MacotheIsles wrote:Been wanting to take these pics for a long time...
Conway Square, Newtownards Feb 2011
That's lovely. Not that I have the remotest notion where Newtownards is, mind.
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Re: Holiday Snaps 2010
by Josef » Sun Feb 20, 2011 11:26 am
That's lovely. Not that I have the remotest notion where Newtownards is, mind.
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Re: Holiday Snaps 2010
by MacotheIsles » Sun Feb 20, 2011 9:11 pm
Josef wrote:MacotheIsles wrote:Been wanting to take these pics for a long time...
Conway Square, Newtownards Feb 2011
That's lovely. Not that I have the remotest notion where Newtownards is, mind.
Thank you - all credit to the sculptor though for capturing the personality of the man. The statue - which I think is as receent as 1996 - is of Lt Colonel Blair Mayne, who died in 1955. Along with David Stirling and Jock Lewes he is credited with being one of the founders of the SAS Regiment. Of those three - often referred to as The Dreamer, the Planner and the Fighter - he was The Fighter. His portrait is in the sergeants' mess at Credenhill (so I have read) to this very day. Very worthwhile reading books such as 'Rogue Warrior of the SAS' and. 'Paddy Mayne' for details of his exploits in WWII and his DSO, 3 Bars. Newtownards, incidentally, is in Co. Down.
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Re: Holiday Snaps 2010
by johnboy » Sun Feb 20, 2011 9:45 pm
The Egg Man wrote:http://www.blairmayne.org/
Good wee read that.........David Stirling memorial.
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