Comments on: D-Day Dorset: Bridport to honour US fighters http://realwestdorset.co.uk/wordpress/index.php/2010/05/01/d-day-dorset-world-war-two-living-history-association-bridport-hyde-walditch-us-1st-division/ News & Views from Bridport, Beaminster, Lyme Regis & Dorchester Mon, 13 Sep 2010 20:39:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Claire http://realwestdorset.co.uk/wordpress/index.php/2010/05/01/d-day-dorset-world-war-two-living-history-association-bridport-hyde-walditch-us-1st-division/comment-page-1/#comment-1181 Claire Thu, 06 May 2010 11:12:57 +0000 http://realwestdorset.co.uk/wordpress/?p=2954#comment-1181 <strong>Gravy-browned legs!</strong> Please don't forget that it will also be the 2nd 'Maiden Newton At War' weekend in June this year - possibly the largest gathering of WWII tanks since WWII itself www.maidennewtonatwar.co.uk The first event in 2008 was a huge success with visitors from all over coming to see the re-enactments, displays and war-time entertainments. I've never seen so many gravy-browned legs in my life!! Gravy-browned legs!

Please don’t forget that it will also be the 2nd ‘Maiden Newton At War’ weekend in June this year – possibly the largest gathering of WWII tanks since WWII itself http://www.maidennewtonatwar.co.uk

The first event in 2008 was a huge success with visitors from all over coming to see the re-enactments, displays and war-time entertainments. I’ve never seen so many gravy-browned legs in my life!!

]]> By: Banjo http://realwestdorset.co.uk/wordpress/index.php/2010/05/01/d-day-dorset-world-war-two-living-history-association-bridport-hyde-walditch-us-1st-division/comment-page-1/#comment-1164 Banjo Tue, 04 May 2010 19:25:37 +0000 http://realwestdorset.co.uk/wordpress/?p=2954#comment-1164 <strong>Alas not honourably</strong> Just reading Andrew Marr's excellent <em>The Making of Modern Britain</em> and Bridport gets a mention on page 373. Alas not honourably but catching the post-Dunkirk mood among officers. Well worth a read. Alas not honourably

Just reading Andrew Marr’s excellent The Making of Modern Britain and Bridport gets a mention on page 373. Alas not honourably but catching the post-Dunkirk mood among officers. Well worth a read.

]]> By: The Red Bladder http://realwestdorset.co.uk/wordpress/index.php/2010/05/01/d-day-dorset-world-war-two-living-history-association-bridport-hyde-walditch-us-1st-division/comment-page-1/#comment-1148 The Red Bladder Mon, 03 May 2010 09:58:22 +0000 http://realwestdorset.co.uk/wordpress/?p=2954#comment-1148 <strong>They shall not grow old</strong> I found your film to be touching and poignant and couldn't help wondering just how many of those boys ever got to see their homes and loved ones again. It is looking at images like these that brings those moving words "they shall not grow old as we that are left grow old" right home. They shall not grow old

I found your film to be touching and poignant and couldn’t help wondering just how many of those boys ever got to see their homes and loved ones again. It is looking at images like these that brings those moving words “they shall not grow old as we that are left grow old” right home.

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