Remembrance memories

Shoppers join old soldiers to pay respects at shopping centre

Thursday, November 12, 2009

MORE than 200 shoppers gathered in the Potteries Centre yesterday for a remembrance event.

Crowds joined veterans and members of the Potteries and District branch of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Association for a two-minute silence.

The hymn...

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Generations unite in tribute to those who gave lives

DAY OF REMEMBRANCE: Residents pay their respects to the fallen at St Giles the Abbott Church, Cheadle. Picture: Malcolm Hart

Thursday, November 12, 2009

SCHOOLCHILDREN from Madeley High School were among those who paid their respects to Britain's war dead on Armistice Day. Pupils were joined by...

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Songs say thank you to soldiers (VIDEO)

Monday, November 09, 2009

SINGERS and musicians showed their talents to pay tribute to the armed forces in their own special way. Almost 1,000 people flocked to the Victoria...

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Roses bloom at pub reunion

Monday, November 09, 2009

MIRIAM Lye was just 18 years old when she started at ROF Swynnerton and soon she had worked her way up to fitting detonators inside shells. "If one...

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Remembrance Sunday: Touching service in honour of fallen (PICTURES)

PROUD: Pictured from left are Second World War veterans Les Harrison, Eric Edwards and Hartley Blairs. Pictures: Steve Bould

Monday, November 09, 2009

HUNDREDS of people turned out yesterday to pay their respects at the war memorial in Newcastle town centre. And the number of poppy-clad young people,...

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Remembrance Sunday: 'They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old'

WE WILL REMEMBER: Pictured above left, Staffordshire Regiment Association member Ray Kimberley with a poppy wreath at Burslem's Remembrance Day parade. Right, paying respects to the war dead in Burslem. Below, soldiers on parade in Cheadle. Pictures: Steve Bould

Monday, November 09, 2009

Thousands stood silent for two minutes to remember those killed in conflicts going back to the First World War. Reporters Karen Inchley, Jon...

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TV antiques star gets new Poppy Appeal underway

POPPY POWER: Eric Knowles launches the poppy appeal. Right, Bill Vaughan sounds the trumpet to mark the anniversary of the Battle of el Alamein. Pictures: Shaun Smith and Wesley Webster

Monday, October 26, 2009

ANTIQUES Roadshow presenter Eric Knowles helped to kick-start North Staffordshire's Poppy Appeal by valuing more than 100 pieces of pottery, glass and...

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D-day pilgrimage to remember the fallen

Thursday, June 04, 2009

NORMANDY veteran Bernard Morgan will never forget the sea of dead bodies as he landed on Gold Beach. The 20-year-old had volunteered for the RAF on...

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Record poppy appeal

Friday, March 13, 2009

RECORD APPEAL: Organisers of the Poppy Appeal are celebrating after raising a record £325,000. The money, an eight per cent increase on the...

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Soldiers' bravery honoured at service (PICS + AUDIO)

Monday, January 26, 2009

VETERANS of one of the Second World War's bloodiest campaigns yesterday paid tribute to their fallen comrades. Members of The Regimental Association...

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