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Stained Glass at Harbridge
Footage of a stained glass window in Harbridge Church, Hampshire.
Lena Martin, Burley and her shop, the Coven of Witches
Lena died in April 2010 aged 102. 101 when she gave this interview, Lena talks about her life in the little New Forest village of Burley, her relatives, looks back on gentle, happy days and tells us of her few regrets.
Lena Martin, School days
Lena died in April 2010 aged 102. 101 when she gave this interview, Lena discusses schooldays at the beginning of the 20th century and how, to this day, she remains proud of her rebellious and sometime subversive attitude towards her educators.
Edith Louisa Taylor - nee Evemy
Lena died in April 2010 aged 102. 101 years old when she gave this interview, Lena talks about her mother and her mother's early life in Shaftesbury where she was born. She also recounts the family's move to Burley in the New Forest where they took the Queen's Head Hotel and Inn. Edith was married from there to the local butcher, one Arthur Taylor, Lena's father.
Lena Martin, Marriage and Motherhood
Lena Martin died in April 2010 aged 102. 101 when she gave this interview, Lena recounts how she married a soldier and received the unwelcome news that he was "missing in action" during World War II. Lena also talks about Gillian and Diana, her two daughters.
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BOMB EXPLODES ON HMS ANTELOPE Part 2 Falklands War
On May 23rd 1982 Warrant Officer John Phillips and his colleague Staff Sergeant James Prescott were called to HMS Antelope to defuse two 1,100 pound (500 kg) bombs...when one exploded.... In his e
FIRST WORLD WAR MEMORY Seeing a Zeppelin
William Walker was born in 1913 and later went on to serve in the RAF during World War Two. Here he recalls his earliest memory of seeing a German Zeppelin during the First World War.
CRASH LANDING AT GATWICK AIRPORT during World War Two
Wing Commander Bob Foster was born in 1920. He decided to join the Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve in January 1939. He flew a Hurricane fighter in the Battle of Britain but had an unlikely landi
An eye witness of a communist execution
With Germany out of their way, Tito's communist party came back to power. Rrahim Rexhepi, a World War Two survivor, explains how the Yugoslavian communists executed people that simply refused to obey
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THE IMPRISONMENT OF RUDOLF HESS
In 1983, James was a Major in Berlin and among his responsibilities was taking care of Hitler's former deputy, Rudolf Hess. He met Hess frequently, and tells of the extraordinary relationship between
ATOMIC BOMBING OF NAGASAKI Part 2
John Baxter was captured by the Japanese in 1942 and held first on Java. He was then transported to a camp on mainland Japan near Kyushu a coal mining area. Here he talks about being in Nagasaki in 19
BOMB EXPLODES ON HMS ANTELOPE Part 2 Falklands War
On May 23rd 1982 Warrant Officer John Phillips and his colleague Staff Sergeant James Prescott were called to HMS Antelope to defuse two 1,100 pound (500 kg) bombs...when one exploded.... In his e
HMS COVENTRY ATTACKED Part 2 Falklands War
On 25th May 1982, one of Argentina's National days, HMS Coventry, accompanied by HMS Broadsword was ordered to take up position in Falkland Sound to act as a decoy to draw away Argentinian aircraft fr
HURRICANES AND SPITFIRES
William Walker was born in 1913 and later went on to serve in the RAF during World War Two. He flew Spitfire's during the Warm notably in the Battle of Britain.
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