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The late Aberdeen veteran Eric Johnston exemplified the heroes of D-Day


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There was never any question of standing on ceremony when I visited Eric Johnston at his home in Aberdeen.
The elderly soldier may have shown conspicuous gallantry throughout the hostilities, but he refused to regard himself as a hero and even told me he “disliked” the word.
Yes, he was proud of being awarded the Legion d’honneur by the French government but only because it allowed him to salute many of his comrades who had perished on the beaches on Normandy when the Allied invasion was met with prolonged and deadly resistance by the German army. ....

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Snipe Sailing Dinghy Restoration is Bringing People Together from Both Sides of Ulster


Snipe Sailing Dinghy Restoration is Bringing People Together from Both Sides of Ulster
24th May 2021
The Snipe Ranger under restoration on 10th May
Credit: Fred Ternan
Snipes, the feathered sort, inhabit wetlands and lakes but in Ireland the breed is on the Red List, meaning it is of high conservation concern. Snipe dinghies (the wooden version) were common in Northern Ireland from the 1930s till the 60s but could have been put on a Red List after that, as their numbers suffered a marked decline. But I m told that Fermanagh supports a breeding population as well as an over-wintering population of the feathered variety, and if you listen, you can hear their distinctive drumming and chipping. ....

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Former police officer Cliff Dunkley became Oxford's 'Mr know-it-all'


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Andrew Ffrench
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Cliff Dunkley, pictured as City Information Officer with the Lord Mayor, Ann Spokes, in 1977
He was once proclaimed to be ‘Mr Know-It-All’ in a newspaper headline.
Rather unkind perhaps, but it was probably true of Cliff Dunkley as he was head of Oxford Information Centre.
He had to know the answers, or know where to find them, to all sorts of questions tourists and townsfolk asked.
How can we get hold of an old ambulance? What’s the gestation period for an elephant? When is Oxford’s egg feast? How can I trace a penfriend somewhere in Sussex? ....

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