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Trophies of War Presented to Skegness Council
Update 27th May 2009 – After appealing for information about the German Gun below, it has been brought to our attention that the gun was actually sold to local scrap dealer, Sid Dennis, in the early 1930s. We are making further enquiries about this and will update the page as soon as we hear more.
Trophies [...]
Buy British Publicity Campaign
THE ” BUY BRITISH ” VAN ARRIVES TODAY
Parade for Promotion of Patriotic Purchase (1935)
A strong plea for the increased use of Home and Empire products will be made in Skegness to-day (Wednesday), when the “Buy British” electric slogan display van, which is now on its second tour of Great Britain, will visit the resort and [...]
WW1 WW2 British Military Photos
I was bequeathed these British Military photographs by my Great Aunt (Ada Webster nee Whitaker), but unfortunately there isn’t much information about them. If you can volunteer any details, dates, places etc, especially about the Viceroy of India or the VIP inspecting the troops (possibly the Queen Mother), I would be eternally grateful.
The list below [...]
