IAN123. 9,325 Posted April 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2018 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gem 1,430 Posted April 25, 2018 Report Share Posted April 25, 2018 On 04/04/2018 at 10:55 PM, Brew said: Me mam was in the land army but from what she told me farmers didn't treat them very well. At one point they threatened to walk off the farm, she didn't say why. Both Mum and Aunty worked at the local power station during the war, somewhere there is a photograph of them in overalls and hair tied up turban style. On their way to work they had to pass through a tunnel called "dead man's arch" they would stand at one end and shout, if no one answered they would run like hell. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IAN123. 9,325 Posted April 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2018 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IAN123. 9,325 Posted May 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2018 Found this clipping on the Marshall family. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IAN123. 9,325 Posted June 13, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2018 Making the most of the land during war...Highfields? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted June 13, 2018 Report Share Posted June 13, 2018 My aunty worked in a munitions factory during the war. She had been working the late shift and was walking home in total darkness. She had on a fur coat. A man walking in the opposite direction walked straight into her. He screamed and she said, watch where you are walking. He said you frightened me to death, I thought you were a bear. She said What? In bleddy Basford? I still smile about that. 3 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted July 9, 2018 Report Share Posted July 9, 2018 The army needed them too. According to David Rinder during the battle for Normandy the battle group he was with needed over a 1000 replacements to keep 180 tanks in the front line. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IAN123. 9,325 Posted August 7, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 NottmRd/ Hadyn Rd area.Bairnswear donate a Tea canteen van to YMCA to help with the war effort...1940s. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted August 7, 2018 Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 I got the facts wrong. During the battle for Normandy David Rinder was actually with a brigade of 3 tank regiments each regiment fielding 50 tanks and they needed 1073 replacement tanks just to keep 150 in the front line, Rinder himself had 3 shot out from under him. Not that he took the record Major Stanley Christopherson colonel to be came out of 5 in one day in the desert campaign. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted August 10, 2018 Report Share Posted August 10, 2018 Had a shock today. I was sat talking to my 15 year old granddaughter and she asked me about the book I was reading, I explained it was about the battle for Normandy in WW11 starting at D-Day. "D-Day" she asked, "yes" I said "The great invasion the led to the defeat of Germany in WW11, don't you do history?" "Oh yes" she says "We have just done WW11 from the .........................German perspective" You can imagine the discussion we had over the next hour, talk about twisting history. Pass me the gun.................... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,597 Posted March 2, 2019 Report Share Posted March 2, 2019 That last picture reminded me of this one I took a couple of years ago at East Kirkby Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,293 Posted March 3, 2019 Report Share Posted March 3, 2019 4 minutes ago, IAN123. said: Repairs to mains after bombing on Ennerdale Rd.Daybrook. Would they have been trying to target something in Daybrook, if so what? A hit on the Home brewery site would have damaged morale but were they just badly aimed or jettisoned bombs 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IAN123. 9,325 Posted March 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2019 I wonder Oz...some Home Ales drinkers would have liked Shippo's to get a hit?? Sadly jettisoned bombs is what killed Glenn Miller. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,597 Posted March 3, 2019 Report Share Posted March 3, 2019 I thought Glenn Miller and his aircraft was lost in bad weather over the English channel on his way to entertain the US soldiers in France, was/is it true he was on Hitlers kidnap list? Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,417 Posted March 3, 2019 Report Share Posted March 3, 2019 Just Google it. The bombing and kidnapping are just urban myths from what I've read,, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IAN123. 9,325 Posted March 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2019 From what i have read Rog..a higher plane dumped unused bombs over the channel..sadly Glenns plane was lower and got walloped..and perished. Divers visited it 2 years ago and discovered the sad truth. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,417 Posted March 3, 2019 Report Share Posted March 3, 2019 Another theory -- one that’s more widely accepted -- is that the plane Miller was flying in was destroyed by friendly fire. That theory was first proposed in the 1980s as intriguing evidence about the Norseman plane came to light. It was discovered that 138 planes returning from an aborted Allies bombing raid disposed of their bombs over the English Channel, and the theory is that one hit Miller's plane, causing it to crash. Citing U.S. Army Air Force records, Spragg says the timing of when the planes were over the channel rules out that theory. > > > >Miller never arrived at his destination and traces of the Norseman and its passengers were never found. Dennis Spragg, a senior consultant to the Glenn Miller Archive at the University of Colorado Boulder. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IAN123. 9,325 Posted March 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2019 The film footage i have seen is pretty convincing... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,597 Posted March 3, 2019 Report Share Posted March 3, 2019 Interesting theories,does the official US records tie in with the British ones,theres a lot of conspiricy stuff about or is that people just out to make money out of non proven events Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
albert smith 803 Posted March 15, 2019 Report Share Posted March 15, 2019 Re. Hutton St. picture, I was late for school (Sneinton Blvd.) watching a body being carried from the debris! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted September 3, 2019 Report Share Posted September 3, 2019 I am surprised nobody has mentioned that it is 80 years today since the outbreak of WW2. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,306 Posted September 3, 2019 Report Share Posted September 3, 2019 Indeed, Katyjay. Short memories, some people. Think we ought to bring back rationing. Too many overweight people around, 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,160 Posted September 3, 2019 Report Share Posted September 3, 2019 No fat people about when i was at School,,,and i just remember Rationing,,,made a Ration book holder in Sewing class,,,actually enjoyed Sewing as opposed to all that banging about in Woodwork and Metalwork classes,,, War was still on when i was born,,,Hitler shot himself 6 weeks after my birth......don't know who told him......... 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,417 Posted September 3, 2019 Report Share Posted September 3, 2019 He knew it was all over when they told him Ben. He realised he could never compete. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,507 Posted September 3, 2019 Report Share Posted September 3, 2019 4 hours ago, katyjay said: I am surprised nobody has mentioned that it is 80 years today since the outbreak of WW2. And 70 years since the day I came into this crazy World. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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