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WW2

* Remembrance Sunday 2020 & the amazing “Poppy Cabs”

On Remembrance Sunday 2020 – London Shoes experienced a ‘first’, when my London cabbie mate Lee, asked me if I wanted to accompany him into London to ‘be there’ for the occasion. This year’s Remembrance Day service at the Cenotaph was a unique occasion, for 2 reasons:- 1. 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the ...Read more...

*all about the old “Hornchurch Airfield”

For this week’s publication onto its website/facebook & twitter feeds, London Shoes continued to adhere to the Covid19 lockdown doctrine of non-essential travel, by selecting a ‘local’ subject matter of historic interest, to trek out to and explore. Just one & a bit miles down the road from London Shoes home base in Romford, is ...Read more...

*“V2 Rocket attacks on London-in WW2″-the ‘first’ the ‘worst’ & the ‘last’

This week ‘London Shoes’ looked back to the latter stages of WW2 and the devastating impact that one specific aspect of enemy attack had on the lives of so many Londoners. This week’s publication onto the ‘London Shoes’ Website-FB & Twitter portals is entitled “V2 Rocket attacks on London – the ‘first the worst & ...Read more...

*The “75th Anniversary of the WW2 D-Day Operation” – & the HMS Belfast’s ‘3 Gun’ commemorative salute

  Most Londoner’s and visitors to London will be aware of the HMS Belfast moored just off the Southbank between Tower Bridge & London Bridge – but today of all days, it is worth acknowledging and appreciating the massive and crucial part this grand old ship played in the D-Day Landing operation – 75 years ...Read more...

The Royal Air Force’s – 100th Birthday celebrations, in the skies above London

The ‘Royal Air Force’ (e.g.RAF) was formed in April 1918, at the end of the First World War – by the merging the ‘Royal Flying Corp’ and the ‘Royal Naval Air Service’. Because the merger of both the military and naval operations in the new service, many of the titles of officers were deliberately chosen ...Read more...

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