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Saluting the lesser-celebrated Command that ‘kept the war machine running and food on the table’
15+ hour, 47+ min ago (1111+ words) Home Lincoln Article The sacrifice made by thousands of men and women who served within the ‘Cinderella service’ of the Second World War will be honoured later today (Tuesday, September 1). Coastal Command ensured that vital food and munitions supplies made…...
Air base’s colourful wartime story to be retold at summer event
3+ week, 6+ day ago (252+ words) The story of a rural air base’s important role in the war effort will be brought to life this weekend. King’s Cliffe Airfield Museum hosts its annual Summer Open Day on Sunday (August 9) from 10am to 4pm, celebrating one of Northamptonshire’s most…...
Historic aircraft and garden inspiration set for castle show
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (250+ words) Historic aircraft, celebrity gardeners and family activities will feature when a popular flower show returns this weekend. Belvoir Castle’s Flower and Garden Show will take place on Saturday and Sunday (July 11 and July 12), with organisers promising a bigger event for…...
Soldiers From The Sky project shares Richard Todd’s story
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (388+ words) A wartime hero who later became a Hollywood star has been remembered through a heritage project telling the stories of Allied Airborne forces linked to South Kesteven. Richard Todd, who is buried at Little Ponton, near Grantham, fought in the…...
‘It says Hitler was responsible for the deaths of 100 men. Little did they know what was to come’
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (431+ words) Builders working on a property renovation have uncovered a newspaper published three weeks after Adolf Hitler rose to power. The crumpled papers were found at a house in central Stamford while workers were removing the architrave from around a doorway....
How your neighbourhood looked in the past
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (1845+ words) Take a look through news and pictures from the past, including sharing baths in a water shortage, and the morality of mixed public baths. Our Rutland & Stamford Mercury Memories is produced thanks to the support of the Stamford Mercury Archive…...