Over the past twenty years, I have accumulated many Brandon wartime memories from interviewing those who lived through the time. Sadly, at time of writing, all but one has now passed away. I have now put those memories into a book, which is available to purchase from Amazon. Proceeds from the sale of the book …
I have added two new pages courtesy of Sue Oately and Sue Hartga, both giving me wartime accounts of their fathers. Graham Palmer (Sue Oatley), grew up in Brandon during the war and Cyril Knights (Sue Hartga) served in the R.A.F. in India and Burma.
Remembering John Snare It is coming up to seventy years since John Snare was killed in the Korean War. It took four decades before the local council allowed his to be added to Brandon’s war memorial, despite the best efforts of John’s family and friends. One very good friend, Bob Farthing, never forgot John and …
To be fair, my knowledge of making website first started twenty-odd years ago, using FTP and Microsoft Frontpage, since then I get by using WordPress and various plugins. I am far from being an expert, thus meaning when something goes wrong it can have disastrous effects. One such episode was a few months ago when …