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Today is National Devil’s Food Cake Day. Delicious 😋
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@Simon09990288 Been a long week already
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Happy Birthday, Joey! Johnny & Joey, bandmates for 22 years - from the Ramones' first gig to the final show. Legends never die!
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@Simon09990288 Should be some great reading. Probably be posting some of it later this summer
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Book delivery! 🚚 📚 going to be great reading!
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@fckfmrocks Just after my wife passed away, I journeyed into Swansea to buy the Paul Rodgers album ‘Midnight Rose’. It had sold out on cd, and without checking price I got the vinyl copy.I had a real shock at the till when it came up as £35 ! I still bought it, and then got it on cd !
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What is your price limit for a standard vinyl album?
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Thank you for your service, my thoughts, respect and condolences go out to your family, the military family, friends and colleagues.
Rest in Peace 🙏
Jennifer Thetford-Kay@JenKteach
My thoughts with the family, friends and colleagues of the soldier who tragically lost their life yesterday 🫡 King Charles is 'greatly shocked and saddened' after a soldier was thrown from their horse and died just moments after performing in front of him at the Royal Windsor Horse Show. The individual, who was in the King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, is understood to have been fatally injured following an incident on Friday evening, Thames Valley Police said. They are said to have fallen from their horse at around 7pm, having just exited the arena following the performance.
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𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤 - Today we remember the five British soldiers who were killed in an IRA landmine attack near Bessbrook, County Armagh on the 19th May 1981.
The five soldiers, four Royal Green Jackets and their RCT driver, were driving towards Camlough along Chancellor’s Road in a Saracen armoured vehicle, as part of a two-vehicle patrol. A 1000 lb landmine, planted by the IRA, exploded in a culvert underneath the road hitting the lead Saracen. The blast totally wrecked the vehicle with a massive engine part being blown over 200 yards away. A farmer on a tractor in a nearby field heard the explosion and a few seconds later was showered with tiny pieces of the vehicle.
The five soldiers in the vehicle died in a millisecond. The soldiers were;
🙏 Lance Corporal Grenville Winston (27);
🙏 Rifleman Andrew Gavin (19);
🙏 Rifleman Michael Bagshaw (24);
🙏 Rifleman John King (20);
🙏 Driver Paul Bulman (19) for the Royal Corps of Transport.
“𝔊𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔱𝔢𝔯 𝔩𝔬𝔳𝔢 𝔥𝔞𝔱𝔥 𝔫𝔬 𝔪𝔞𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰, 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔞 𝔪𝔞𝔫 𝔩𝔞𝔶 𝔡𝔬𝔴𝔫 𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔩𝔦𝔣𝔢 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔣𝔯𝔦𝔢𝔫𝔡𝔰” John 15:13
There was always an alternative. We can never let our history be rewritten. Today we remember them.
#LestWeForget
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On the 19th May 1982, during the Falklands War, a Royal Navy Westland Sea King HC4 (ZA294) of 846 Naval Air Squadron crashed in the South Atlantic while cross-decking troops from HMS Hermes to HMS Intrepid.
This remains the single greatest loss of life for the SAS in one incident since the Second World War. The helicopter carried approximately 30–31 personnel (including aircrew). It took off at dusk, slightly overloaded but with reduced fuel for the short flight. At around 300 feet during its approach to Intrepid, those aboard heard thumps from the engine/rotor area. The aircraft dipped, then dived, striking the water violently within seconds. It rolled over and sank rapidly.
Nine men escaped through the open side door and survived (including some SAS personnel like survivors Mark "Splash" Aston and Mick Williams). The rest perished, some killed on impact, others from the sinking in freezing waters. Rescuers later found bird feathers on the surface, strongly suggesting a bird strike (possibly a Black-browed Albatross with its large wingspan) damaged the main rotor or engine. While this was the prevailing theory at the time and remains widely accepted, some later accounts note it was never definitively proven with wreckage evidence.
Casualties: 22 fatalities
18 SAS personnel (primarily from D and G Squadrons, many veterans of the recent Pebble Island raid).
Other personnel: 1 Royal Marines aircrewman (Cpl Michael David "Doc" Love DSM, posthumously awarded for prior special forces support), 1 Royal Signals, and 1 RAF (the only RAF fatality of the entire conflict).
Roll of Honour:
A/Cpl Raymond Ernest Armstrong
A/Sgt John Leslie Arthy
A/WO1 Malcolm Atkinson
A/Cpl William John Begley
A/Sgt Paul Alan Bunker
A/Cpl Robert Allan Burns
Sgt Philip Preston Currass QGM
A/Sgt Sidney Albert Ivor Davidson
WO2 Lawrence Gallagher BEM
A/Sgt William Clark Hatton QGM
A/Sgt William John Hughes
A/Sgt Philip Jones ("Taff")
L/Cpl Paul Neville Lightfoot
A/Cpl Michael Vincent McHugh
A/Cpl John Newton
A/WO2 Patrick O'Connor
Cpl Stephen John Sykes
Cpl Edward Thomas Walpole
Cpl Michael David Love DSM (Royal Marines / 846 NAS aircrewman)
Cpl Douglas Frank McCormack (Royal Signals)
Flt Lt Garth Walter Hawkins (RAF)
We Will Remember Them. "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." (John 15:13)
#WeWillRememberThem #LestWeForget #Falklands #SAS #RoyalNavy #BritishArmedForces #Remembrance
This event underscores the risks of even routine operations in wartime conditions. The men lost had already contributed significantly to early special forces successes in the campaign. Their legacy endures through memorials, survivor testimonies, and ongoing remembrance. 🫡
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Have you enjoyed a Mountain Dew Monday?
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