Tag Archives: world war 2

Part 1: Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me

Posted on September 13, 2015 by bookvolunteer

My next posts will be published one a day during this week so that I can share with you our research into a puzzling list of names on a gravestone in Nevern. I’ll be writing of the lives of the ladies that are listed and the circumstances … Continue reading →

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How Dinas out-shone London

Posted on January 13, 2015 by bookvolunteer

These were the railings of my childhood. Growing up in postwar London, all we had were stumps where iron railings had been removed to aid the war effort. Thousands of tons of decorative iron work, as well as aluminium and … Continue reading →

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Our blue-eyed boy (and another mystery solved)

Posted on January 9, 2015 by bookvolunteer

It would be churlish to ignore totally the little man on the left. He was the Secretary of State for Air, Howard Kingsley Wood, and his visit to RAF Kidbrooke in 1939 occasioned the arrival of the photographer and hence … Continue reading →

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