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Dunkirk spirit still flickers as the veterans relive their memories for the last time
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"WHERE DO you want the wheelchairs?" The question, bawled out as
50 Dunkirk veterans arranged themselves around a tiny fishing boat to
mark the 60th anniversary of the rescue of 330,000 Allied troops from
the beaches of northern France, was a poignant reminder of how many
years have passed and all that time takes away.
In berets, regimental ties and much-bemedalled blue blazers, the
old soldiers were getting together yesterday for almost the last
time.
Later this year the Dunkirk Veterans' Association will be wound
up. The association, with an average membership age of 84, is dying.
Most of ...
 "Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)")
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THE DUNKIRK SPIRIT; Flotilla of ships cross Channel to mark 60th anniversary.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
; ON a sunlit English Channel, a flotilla of small...reminder that the spirit of Dunkirk lives on. From humble...flotilla butted through the Channel, each proudly flying...George with the arms of Dunkirk set in the centre. Dwarfed...cruise liners and Cross Channel ferries, they bobbed...
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TELEVISION: Didn't you used to be somebody? Back to Reality Five Regency House Party Channel 4 Life Begins ITV Dunkirk BBC 2
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday
; ...yet another reality show. So we get Regency House Party, Channel 4's latest attempt to mix the popularity of the reality show...s quite a wheeze, siphoning commissions from the various channel departments: hence we get Faking It (lifelong learning...
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Hello France. Anybody fancy coming on Bob Geldof's G8 flotilla? Hello? Hello? Are the French raring to take up the Irish rock star's invitation to join his armada of small ships? JEREMY CLARKE sets sail across the Channel to find out whether there will be a revival of the Dunkirk spirit here next month
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London
; ...asking people to do is not recreate D-Day, but recreate Dunkirk,'' he said at a press conference last week, in case any...and found it surprisingly positive, I motored across the channel in a small boat, to Boulogne, to test the general feasibility...
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 "The Mail on Sunday (London, England)")
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Dunkirk spirit can cost less when you cross the Channel; THE CRAFTY TRAVELLER.
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
; ...save a fortune crossing the Channel this summer - if you're willing...journey. Travel from Dover to Dunkirk on the new Norfolkline service...extra 20 minutes' drive from Dunkirk compared with setting off from...began operating from Dover to Dunkirk last year. Part of a Danish...
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Drink: The Dunkirk spirit Genevas, genevers or jenevers. Whatever you call them, flavourful conti nental gins are well worth crossing the Channel for. Illustration by Frazer Hudson
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...rabbit in beer. It was at a cottage- like restaurant between Dunkirk and Lille. Although this delightful spot is in France, its...juniper note. They are all part of a tradition that crossed the Channel around the time of William and Mary to give us our lighter...
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The fight for the channel ports: as the British and American armies raced across France and grabbed the headlines, the First Canadian Army was assigned the unglamorous task of clearing Dunkirk, Boulogne and Calais.(World War II)
Magazine article from: Esprit de Corps
; ...their positions. Hitler declared Boulogne, Calais, Dunkirk and other Channel ports "fortresses" to be held "to the last bullet...been assigned the unglamorous task of clearing the Channel ports. THE CINDERELLA ARMY The Cinderella of the...
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Paradise after hell: Rhiannon Looseley uncovers the forgotten history of the evacuation of over 100,000 French soldiers from Dunkirk to Britain in May 1940, and describes what happened to them on their brief sojourn across the Channel and return to France soon after.
Magazine article from: History Today
; ...leave their homeland, evacuated from Dunkirk to Britain alongside the British Expeditionary...troops from the northern French port of Dunkirk is remembered as one of the most important...France, prior to the evacuation from Dunkirk, had been a tremendous shock to the French...
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 "Sunday Mirror (London, England)")
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DUNKIRK SPIRIT; Stock up on cheap booze for Xmas.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mirror (London, England)
; ...still time to cross the Channel to Dunkirk to stock up on Christmas...Saturday. The one drawback is Dunkirk is not exactly pretty...if you were expecting a Channel port like Boulogne or Dieppe. Dunkirk was flattened by heavy bombing...
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COMMENTARY; AT LEAST ONE OF THIS DUNKIRK'S BATTLES WAS ALL WET
Newspaper article from: Dayton Daily News
; ...County. Both trips take us to Dunkirk. Dunkirk, France, is most famous for the...000 Allied troops pushed to the channel by the Germans. That mission took...could evacuate 300,000 folks from Dunkirk, Ohio, in a matter of hours...
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 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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How Hitler helped us win the war; Dunkirk: But whats the true story?
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England)
; ...should not advance towards Dunkirk on the Channel coast. Instead, the...ordered the tanks towards Dunkirk then, quite simply...transported back across the Channel and were then available...have been written about Dunkirk. And here are twomore...
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