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International Womans Day

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Topic: International Womans Day
Posted By: johnk
Subject: International Womans Day
Date Posted: 16 March 2015 at 2:11pm
Hi there,
 
Indeed spotted this littele while back, great shots of the WREN mechancics at work,  almost by the by, on channel 4 showing women on the canals during WW2, manning the barges which of course up to the mid 60's, carried cargo, those times essesnstial raw materials and finished munitions. Badge they had was National Service and IW for inland waterways, but called Idle Women! not of coure  by long chalk hard hard graft,
 
Johnk


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Posted By: Pioneer
Date Posted: 21 March 2015 at 9:16am
The post commemoration of International Woman's Day has been removed from the Veterans website and replaced with a commemoration recognising http://cfv.org.uk/" rel="nofollow - World Poetry Day

The poem displayed was written by a former member of a clandestine flotilla (15th MGB Flotilla), and manages to convey the high drama and tensions of those times.

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Posted By: johnk
Date Posted: 21 March 2015 at 12:17pm
Hi there,

Just read the poem and commend all colleagues to do so if I may, captures the mood perfectly of course, the phrases, greased row locks to prevent squeaking an example, many thanks,

Johnk


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