Today’s winter outfit… look like I’m about to sabotage a Nazi heavy water plant in Norway

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Lydia Jane

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3 years

Good morning everyone. Meet Pippin!

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7 months

Watching #Panorama about the state of school buildings throughout Britain. Utterly disgusting. This country is an absolute shit show.

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4 years

Fish and chips, in the car, by the sea. Complete with grease stain in the shape of a world map. Sensational.

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6 months

Why is my dog always the filthiest in the village? This. This is why.

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5 years

Some BJs last longer than others ...

Wisden

@WisdenCricket

5 years

New Zealand end the session with BJ Watling and Mitchell Santner still at the crease. Watling has now gone 612 balls without being dismissed in Test cricket 👀 #NZvENG

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1 year

Pushing his luck….

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1 year

#Narvik1940 Paid my respects to the Allied servicemen commemorated at Narvik cemetery in February. Many of those buried there are unidentified…”A sailor of the Second Word War”. It’s a bleak spot, but they’re well cared for by @CWGC

Jamie McTrusty

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1 year

10th April 1940. The first naval battle of Narvik. 5 Royal Navy destroyers sank two of their German counterparts and six merchant ships, while damaging others. Two British destroyers were sunk and the flotilla commander, Bernard Warburton-Lee was killed, latter receiving the VC.

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3 months

So let me get this right... President Zelenskyy attended all the D-Day commemorations but Sunak had to bugger off early because he had more important things to do?

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2 years

Dissertation passed, MA completed … whooooo! So chuffed I actually shed a little tear 😂 🎉🎉🎉 Huge thanks to @dieter_steinert , Prof John Buckley & Dr Adam Dighton at @wlv_uni for their help, guidance & support throughout. Next … write more books!

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7 months

Somewhat chuffed to tell you that I've signed with @tempest_books , the specialist aviation publisher. 'Invisible Campaign: Bomber Command's Minelaying Operations 1940-1945' will be published later this year.

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9 months

Rest in peace boys, finally. WW2 bomber crew’s remains identified 80 years after plane shot down over Netherlands

WW2 bomber crew’s remains identified 80 years after plane shot down over Netherlands

Burials can go ahead of men who never returned from bombing mission over Germany in 1943

www.theguardian.com

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4 years

We did not stand alone. Remembering “The Few” #BattleOfBritain80

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10 months

One of the greatest tv ads ever made … a joy. RIP.

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10 months

Love this advert so much. RIP Alan Ball, Bobby Robson & Bobby & Jack Charlton.

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11 days

Today is the anniversary of Churchill's "The Few" speech, delivered at the height of the Battle of Britain. What many don't realise is that Churchill went on to pay tribute to "the many" of RAF Bomber Command, but that part rarely gets quoted. Full text below @RAFBomber_Pod

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2 years

🧵Friends, I have a treat for you. I’ve been loaned a set of original photos/news clippings which belonged to Eric Kirkland, an RAF Navigator on 254 Sqn Coastal Command. Eric flew on Beaufighters, attacking enemy shipping in the North Sea/Dutch/German coastal areas 1/10

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8 months

Heroes of Telemark. Watched the film, read all the books, bought the jumper ❄️🇳🇴⛷️

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6 years

I’m sorry but if you still support Brexit you’re either a) rich b) not very bright c) nearly dead

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3 years

Dear God. This England team are atrocious. Root is a poor Test captain. Said this for years, and there’s just not enough quality in the side. Here’s a tip ECB - if you want to win Test Matches, you need to prioritise the County Champ. Oh and play cricket in the actual summer.

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3 months

As we commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day, and pay tribute to the gargantuan international effort, incredible bravery and sacrifice, please do also spare a thought for the men they labelled the D-Day Dodgers 'out in Italy'. My grandfather was one of them.

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5 years

Fantastic news - my brother is out of intensive care and has been transferred to the ward today. I can’t tell you how relieved we all are.

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6 years

Probably the most English thing I've ever seen. Well done chaps @WorcsCCC

The Cricketer

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6 years

It's @WorcsCCC photocalls at New Road and, despite the floods, the team picture is still taking place on the outfield. 👏👏

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3 years

Good morning from inside the dishwasher …

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@LydiaJane13

6 years

Keep us in your prayers if you’re religious, thoughts if you’re not. My brother is 9 hours into a 13 hour operation. I’m in bits. Thank you.

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1 year

Let’s do this ! Australia all out by lunch ? 👀😂 @HomeOfCricket #Ashes

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5 months

Drum roll ... Tada!! @jamesjhistory and I are thrilled to announce a brand new podcast dedicated solely to RAF Bomber Command, coming to your ears in the next couple of weeks. In the meantime please give us a follow / share on here and insta @RAFBomber_Pod .

