Tag Archives: Normandy

Nigel Heath seeks out a Vide-Grenier

Nigel Heath seeks out a Vide-Grenier

There was an automatic quickening of the pulse the moment we spotted our first Vide-Greniers sign of the new season. It was while my wife Jenny and I were passing through the small Normandy town of La ...
Taxi anyone?

Taxi anyone?

Big-hearted drivers of London’s iconic black cabs recently transported heroes of World War II on the trip of a lifetime, back to the battlegrounds of Normandy, famed for the D-Day landings. The journe ...
Blind Veteran recalls D-Day

Blind Veteran recalls D-Day

A 94-year-old blind veteran from Lancashire who landed in Normandy on D-Day 70 years ago has thanked a national charity for helping him to live independently with sight loss. Ahead of the 70th anniver ...