pferguson | April 7, 2020
World Health Day The sound of birds twittering greets my morning as I open the sliding door to take in this day’s good air. It is cool but the warmth of the sun will soon lift our spirits by late afternoon. Throughout the day’s hours the birds continue with their dance fluttering tree to tree […]
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Tags: Bitterne, Blitz, Borough Medical Services, British Red Cross Society, Colgate, Dorothy May White, Florence Nightingale, George Medal, High Explosive Bombs, Horsham, Mary Sible Joyce Newman, Nurse, Scutari, Southampton, V.A.D., Voluntary Aid Detachment, World Health Day, World Health Organization, Worthing
pferguson | November 8, 2018
Lest We Forget The day begins with a walk to the National Army Museum [NAM]. Along the way a Poppy Appeal bus attracts my attention. Quickly the camera is out, but the bus changes course…we continue along our urban streetscape, pass by wreaths adorning shops, Chelsea Barracks and a remembrance display at the Royal Hospital Chelsea. […]
Category: Our Thoughts, Remember Them Well |
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Tags: Blitz, Buses, Clarke’s, Imperial War Museum, Inspector Blake, London Transport, National Army Museum, On the Buses, Poppy Appeal, Stan Butler, Tate Britain, Television History
pferguson | September 3, 2018
Friends are good on the day of battle Located near to Y Ravine, within the present day Newfoundland Park, the 51st Division Memorial commemorates their success during the Battle of the Ancre 13 November 1916. The memorial project was aided by the good work of Lieutenant Colonel Nangle, the former Roman Catholic padre of the […]
Category: Art, Pipers of War |
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Tags: 11 November 1918, 13 November 1916, 21 March 1918, 28 September 1924, 2nd Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 51st (Highland) Division Memorial, 51st Highland Division, Armistice, Battle of the Ancre, Beaumont-Hamel, Blitz, Bob Rowan, Charles Ross Paulin, Ferdinand Jean Marie Foch, Friends are good on the day of battle, Gaelic, George Henry Paulin, Glasgow Highlanders (1/9 Highland Light Infantry), LA A' BHLAIR S MATH NA CAIRDEAN, March Offensive, Memorialization, Memorials, Newfoundland Park, P. Sinclair, pipers, Somme, Thomas Matthew Mary Nangle, Treaty of Versailles, Y Ravine
pferguson | September 4, 2017
Prowler and Prey The Luftwaffe crossed the English Channel and followed the Thames towards their targets over London. It was Saturday, 7 September 1940 at 4:43 pm. No longer focused on British airfields the Luftwaffe turned their attention upon the Docklands – Silvertown with its associated factories, worker’s homes and warehouses. The afternoon light was […]
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Tags: 7 September 1940, Black Saturday, Blitz, Danger UXB, Docklands, Flanagan and Allen, Goodbye Blue Sky, Hope and Glory, London Blitz, Luftwaffe, Pink Floyd, Run Rabbit Run
pferguson | July 27, 2013
What Black and White Film Can Do! Dad’s Army the well-known British Home Guard sitcom played from 1968 – 1977 with the first two series, of nine, being filmed in black and white. Recently I sat down and watched Series 1 Episode 1, The Man and the Hour, and chuckled my way through the dialogue. I […]
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Tags: Arnold Ridley, Arthur Lowe, Blitz, Clive Dunn, Dad's Army, Film History, Great War, Hancocks, Home Guard, Ian Lavender, Imperial War Museum, James Beck, John Laurie, John Le Mesurier, LDV, Local Defence Volunteers, Look Duck and Vanish, Second World War, The Man and the Hour, Victoria Cross
