21 exciting new things to look forward to in Greater Manchester in 2021
Your calendar of new things to see, do and experience in the city over the next 12 months and beyond
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Greater Manchester has loads of things to look forward to over the next 12 months
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Bill Heppell SOME time late on the evening of Thursday, September 7, 1944, holed up in an old monastery in the mountains of northern Greece, deep in German-occupied territory, a young British army officer wrote a brief entry in his diary. He and a group of Greek partisans had spent the previous night and the early part of that day perched on a hillside above the Jannina to Metsovo road, an eight-hour walk from the monastery, planning an ambush. At 6.30am, a convoy of 17 German trucks approached. “I blew down a few telegraph posts and tried to get andartes [the Greek partisans] to go on road to loot and destroy trucks; no success,” the young officer wrote.
Iconic Tower of London First World War poppy sculptures to go on permanent display in Greater Manchester
They moved millions in London and will now go to the Imperial War Museum North at Salford Quays
The striking installation at the Tower of London (Image: PA)
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A grandfather s WWII air mission inspires Niskayuna man
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1of11Iain Walker holds memorabilia from his grandfather, a British airman, who was shot down over Europe in WWII on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020 in Niskayuna, N.Y. The shadow box contains pieces of the fuselage of his grandfather s plane and some exploded bomb fragments. In his other hand is his grandfather s diary. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)Lori Van Buren/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
2of11Corporal Edward G. Purcell s dog tag that was found in Germany. Iain Walker of Niskayuna is working on finding family members of the Troy native to give them the piece of military memorabilia.Courtesy of Iain WalkerShow MoreShow Less