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November 10, 2024 148 mins

More second world war stories on the Blitz, Evacuees, Gallipoli, Tanks, Dunkirk and D-day, Sappers ….

PART THREE of an anniversary special celebrating ten years in podcasting.

Episode artwork:

Trooper Ernest Thomas, a tank driver in C Squadron Sherwood Rangers. New D-Day memoir.

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Links to features in the show:

Kisses on a postcard links

Theatrical production 20 mins worth - 20 minutes of highlights from the October 2011 production of Kisses On A Postcard at The Queen's Theatre, Barnstaple.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2RdHNa1nVY&t=3s

Some moments from the Abbey Road sessions recording Kisses on a Postcard. Watch the performers perform live during covid to get this podcast show on the road with a super medley of some of the best bits.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5oBJA5G93M

BOOKS

The Untold Story by William Hershel Nelson
https://amzn.eu/d/364xd3G

Mines, Bombs, Bullets and Bridges: A Sapper's Second World War Diary by Michael Moss
https://amzn.to/3NnKITW

D-Day Through German Eyes, by Jonathan Trigg
https://amzn.to/3ZYUP9a

Save the Last Bullet
https://amzn.to/3NEUyB0

No Time for Dreams – Robert W Metcalf

https://www.amazon.co.uk/No-Time-Dreams-Soldiers-Six-Year/dp/1896182798

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