Happening upon history: Brainerd WWII vet’s dog tag found in Northern Ireland
Brainerd native Ernest Cleaveland served in Normandy during WWII. But how his military dog tag popped up in Northern Ireland nearly 80 years later is a mystery. 4:30 pm, Apr. 30, 2021 ×
Sharon Richards (left) and her son Stevie Johnson talk about their relative Ernest Cleaveland Thursday, April 29, 2021, at Richards home outside Ironton. A dog tag belonging to Cleaveland, a World War II veteran from Brainerd who died in 1994, recently washed up on a beach in Northern Ireland. Steve Kohls / Brainerd Dispatch
It’s been nearly three decades since Ernest Cleaveland died and more than 75 years since he was discharged from the U.S. Army after World War II.
There s no shortage of brilliant pubs in north Essex to choose from. We asked what restaurants, pubs and bars you guys had missed most during lockdown. And we had lots of suggestions - here is what you said. All these pubs are open subject to Covid-19 rules, please check if you need to book before visiting
The Cricketers, Spring Lane, Eight Ash Green The pub is located in the quiet village of Eight Ash Green, just on the outskirts of Colchester. Liz Adams described it as a fantastic pub and restaurant . She said: It’s a lovely pub, the food is always top quality and they’re still keeping going under these circumstances we’re in.
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The Sale poet who has just published a book in lockdown SUE Dempsey, from Sale, has finished the second part of a trilogy of comic poems, writes Julia Taylor. She, and Sharon Richards, the founder of her storytelling group Success Stories, are now working together to get the 90-page book Getting There, published. Sue said: “We have just got the proof copy back. After a couple of corrections it will be printed. “Older readers especially like my poems because they can identify with incidents such as senior moments.” She joked that people who didn’t have such moments before lockdown certainly have them now.