The weathervane said to come from Norfolk
- Credit: Helen Theron
Can you solve the mystery of the Norfolk links with a unique weathervane which is also a war memorial honouring seven lost lives? Derek James reports.
It was on the night of January 3, 1944 that a Lancaster Bomber of the Pathfinder Force set off from RAF Wyton in Cambridgeshire on a mission over Germany dropping flares over targets to light the way for the following aircraft.
On its return the plane encountered enemy fire and came down over Blankenburg. The pilot Flying Officer Ernest Blair Stiles of the Canadian Royal Force and the young crew of six all lost their lives.
2 OLD SCHOOL
I’ve been obsessed with Bakelite since my 20s. I have this radio and about 100 more in storage. At Leicester Polytechnic I studied textiles and there was tons of it around. I also collect snow globes when I travel – I got this Barack Obama one in a flea market in Los Angeles.
3 FOODIE
I’m proud to be one of the original judges on Great British Menu, which has been running since 2006. This is a plate that chef Daniel Clifford made for a Comic Relief episode.
Oliver cherishes a family photo (pictured) that he snapped at Connemara
We film long days, particularly in finals week where you’re eating fish one day, meat the next, puddings the day after. I’d burn it off by cycling to Kentish Town where the studio was, but now we’re in Stratford-upon-Avon so I drive.
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The Whitworth s glass cafe, looking out on Whitworth Park (Image: Manchester Evening News)
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Wreck of Royal Navy submarine scuttled in 1918 given protected status May 14 2021, 12.05am
The D1 was an innovative design which paved the way for later Royal Navy submarines (Imperial War Museum/PA)
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The wreck of an early British submarine off the Devon coast has been given protected status.
Known as HMS/m D1 it was the forerunner to the Royal Navy’s patrol submarines and saw service during the First World War.