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12th February 1942: Victoria Cross action of Lt Cdr Eugene Esmonde. As part of Operation FULLER, the British plan to prevent German warships based in Brest from passing through the Channel, he was based at RAF Manston commanding 6 Swordfish of 825 Naval Air Squadron. 🧵1/12

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Other work of the Ladybird artists. ‘Whitefronted geese at Malltraeth beach’ Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

submitted 30 days ago • 3 comments

NEW A close look at Truss's legal threat to Starmer The former Prime Minister has sent a glorious but seemingly hopeless cease-and-desist letter By me Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/a-close-lo... Personal blog: davidallengreen.com/2025/01/a-cl...

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Was pleased to see this headline - always good to hear of Russian missiles being shot down - but I also spared a thought for Squadron Leader Joseph Berry, a British fighter pilot who downed almost 60 V-1 flying bombs in July-August 1944, including 7 in one night.

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This year will be the 200th anniversary of the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway The world's first public railway to use steam locomotives 🚂🚋🚋🚋🚋

submitted 54 days ago • 2 comments

Christmas games night usually involves a game of Risk. This year's was brutal as usual.

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“Holy infant so tender and mild” will never not be funny, don’t write lyrics when you’re hungry.

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I was at my butchers this morning, it was busy and queuing out the door. It's run by 2 guys, principal butcher has one hand and his dad is 81 and deaf as a post. One customer left the queue, went into the back of the shop and made them mugs of tea. That my friend, is a community. #LangStreets

submitted 62 days ago • 1 comment

I heard a bird sing In the dark of December. A magical thing And sweet to remember. "We are nearer to Spring Than we were in September,” I heard a bird sing In the dark of December. Oliver Herford

submitted 63 days ago • 68 comments