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Location filming for the TV series "Fortitude" took place in this area.
A pillbox is a type of blockhouse, or concrete dug-in guard-post, often camouflaged, normally equipped with loopholes through which defenders can fire weapons. It is in effect a trench firing step, hardened to protect against small-arms fire and grenades, and raised to improve the field of fire.
The modern concrete pillbox originated on the Western Front of World War I, in the German Army[1] in 1916.....This one was seen at Kilnsea near Spurn Point on the River Humber .
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Strasbourg
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"Zweiter Weltkrieg
Im Laufe des Zweiten Weltkriegs erhielt das Münster Symbolcharakter für beide Parteien. Adolf Hitler, der es am 28. Juni 1940 besichtigte, wollte aus dem Sakralbau ein „Nationalheiligtum des deutschen Volkes“ machen. Am 2. März 1941 schworen sich Generalmajor Leclerc und die Soldaten seiner Division in Kufra (in Libyen), die „Waffen erst dann niederzulegen, wenn unsere schönen Farben wieder auf der Straßburger Kathedrale wehen“ („Le serment de Koufra“, Der Schwur von Koufra). Diesen Schwur erfüllten sie am 23. November 1944. Am 11. August 1944 erlitt das Gebäude Schäden, als es von britischen und amerikanischen Fliegerbomben getroffen wurde, endgültig behoben wurden diese erst 1990. "
A4 class 4498 'Sir Nigel Gresley' is seen at Peterborough in Wartime livery working the 1Z63 1608 York - London Kings Cross railtour 17/11/22.
Regno Unito, Londra, Cattedrale di St. Paul’s, Estate 2022
La Cattedrale di St Paul è la sede del vescovo di Londra. Si trova nel punto più alto nella City of London. L'attuale chiesa, risalente alla fine del 17 ° secolo, è stata progettata da Sir Christopher Wren come parte di un importante programma di ricostruzione che ha avuto luogo nella città dopo il grande incendio di Londra. E’ uno dei più famosi e più riconoscibili tra gli edifici di Londra, con la sua cupola che ha dominato l'orizzonte per 300 anni. La Cattedrale occupa un posto significativo nella identità nazionale britannica e l’immagine della cupola circondata dal fumo e il fuoco durante il “Blitz” è un simbolo del periodo di guerra. Cerimonie importanti che si sono tenute a St. Paul come i funerali di Lord Nelson, del duca di Wellington, di Sir Winston Churchill e Margaret Thatcher.
St Paul's Cathedral is the seat of the Bishop of London. It sits at the highest point in the City of London. The present church, dating from the late 17th century, was designed by Sir Christopher Wren. as part of a major rebuilding programme which took place in the city after the Great Fire of London. The cathedral is one of the most famous and most recognisable sights of London, with its dome dominating the skyline for 300 years. St Paul's Cathedral occupies a significant place in the British national identity the image of the dome standing tall, surrounded by the smoke and fire of the Blitz is a symbol of the wartime. Important services held at St Paul's have included the funerals of Lord Nelson, the Duke of Wellington, Sir Winston Churchill, and Margaret Thatcher.
4498 Sir Nigel Gresley arrives at Highley, Severn Valley Railway.
The A4 is temporarily carrying LNER's WW2 black livery while undergoing running in trials after overhaul.
Spitfire MK356 in desert camouflage with the 92 Sqn code letters ‘QJ-3’.
On 11th March 1944 MK356 was allocated to the recently-formed 443 (‘Hornet’) Squadron RCAF, part of No 144 Canadian Wing at RAF Digby (only 10 miles from the aircraft’s current home at RAF Coningsby); it was issued to ‘B’ Flight and painted with the code letters ‘2I-V’. MK356 flew all of its 60 wartime operational sorties with this unit between 14th April and 14th June 1944. It took part in the D-Day operations and one of its pilots, Flying Officer Gordon Ockenden RCAF, claimed a shared confirmed kill against a German Me Bf109 on 7th June, D-Day+1.
Credit website: memorialflightclub.com
Situated in the hamlet of Wartime, this water tower was originally used to fill the reservoirs of the steamer engines on the adjacent CNR track.
Now owned by the Wartime Water Company, it is used to load tanks of water for farm and household use. This facility is reputed to be the last functioning railway water tower left in the province.
.... and witnesses of a nearly 60 years long marriage ...
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Wartime Gresley
Catching the morning sun rising over Bridgnorth yard yesterday on the Severn Valley Railway, A4 4498 ‘Sir Nigel Gresley’ heads off shed to work its first public service since overhaul...
British hardened field defences of World War II were small fortified structures constructed as a part of British anti-invasion preparations. They were popularly known as pillboxes, a reference to their shape... This one was seen at Easington on the East Yorkshire Coast ...
Fresh from overhaul, 4498 "Sir Nigel Gresley" briefly wore LNER 'Wartime Black' before being repainted into BR Experimental Blue. Here, it passes Tenbury Wall working the 17:05 Kidderminster to Bridgnorth during the Severn Valley Railway's Spring 2022 Gala.
Seen on the North Pier at Bridlington, It is owned by the Shipwreck Mariners Society and is now used as a collection box. It has recently just been re-painted,
LNER A4 No. 4498 'Sir Nigel Gresley' in her temporary black livery emerges from the tunnel complete with teaks.