"Chris Hogg" wrote in message
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On Sat, 26 Jul 2014 23:34:58 +0100, Sacha
wrote:

On 2014-07-26 14:12:41 +0000, Pam Moore said:

On Fri, 25 Jul 2014 23:04:02 +0100, "Bob Hobden"
wrote:

Had this link sent to me by a friend in the USA and thought some here
might
like to see it.
You wipe your cursor across the photo from left to right to see how the
scene looks today and wipe it back again.

http://interactive.guim.co.uk/embed/....html?ww2-dday



-- Regards
Bob Hobden
Posting to this Newsgroup
from the W.of London. UK

Thank you Bob. Fascinating.
How much has changed but a lotis still the same. What amazed me was
the inclusion of Moreton-in-Marsh among war photos.

Surprised me too, Pam. I'd have thought it too far from the coast to be
doing much but I suppose everywhere prepared for possible invasion. It
was a very frightening time, waiting for the unknown to happen.


IIRC virtually the whole of southern England was turned into a
military camp in the months before D-Day. Materiel was stockpiled
everywhere, tanks, guns, trucks, ammunition, troops, not in
anticipation of England possibly being invaded, but in preparation for
the invasion of mainland Europe.

The fourth image, of Royal Marine Commandos coming ashore at
Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer, is a well-known picture. I always think the chap
in the foreground, with the glasses, looks like Charles Hawtrey, of
'Carry On' films fame. Not a 'carry on' on June 6th, though.

--

Chris

Gardening in West Cornwall overlooking the sea.
Mild, but very exposed to salt gales
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We lived at Kingston on Thames during the War and at the time of the build
up we took a drive through Richmond Park and saw all the guns and tanks
lined up. It was very impressive and a few days after the invasion, a
subsequent drive wasn't at all 'exciting', there was nothing there!!!

I remember squads and squads of soldiers marching down Richmond Road and it
was from then on that I didn't fancy the Army because 'they have to march
everywhere'. Living by the river I was already into 'boats' and my
subsequent National Service in the Royal Navy and interest stemmed from
there.

Mike

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