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A wartime English-Polish phrasebook (OnFife/PA) Mementoes from a Polish parachute brigade formed in the UK 80 years ago have gone on display together for the first time. A paratrooper’s helmet, metal eagle badge and arm flashes – worn during the Allied assault on Arnhem – are among the exhibits on show. Other items include an English-Polish phrasebook, binoculars and a tin of foot powder – given to each soldier prior to the massive airborne operation in 1944. A paratrooper’s helmet is...

Submitting... Soldiers from the 1st Parachute Brigade building defences outside the Post Office in South Street, St Andrews In September that year, the ill-fated Operation Market Garden involved dropping more than 10,000 Commonwealth and Polish troops by parachute or glider at Arnhem in Nazi-occupied Holland, with 1,500 killed and more than 6,500 captured. Also displayed is an ID card, issued soon after the formation of the 1st Independent Polish Parachute Brigade on 23 September 1941, which wa...

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Do you have any Christmas traditions? Mackichan: We all go to my brothers house and do a lot of singing round the piano. A lot of close harmony singing and reggae Christmas carols. We have a very late lunch and a big walk in a place called the Firehills which is a country park in Hastings. Subject to the tier restrictions we will be gathering at my brothers, but we dont know how many of us will be allowed to this time. Sadly, I wont have my son and daughter here. My daughter, who is 25, is ...