Monthly Archives: November 2013
Training Weekend for Re-enactors 1-2 Feb 2014
The NFS and AFS Vehicles Group are organising a training weekend next year. There are several aims behind this – we want to improve the realism and quality of the Air Raid scenarios that we have been doing in the … Continue reading
Photos from Papplewick 1940s
On a CD kindly dropped through my letter box.
A Service for Remembrance Sunday: Forgiveness and Reconciliation
Introduction and Welcome Good morning, and welcome to our service this morning. It is usual on Remembrance Sunday to have an act of remembrance for those in our armed forces who have given their lives in the line of duty, … Continue reading
Posted in History, Remembrance
Tagged Coventry, Dresden, Forgiveness, Moonlight Sonata
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William Taylor, wartime AFS and NFS Fireman in London
A few months ago, I got a lovely email out of the blue, about a wartime fireman: My Brother and I have been researching my Father’s fire service during WWII. He joined the AFS in 1939 and was Class B. … Continue reading