WINSTON Churchill, who had been Prime Minister for less than a month, called it a “miracle of deliverance”.
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‘A miracle of deliverance’: the Dunkirk evacuation, 75 years on
May 27, 2015 at 3:20 am (Genealogy)
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Looking Back: Stories from the asylum
May 26, 2015 at 7:43 am (Genealogy)
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IN honour of the recent Mental Health Awareness Week we were taking a look back at the archive of the Dorset County Lunatic Asylum, which was once at Charlton Down near Dorchester.
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Looking Back: Can you name glamorous Weymouth trio from 1958?
May 26, 2015 at 7:43 am (Genealogy)
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CAN anyone name these glamorous women from the annual Miss Weymouth competition?
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Looking Back: The horror of Chapelhay bombing remembered
May 26, 2015 at 7:43 am (Genealogy)
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WE’VE had an overwhelming response after our request for memories of the bombing of Chapelhay in Weymouth during the Second World War.
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Up, up and away on nostalgic trip of a lifetime
May 26, 2015 at 7:43 am (Genealogy)
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A FATHER and son had the experience of a lifetime when they took a flight in a Spitfire.
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GIs honoured 71 years after leaving Bridport for D-Day
May 22, 2015 at 2:06 pm (History, Location)
A GROUP of living historians were in Bridport at the weekend marking the 71st anniversary of the American troops leaving for the beaches of Normandy on D-Day.
GIs honoured 71 years after leaving Bridport for D-Day
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GALLERY: A look back at Boscombe in the 1960s and 70’s
May 20, 2015 at 12:41 am (Genealogy)
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How many of these Boscombe scenes do you remember?
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Search continues for grave of Australian woman’s dad
May 19, 2015 at 3:23 am (Genealogy)
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RECENTLY we asked Looking Back readers to help supply an Australian woman with some information on her father’s final resting place.
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Auschwitz anniversary inspires a Looking Back reader to get in touch
May 19, 2015 at 3:23 am (Genealogy)
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‘IT’S important people learn about it’ – An article about a visit to Auschwitz has inspired one reader to get in touch.
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Guarding the home front: can you name these men?
May 19, 2015 at 3:23 am (Genealogy)
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THANKS to Looking Back reader Wendy Bere who has shared this photo of the Toller and Kingcombe Home Guard 1939 to 1944.
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