Cheshire Villages Great War Society are holding an exhibition at Bickerton Village Hall, 10am-5pm on Saturday 29th June
Free admission
See poster for more details
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The 2024 series will mark 20 years of the programme and the new series will be broadcast in the 'summer'!
The seven celebrities taking part are -
Melanie Chisholm, known as Mel C, rose to fame as Sporty Spice in 90s girl band the Spice Girls
Singer-songwriter Olly Murs, a runner-up in the sixth series of The X Factor in 2009 and now a judge on The Voice
Actor Vicky McClure starred in the This Is England series and BBC crime drama Line of Duty
Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill is a retired track and field athlete specialising in the heptathlon and 100 metre hurdles. She won the gold medal in heptathlon at the 2012 London Olympics.
TV star Gemma Collins who ose to fame on reality show The Only Way Is Essex
Comedian, actor, writer, and TV presenter Paddy McGuinness
Actor Rose Ayling-Ellis is best known for playing Frankie Lewis in EastEnders and winning Strictly Come Dancing in 2021, where she appeared as the programme’s first deaf contestant.
Two recent articles published on the BBC website about the history of D-Day and Cheshire
The pub where Eisenhower and Patton made D-day plans
Link to read 👉https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjqq7zw5g27o
Country park's huge role in D-Day airbourne assault
Read the article here 👉https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgee5dvnnl5o
Marking 80 years since D-Day, Findmypast's records and newspapers will be free to explore from 10am (UK time) on Thursday 6 June, and over the weekend.
Sign up for news and updates 👉https://bit.ly/3WWhjGt (the site is very busy and you may have to keep trying the link]
Watch the T&Cs
Marking 80 years since D-Day, Findmypast's records and newspapers will be free to explore from 10am (UK time) on Thursday 6 June, and over the weekend.
Sign up for news and updates 👉https://bit.ly/3WWhjGt (the site is very busy and you may have to keep trying the link]
Watch the T&Cs
Ancestry is offering free access to its entire international military collection from June 5th to June 11th to commemorate the 80th anniversaryof D-Day
To find out more here 👉https://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/news/ancestry-free-records-d-day
As always, if you do sign up for this offer, mind the T&Cs
1st of the month, white rabbits and all that - also my usual list of free online events.
Please note that there are no events from the The National Archives this month, this is because they have paused all online public talks due to take place during the pre-election period. As a government department, The National Archives is bound by government guidelines and much of their usual work is paused during the official pre-election period until the new government is formed.
As always the link below each event has more information and full registration details, Enjoy and do report back on anything that you attended.