Month: December 2022

So This Is Christmas

This is the third year I am posting this Christmas Blog, which celebrates the moment in 1914 when the soldiers came out of their trenches to share drinks and sing carols together. It would be nice to imagine that the good side of human nature prevailed and peace was...

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Avro Lancaster

Now we come to one of the most important aircraft that fought in World War II, the Avro Lancaster heavy bomber. When I was 5 or 6 years old we went to visit my grandparents who lived in Kirton-in-Linsey in Lincolnshire. The last part of our long journey took us along...

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