A Huthwaite woman torpedoed..Derbyshire Times Sept 15 1939
Collecting stories about the lives of Blackwell Parish villagers at home and away on service during World War II, so preserving the local history of those times.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Bombs on Blackwell ..Joseph Burton
We are grateful to Gary Herbert for sharing this picture relating to his Grandfather Joseph Burton, and to Gary and to all those who commen...
-
On the anniversary of VJ Day, it is fitting to remember 2 young men from Newton, both killed within 2 months of each other in the Far East...
-
Just catching up here on transcribing the Minutes of the Committee. We start to see more names not only of committee members but also of the...
-
Today 90 years ago, Graham Peake was born in Mount Pleasant, Newton. A few weels ago Graham shared his memories of growing up during WW2 i...
No comments:
Post a Comment
Please comment if you have information to add to the history of Blackwell residents during these years.