Bassenthwaite Village War Memorial, Cumbria

1. St John's Church, Bassenthwaite
(Built in 1878 to replace a Chapel-of-Ease)
[The village war memorial is in the churchyard]

2. Bassenthwaite Village War Memorial
[Situated in St John's Churchyard]

3. Headstone of F/Sgt. (Pilot) John M. Moore, R.A.F.
[Accidentally killed in a plane crash, 12 April 1945]

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St Clement Danes, London: the R.A.F. church

1. St Clement Danes Church, The Strand, London
[Central church of the Royal Air Force]

2. Entrance marker at the front of St Clement Danes 
[Proclaiming its link to the Royal Air Force]

3. Statue of Air Chief Marshal Lord Dowding
Unveiled by H.M. Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
(Unveiled 30 October 1988)

4. Statue of Sir Arthur Harris, Marshal of the RA.F.
Unveiled by H.M. Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
(Unveiled 31 May 1992)  

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"Tamzine": a survivor of the 'Little Ships'

The civilian fishing boat "Tamzine" 
A survivor of the 'Little Ships' of 1940
She is now on display at the Imperial War Museum, London

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"Food from the trenches"

1. "Food from the trenches" (Saturday 31 January 2015):
A demonstration by Cumbrian based chef John Crouch

2. "Food from the trenches":
[Ingredients, recipes and utensils used in the demonstration]

3. The Beacon Museum, Whitehaven
(Which held the "Food from the trenches" exhibition)
Permanent exhibits include local WW1 and WW2 stories

4. A story about the WW2 Prime Minister Winston Churchill:
The saving of 'Young Winston' during the Boer War

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The French wartime magazine 'Marie Claire'

1. A wartime front cover of the French magazine 'Marie Claire'
[Edition No. 156 dated 23 February 1940]

2. One of Marie Claire's thrifty wartime fashion tips:
Transforming a winter hat into the latest 'chic' fashion 

3. Marie Claire's latest story of the Hollywood stars of 1940:
The selection of Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara
in David O. Selznick's 'Gone with the Wind'.

4. Marie Claire's review of the latest film releases of 1940:
A mixture of Hollywood and French films

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HMS Belfast: a survivor of Operation Neptune

1. HMS Belfast (C35) moored on the River Thames, London
(with Tower Bridge in the distance)

2. HMS Belfast (C35) from Tower Pier, River Thames, London
(with the lower part of the'Shard' behind)

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Introduction

During WW2 HMS Belfast (C35) was a Royal Navy cruiser, saw action on the Arctic convoys, took part in Operation Neptune (the seaborne element of Operation Overlord) and toward the end of the war was sent to the Far East shortly before the Japanese surrender. After decommissioning in 1963 HMS Belfast became a museum ship in 1971 since when she has been moored at London on the river Thames near Tower Bridge [Photographs No. 1 and 2]. Since 1978 she has been part of the 'museum family' of the Imperial War Museum.

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Oslo's annual Christmas gift to London

1. The 2014 Trafalgar Square Christmas Tree, London
[View from the National Gallery towards Whitehall] 

2. The Trafalgar Square Christmas Tree, London
[View looking towards the National Gallery] 

3. An annual gift from the city of Oslo since 1947
[Sign at the base of the Trafalgar Square Christmas tree]

4. St Martin's in the Fields 'Christmas Crib'
[Trafalgar Square, London (December 2014)]

 Season's Greetings for 2014

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