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Category Archives: R.I.P.
RIP Prince Philip
Very sad news that His Royal Highness Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh has died today, a Royal with a true sense of duty in his support of our Queen. He may have been a little outspoken at times but … Continue reading
Derek J. K. Sims, RIP
We had a somewhat erratic early childhood both of us being witness to domestic violence. Many years later I asked him how much he remembered of that and he said ‘quite a lot’ but we never otherwise discussed it. Perhaps … Continue reading
Posted in Lowestoft & District, Personal rant, R.I.P.
Tagged Family history
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Lowestoft WW2 Cuckoo postscript
With the 75th anniversary of the raid on 1st February 1942 fast approaching it is perhaps time for a brief postcript to the piece I wrote on Lowestoft’s ‘cuckoo’ air raid warning. Please read that first if you have not … Continue reading
Posted in East Anglia, Genealogy, Lowestoft & District, Military History, R.I.P., World War 2
Tagged air raid, cuckoo, Hilltop, Lowestoft, Siren, Victoria Road, War, WW2
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Lowestoft’s life-saving ‘Cuckoo’ alarm in WW2
The 1st February 2017 will be the 75th anniversary of a tragic incident which took place in Victoria Road, Lowestoft in 1942 during WW2, when a mother and her two children were killed by a German bomb. Their deaths, however, … Continue reading
Posted in East Anglia, Genealogy, Lowestoft & District, Military History, Navy, R.I.P., Royal Naval Patrol Service, World War 2
Tagged air raid, alarm, alert, cuckoo, destructor, immediate danger, labour unrest, Lowestoft, shelter, shipyards, WW2
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Fr. Anthony E. Sketch
On 10th October we said goodbye to Fr. Tony Sketch who had been our parish priest for nearly twenty years and who had, in his own words and after a long illness, ‘gone home to God’. The formal occasion of … Continue reading
Posted in Lowestoft & District, R.I.P.
Tagged Church, Death of friends, Fr. Tony Sketch, Lowestoft, Our Lady Star of the Sea
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Graeme Roberts (only a death seems to prompt a post)
It’s a sad fact of life that you older you get, the less time you seem to have to cover all the tasks you set yourself. As a result this blog has been sadly neglected. This year I have allowed … Continue reading
Posted in Bookselling, R.I.P.
Tagged Bookselling, Death of friends, Graeme Roberts, Magpie Books
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Lord Kitchener
It was with great sadness that I learned just before Christmas of the death of Henry, 3rd Earl Kitchener on 16th December 2011. As previously mentioned I have an interest as one of the trustees of the Lord Kitchener Memorial … Continue reading