WW2: Belgium's Comète escape line (Part 2)
Watch this and then Part 3 of the story to find out what happened to the WW2 'evaders' Bob Frost and Stan Hope. They were both RAF crew members who had been forced to bale out respective their stricken aircraft over Belgium in September and December 1942. They also talk about the brave young Belgian woman, Andrée de Jongh, known as Dédée, who with her father founded the Comète escape line. For more information on this go to: www.escapelines.com AND www.belgiumww2.info
WW2: Belgium's Comète escape line (Part 1)
During WW2 Stan Hope and Bob Frost were RAF crew members - Stan was navigator and reconnaissance camera operator in a Mosquito, and Bob was an air-gunner in a Wellington bomber. In 1942, on separate missions three months apart, each had to bale out over occupied Belgium; and with the help of the secret escape line known as Comète were able to avoid capture by the occupying German forces. The courageous members of this part of the resistance helped Allied servicemen get out of Belgium, and enabled Bob and Stan to each make their separate and risky journeys through Belgium into occupied France to reach the Pyrenees. Only one of them made it into neutral Spain and then freedom, and the other was betrayed and captured; but you'll have to watch the next parts of the story to find out what happened to each of them. For more information about the Comète escape line go to: www.escapelines.com AND www.belgiumww2.info
Joseph Fletcher Richardson
The Richardson Family in India from the 19th century. Harold Egbert Fletcher Richardson born 19 August 1862, Peshawar,Bengal, India, Christening, 13 October 1862, India.Father Joseph Fletcher Richardson and Mary Hannah. Lucy Elfrida Richardson, born 18 July 1864, Murree,Bengal, India, Christening 24 September 1864, Murree,Bengal, India. Father Joseph Fletcher Richardson and Mary Hannah. Susanna pagester Mary Richardson, born 25 April 1846,India, christening ,22 May 1846,Benares,Bengal, India. Father Joseph Fletcher Richardson and Mary Hannah. George Lloyd Reily Richardson, born 20 September 1847, Christening, 10 November 1847, Ferozepore,Bengal, India. Father Joseph Fletcher richardson and Mary Hannah. If you have any more information on his family let me know at gtsaviel@gmail.com. Yoursfaithfully, George T Saviel 27 August 2010
LIVING IN GERMANY AFTER THE WAR
After the defeat of Germany, Raymond was still living with his evacuation family in Liepzig. Raymong heard and retells an interesting anecdote about Hitler. The family was so hungry that they tried to make something edible out of the potato skins. However Raymond's ingenuity and hard work enabled him to find ways to eat well......
Operation Mincemeat (aka The Man Who Never Was)
Operation Mincemeat was a top secret WW2 deception operation designed to fool the Germans as to where an Allied invasion in the Mediterranean would take place. Patricia Davies worked as a secretary in the department of Britain's Naval Intelligence which, working with MI5, hatched this outrageously ambitious and complex deception which proved successful. She provides some brief but fascinating anecdotes about the people responsible for the plan. This involved dropping a body with fake military ID into the sea off Spain, to be washed up and found by a known German agent who could then acquire the false invasion plans carried by this 'British officer' who in fact did not exist. This story was depicted in the classic 1956 film "The Man Who Never Was" based on the book of the same name written by Patricia's wartime boss Ewan Montagu; and it has been told far more comprehensively in the very recent book "Operation Mincemeat" by Ben Macintyre.
Schooldays in Kingston, Jamaica
Dorothy Della Pena was born in Kingston Jamaica, and here talks about going to school, and the consequences of being late...
A Story with a Plymouth Argyle Youth Team Football Player
Amelia Russell and James Weir interview Ben Clarvis about his life as a player on the youth team. We hear about how he got started, and what his training involves.
PLYMOUTH ARGYLE - THE MATCH OR THE MARRIAGE
It's said that Hugh's first ever spoken word was "Argyle" but when it came to getting married, he had to fix the date before the club fixture list was published. The day turned out to coincide with a home game, so Hugh was in a dilemma. Fortunately the bride was also a fan, so they got the ceremony over in time for some of the guests to get to the match. But Hugh isn't telling whether he was able to join them!
PLYMOUTH ARGYLE - STORIES FROM A TRUE FAN
Dave Boobler saw his first Argyle match in 1945 and is a truly diehard Plymouth Argyle supporter. Here he tells some stories about more than half a century of supporting "The Pilgrims". For example, Dave remembers improving his view of the match by standing on the edge of a bomb crater on the terraces. He told his stories to Lucy Unwin, Ryan Heath, Joseph Dash and Sam Beneteau. 8 year old Lucy asked the questions and the boys directed and operated the camera.
Speed painting a dark abstract
" DANSE " - oils & gloss on canvas , 140cm x 140cm This artwork is available at my website http://www.stevenmontgomery.co.uk/