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A VETERAN who took part in one of the bloodiest battles in the Second World War has received a special gift from the Netherlands. Wilf Oldham, aged 100, who lives in Radcliffe, fought in the battle of Arnhem,as part of the 1st Battalion, The Border Regiment. Chairman of the Bolton-branch of the Parachute Regimental Association, David Sharkey, had set up a fundraising campaign to get Mr Oldham back to Arnhem but this won't be possible this year due to the pandemic. As an alternative to a visit, Mr Oldham has been presented with a book about the battle, along with a letter written by a ...

A VETERAN who took part in one of the bloodiest battles in the Second World War has received a special gift from the Netherlands. Wilf Oldham, aged 100, who lives in Radcliffe, fought in the battle of Arnhem,as part of the 1st Battalion, The Border Regiment. Chairman of the Bolton-branch of the Parachute Regimental Association, David Sharkey, had set up a fundraising campaign to get Mr Oldham back to Arnhem but this won't be possible this year due to the pandemic. As an alternative to a visit, Mr Oldham has been presented with a book about the battle, along with a letter written by a ...

The Mayor of Bolton along with an MP and a 100-year-old war veteran have officially reopened a cafe providing support for veterans in the town centre. The Para Cafe, in Thynne Street, has reopened its outdoor area in line with recent lockdown easing, unveiling a poignant new mural commemorating a Bolton war hero. The mural is in memory of late paratrooper Albert Campbell, the grandad of co-owner Lauren Cole, and depicts World War II’s Operation Market Garden, one of the deadliest battles of the war. The striking image has been recreated by artist Kazer Graff, who also painted the mu...

A POIGNANT memorial to a Bolton war hero will be unveiled on Monday as a cafe providing support, as well as food and drink, reopens. The Para Cafe, just on the outskirts of Bolton town centre, will open its outdoor area in line with the lifting of certain lockdown restrictions. It’s reopening and the officially unveiling of a mural in memory of late paratrooper Albert Campbell, the grandad of co-owner Lauren Cole, will be marked by the cutting of ribbon by The Mayor of Bolton Cllr Linda Thomas. The mural depicts World War II’s Operation Market Garden, as featured on the book A Dro...