British cartoonist David Low shows Mussolini's invasion of Greece faced with resistance: "Help! Here's one showing fight!" https://t.co/PQCYUKesAu
The Jewish ghetto in Warsaw has now been sealed off from the outside world, by orders of German occupiers. ~400,000 people trapped inside its walls. https://t.co/2Q7Zyaryqs
Nazi cartoon claims to show Winston Churchill's "madman's philosophy": "Our Empire is so large that it hardly matters if a small island burns down." https://t.co/5m3O6jnsUG
Martial law has been declared in Coventry, to help evacuate homeless citizens & speed rescues from the wreckage of overnight bombing. https://t.co/NH4qSwlfn0
Coventry's factories, warehouses, & dairies are still burning. Local man Harry Ward: "I had to run for my life from a knee-high river of boiling butter." https://t.co/AcV3bFcLbg
Nazi propagandist Goebbels exults over Luftwaffe raid, announces that new word "Coventriert" will now be used to describe cities "totally destroyed from the air". https://t.co/5YrSikcPiV
People of Coventry are emerging from air-raid shelters after a night of devastating German bombing. 60,000 of city's 75,000 buildings ruined. 500+ people are dead. https://t.co/QMosXZ7Bed
Bombs still falling. 6000ft above Coventry, Luftwaffe pilot Werner Handorf is amazed by "the prickling of my nostrils- I can smell the city burning." https://t.co/sEdE69t5BP
Coventry Cathedral has collapsed. Fireman Albert Fearn: "This is the end. We'll be dead lucky if we see the sun again." https://t.co/Le9yuPccge
Links
Asbestos Audit Ltd
The Tyne & Wear Heritage Forum
North-East Diary
1939-1945
Subterranea Brittannica Website
Heather Marie – 1940’s Wartime tribute act & 1950’s singer
1940’s Wartime Tribute act and 1950’s Singer Heather Marie is a young, talented, self contained professional vocalist bringing the music of the 40’s and 50’s to life. Heather Marie has wowed audiences throughout the UK with her powerful vocals, bubbly personality, old style glamour and unique stage presence – most recently performing with prestigious dance band The Royal Air Force Squadronaires in aid of Help for Heroes
Influenced by Connie Francis, Dame Vera Lynn, Doris Day, Rosemary Clooney, The Andrew Sisters and other glamorous artistes from the 40’s and 50’s, Heather Marie is a talent not to be missed. Her effortless style oozes 40’s and 50’s glamour and chic, ranging from 40’s elegance and sophistication to fun 50s swing and rock n roll !
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- Took some more photos of the elusive name in the floor - the one that's almost but not quite legible. Used a torch… https://t.co/ftHWc2K7lE
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- Further to yesterday's list of name/rank/serial numbers, a closer look revealed some more letters under the date. I… https://t.co/FoZqbKj2mB
- So today we decided to move a huge pile of donated carpet tiles as the room they were in was not very weather tight… https://t.co/zAsT2jSdGz
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