Centenarian Ken Simpson, of Heckington, and a picture of him during his time serving in Egypt.
Ken Simpson, of Heckington, was born May 8, 1921, making last Saturday his 100th birthday.
Ken joined the RAF at Cardington, Bedfordshire, in 1941, and was told armourers were required. He was posted to Skegness for his basic training, which lasted about six weeks, and then moved on to armourer training.
He was then sent to No. 85 Squadron, where he stayed for two weeks until the call came for volunteers for overseas service, after which he was posted to No. 80 Squadron in Egypt (which involved a six-week passage to the Suez Canal from Liverpool).
Old St Patrick s pastor, Father Thomas J Hurley, to step away from duties, church announces
abc7chicago.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from abc7chicago.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A year s worth of winning images of the Daily Herald reader photo contest
Posted1/6/2021 6:00 AM
Each week Daily Herald readers submit their best images for consideration in our photo contest. Here s a look back at the best images for each month of 2020.
How to enter
Every Tuesday, we showcase entries in our Your Images contest before our photo staff picks a monthly winner.
The contest is open to amateur photographers in the Daily Herald readership area.
To submit a photo of your own for consideration, email it in .jpg format at highest quality possible to yourimages@dailyherald.com. Include your name, address and phone number, plus a description of your photo and what you like about it.
Backlash over controversial NHS advert showing Father Christmas âdying of coronavirusâ as kids left in tears
It has generated a lot of criticism by concerned parents
Updated
Get
the latest Yorkshire breaking news and updates delivered straight to your inbox - sign up for free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later.
Subscribe
When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice.
Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice An NHS charity advert has been accused of upsetting children because it shows Father Christmas on his death bed with coronavirus.
Copy to Clipboard
(Getty Images)
An NHS charity Christmas ad has sparked major outrage across social media for reportedly upsetting children by showing Santa Claus unconscious with COVID-19.
Titled The Gift, the advertisement shows an old bearded man lying in a hospital bed wearing an oxygen mask as medics wearing full PPE try to revive him. The man is later revealed to be Father Christmas, who was nursed back to health by NHS workers. Viewers, however, found the depiction of Santa covered in tubes and suffering from coronavirus rather upsetting for children, The Sun reported.
The ad was blasted by several concerned parents as insensitive as they feared young viewers would be traumatized by the depiction of Santa. Some have now urged the charity to let children enjoy the holidays without giving them adult problems to deal with.
vimarsana © 2020. All Rights Reserved.