Tag: world war 2

11th May 2020

VE Day social distance BBQ – sharing stories of WW2

On Friday to commemorate VE Day – and to lift our spirits – we held a BBQ in the gardens for the Brothers.  We kept a safe distance apart, and wore our masks except for eating.  And we gathered and shared our war stories and memories of that day – 8th May 75 years ago. […]... continue

29th November 2016

The Charterhouse During and After WWII

The ‘Blitz’ was a sustained campaign of aerial bombing attacks on British towns and cities carried out by the Luftwaffe (German Air Force). It began on 7 September, when German bombers attacked London, killing 430 people and injuring 1,600, and continued for 57 consecutive nights, and often... continue