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The Belfast Blitz – Continued
I told of the Percy Street school taking a direct hit, the school was just two street behind our house on Northumberland St. My father decided we should stay in the house and take cover as best we could. This … Continue reading
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Tagged Belfast, Blitz, Bombs, bricks, clock, damage, glass, no gas, no water., smoke, time bombs
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The Belfast Blitz 1941
Bombs Over Belfast= Easter Tuesday April 14/15th 1941. No other city in the United kingdom, save London, had lost so many of her citizens in one night’s raid. No other city, except possibly Liverpool, ever did. That afternoon it’s unlikely … Continue reading
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Tagged Belfast, Bombs, Germany, nazis, Northern Ireland
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Into the Storm
Sunday evening I watched the movie ”Into the Storm” it tells the story of Winston Churchill becoming Prime Minister of Britain in 1941. Besides being a very accurate account of the history of the war years, it was also a … Continue reading
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Tagged air raid shelters, Blitz, Bombs, Churchill, gas masks, Hitler, rations, songs, V1 bombs, V2 bombs, war
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The Belfast Blitz — My final Theme of Remembrance Nov 10th
The top left photo is my family in 1960. Back row L to R Me Jim Pop, Tommy. Front row L to R Lily, Anna ,May. Today Anna and I are the only two left. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Belfast Blitz, Bombs, coffins, fires, food, gas, Lily, no public transit, pop, roads blocked, Tommy, water
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Battle of Britain 75 Years ago.
A flypast involving Spitfires and Hurricanes has taken place to mark 75 years since the decisive encounter of the Battle of Britain. A service was also held in London’s St Paul’s Cathedral to commemorate the anniversary. In the fight the … Continue reading
To Remember Back When.
It is sometimes difficult to sit here at the computer and just begin writing another blog. Sometimes I find myself drawing a blank, especially when things are quiet on the political front, and they do indeed seem to be at … Continue reading
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Tagged Belfast, blogging, Bombs, election, guest speaker, history, Legion, Lily & Me, PC Party, politics, remembering, speaker, war, writing
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Ghost of Christmas Past
My Goodness viewing this video brought back so many memories of the wartime Christmas. I had the same toys, the tin helmet, a wooden model spitfire,a tank and a tommy gun. I remember sheltering in the tube stations all night. … Continue reading
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Tagged air raids, Blitz, Bombs, defiant Britian, Germans, shelters, spitfire, standing alone, tin helmets, tommy guns, tube stations, war
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Preface to Lily & Me. In Remembrance.
As I prepare to launch my latest book “Chapter XXI. Armageddon” I thought a re-post of the preface from my first book might be of interest to some of my readers. As we are once again nearing Remembrance Day, and … Continue reading
The Last Post-True or Myth???
If any of you have ever been to a military funeral in which The Last Post was played; This brings out a new meaning of it. We have all heard the haunting song, ‘The Last Post.’ It’s the song that … Continue reading
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Tagged Bombs, bullets, children, death, destruction, gas, killing, military, pain, war, young men, young women
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