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it's the 80th anniversary of the d—day landings this year — and one woman who is hoping to visit the beaches of normandy for the first time, to pay her respects, is 103—year—old christian lamb. christian was an officer in the women's royal naval service — and herjob was to secretly map the normandy shoreline in advance of the attack. she's been sharing her memories of that time withjohn maguire. on that day, all who could get their hands on newspapers read the news for which they had been waiting so long. as the news of the d—day landings was greeted with relief and great excitement by the british public, those who'd worked tirelessly to make them happen shared that sense of historic achievement. among them was christian lamb. at six in the morning, i heard the news that they had landed. i was very, very thrilled. ijust remember thinking thank goodness, at last, it's happened. she's being brought back to whitehall by the taxi charity