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1 year

Aaahhh the mansplaining has begun. Some chap telling me I really need to read the files in the national archives on minelaying. You don’t say pal. Would they be the same ones extensively referenced throughout my thesis?

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3 years

Pippin says “hi”.

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1 year

And yet the rest of that speech, in which Churchill praises the crews of RAF Bomber Command, rarely gets mentioned. #thefew #themany #battleofbritain

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1 year

#OTD in 1940, Churchill made his speech to Parliament about the "few". #WW2 #HISTORY

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6 months

It's been a good week! Very honoured to announce that I've won the @RAFMUSEUM Academic Award for my Master's Thesis on Bomber Command's Minelaying Campaign (see press release below). I'm also thrilled to confirm that I'm now represented by @Pastpreservers

Academic Prize Winners for 2023 Announced - RAF Museum

The Royal Air Force Museum is delighted to announce the winners of its academic awards to Doctoral, Masters and Undergraduate students.

www.rafmuseum.org.uk

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Lydia Jane

@LydiaJane13

9 months

Very brave puppy. At the beach he spotted a Labrador a long way out in the sea. It was whimpering as it swam. Pip charged straight in, swam along side and tried to nudge it back towards the shore. Owner then appeared and said it makes that noise all the time. Well done Pip though

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3 years

Not every day you get your paws on a real enigma machine…can’t imagine those keys have experienced teal nail polish before either 🤣

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9 months

Sick of hearing about bloody Napoleon 🙄

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4 years

Friends, I have some sad news. Those of you who’ve read #AboveUsTheStars will be familiar with Bill Bradshaw, tailgunner of the Pennicott crew & @10Association . Bill passed away yesterday morning at the age of 98. It was such a privilege to have known him. Blue skies Bill ❤️

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@LydiaJane13

2 years

Pippin would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas. He’s looking forward to meeting Santa Claus this evening but isn’t yet sure how to respond to the inevitable question “have you been a good boy this year?” 🐶🎄😈

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2 years

For the benefit of future historians and your descendants, please print out all of your family photos and write the names and dates on the back 🙄🤣 I’ve just been given a disc of 92 photos of my ancestors going back to the 1890s. Not a single name on any of them 🙈

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1 year

IT’S ON!!

'Bigger and better': Filming begins on SAS Rogue Heroes season two

Original cast members of the hit BBC series SAS Rogue Heroes have returned as filming for the second season begins in the UK and Croatia.

www.forcesnews.com

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7 months

Everything seems rather grim so here's a picture of Pippin at 4 months old to brighten your evening. He'd brought me a tiny piece of fir tree as a gift 😊

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5 years

Amazing news... my brother is home! Huge thanks to all at Freeman Hospital Cardiology team for saving his life. Those people are just amazing human beings ❤️ #nhs

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3 years

Such an honour to be invited to the reopening ceremony at @air_museum today. Back in my happy place …plus got to have a chat with my hero, the lovely Martin Withers! Huge thanks to Ian, Barry and all the amazing staff here.

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3 years

Hell’s teeth.

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3 years

Handley Page Halifax B Mark II, 614 Sqn. RAF, showing anti-aircraft splinter holes sustained during a pathfinding operation over Europe.

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3 years

There are cakes… and there are Handley Page Halifax cakes. The greatest cake ever made. (Thanks to Kayleigh’s Kitchen Cakes for permission to share)

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2 years

I have BIG news! I’m absolutely thrilled & honoured to be working with @flyinggoosefilm on ‘Searching For Halifax NP711’, the story of Halifax wireless operator, American Bill Wagner & his RCAF crew. Please give the project a follow - your support is hugely appreciated! ❤️

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2 years

Not sure he’s got the hang of this dog bed thing… 🙄

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1 year

Guess what happened next …

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1 year

#NewProfilePic

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2 years

ALAAAAAARRRRMM!! I’m going in, people #Audible

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8 months

Just back from giving a talk in Britain's coldest village hall. Not saying it was icy but I've lost several toes.

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6 months

Wanna see some concrete? Finally got to see DORA I & II, the former German U-boat base here in Trondheim. It's MASSIVE. But in an equally gargantuan 'F*** you, Hitler', the Norwegians built a bowling alley & conference centre on top, where the county archives are also held ➡️

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1 year

Well this is rather lovely … thrilled (and extremely surprised) to be the recipient of the Nigel Moughton Memorial Award for my MA in Second World War Studies at @wlv_uni @warstudies_wlv

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2 years

FFS

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2 years

This place is UNREAL. Home for the next week 😍 #lofoten

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3 years

In case you’re in need of some cute. This was before he pulled the lamp over in the lounge and then tried to eat my friend’s Guinea pig.

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1 year

Penny Mordaunt is scarily magnificent isn’t she ?

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3 years

Today’s instalment of puppy spam…

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7 months

Masters of the Air Ep 5... The scene that really broke me was where Rosenthal starts singing/humming a tune. My great uncle (Jack Clyde) used to sing The Blaydon Races (English folk song) whenever he was frightened. His tail gunner told me that. It became 'the crew song'. #MOTA

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2 years

Absolutely INSANE Aurora action tonight… unfiltered, unedited . Wow.

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1 year

What was the life of a WW2 Bomber Command airman worth ? 12 shillings a day for roughly a 50% chance of survival … My great uncle’s RAF paybook.

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5 months

Aaaand relax... 84,539 words (92,761 with endnotes & Biblio) 6 appendices 4 maps 2 diagrams 3 graphs 50+ photos Invisible Campaign is finally finished! Publication by @tempest_books later this year 🎉🍾🎉

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4 years

**PUBLICATION DAY** Good morning everybody! To mark the publication of Above Us The Stars: 10 Sqn Bomber Command - The Wireless Operator’s Story, I’m delighted to share with you this photo of Jack Clyde & his crew , colorised by the amazing @marinamaral2

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@LydiaJane13

4 years

I know it’s only April but I miss cricket. I miss collecting my dad (with his picnic box to feed 10 people and 3 flasks of coffee. I miss the 15 minute drive to the ground and the little thrill I get when it first comes into view 1/3

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5 years

Well. I’ve been sobbing from the very beginning of #MyGrandadsWar . My grandad was at Cassino too. Horrific. Thank you for telling the story of the D-Day Dodgers @GaryLineker

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1 year

Are people still going on about the Bairstow dismissal? We lost because we weren't good enough, not because of one controversial decision #Ashes

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1 year

#NewProfilePic #NotaTankPerson #Tank #NotaTank

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9 months

Been researching how the British dealt with German aerial minelaying today. The simplicity of this lovely hand drawn little diagram pleased me greatly. Effectiveness of Anti-aircraft Fire.

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2 years

Morning from @HomeOfCricket !

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2 years

In the last 24 hours Pippin has: 1. Jumped on top of the new cold frame while chasing birds and smashed it 2. Crawled out of an open window onto the window box to see my dad 3. Head butted my chin leaving a nice bruise 4. Got mud all over the lounge and new sofas

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4 years

Durham hasn’t had so much publicity since a handful of monks turned up with a dead saint.

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2 years

Post-Covid … finally back to my old self!

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1 year

ALAAAARRRMMM!! 🚨🚨🚨DIARY DATE 8TH JUNE! I’ll be giving a Virtual Lecture for ⁦ @RAFMUSEUM ⁩ on The Forgotten Campaign – Bomber Command’s Minelaying Operations in the Second World War. You can sign up / register via the link below. Pls RT/Share

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8 years

The irony . Sunderland and its neighbours would be a wasteland if it wasn't for EU funding post coal and ship industries.

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5 years

Here we go... @HomeOfCricket

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2 years

For his many fans 😅… thanks for all the good wishes. Pippin is almost back to his old self this morning ❤️

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1 year

RAF Bombers were conducting minelaying operations 3 months BEFORE the Battle of Britain That's the end of today's Public Service Announcement. You're welcome.

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3 years

Want some cuteness? Pippin says hi. #DailyPippin

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1 year

One of my all time favourite military operations : Black Buck. Have had the pleasure of meeting Martin a couple of times and he’s just the loveliest bloke.

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1 year

Boris: I was forced* out *caught Good riddance you grifter, chancer & absolute throbber.

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3 years

Can confirm that Dr. Evil is restored to full health …

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6 years

Ok admit it ... who thought the Budd family car was going to blow up right at the very end ? #Bodyguard

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10 months

Writing about ‘the Channel Dash’ today. Scharnhorst, Gneisenau & Prinz Eugen had been holed up in Brest on the French Atlantic coast for months, where they were regularly attacked by the RAF. They couldn’t be sunk though as they were either in dry dock or shallow water ➡️

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4 years

What’s your most prized possession ? These are mine... my great uncle’s dog tags from RAF Bomber Command. These little tags went with him to hell and back ❤️

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1 year

It’s like an ordinary dall but a little ‘otter.

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5 years

I detest New Year's Eve. Can I say that?

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3 years

You may have been tucked up cosy last night, but were you ‘tucked up in a furry bed with your cuddly pheasant and hot water bottle’ cosy??

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11 months

5 years ago today I was in Norfolk, researching Roy Tann’s story for Above Us The Stars, ably assisted by my little helper, Merry. He was about 11, and still very active then. My best mate - so many adventures together ❤️ Miss him.

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6 months

Round about now 83 years ago, on a cold, clear morning high in the arctic circle, the Norwegian fishing ports of Stamsund, Henningsvaer, Svolvaer & Brettesnes were raided by British Commandos, Sappers & free Norwegian troops. The British considered the raid massive success 1/2