On BBC Radio Lincolnshire today special programme on John Magee at 14:30 hrs who wrote the “High Flight” poem on the anniversary of his death Dec .11th 1941 near Roxholm,Lincolnshire.
Link here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/radio/bbc_radio_lincolnshire/listenlive
By: TwinOtter23 - 12th December 2011 at 23:17
I understand that Roger Cole is liaising with the family over several unpublished poems – his talk also provided some detailed chronology of other Magee poems that linked through to the writing of High Flight; fascinating and moving material that I wasn’t quite expecting! 🙂
He was also talking about trying to develop a more substantial tribute to John Magee in his (R Cole’s) local village – Wellingore I think! 😮
Your Orders of Service will be in the post tomorrow T 21 and there are a few more photos in this link!
By: T-21 - 12th December 2011 at 15:22
Good write up Howard and glad it went well. Apparently Roger Cole has more unpublished poems from John Magee so will be of future interest to aviation and poetry readers.
By: TwinOtter23 - 12th December 2011 at 15:18
First item here! 🙂
AHL advise that the TV item went out on BBC Look North last night – so far I haven’t had time to check their i-Player coverage!!
By: T-21 - 12th December 2011 at 06:37
Thanks for the info private message sent. Piece here on Rev Hugh Magees recollections of his brother. http://www.macla.co.uk/newsmag/2007/03/memories-of-a-famous-brother.html
By: TwinOtter23 - 11th December 2011 at 21:33
I listened to the broadcast whilst travelling home from an excellent weekend.
Hopefully BBC TV (Look North) will be featuring the commemorations – I’ll try and get a weblink when I get confirmation of the broadcast.
I’ll also post any article weblinks as and when they appear.
T-21 I have your order of service from today and I also kept one form the private service at Scopwick on Saturday morning.
The talk yesterday afternoon was very well done – informative, thought provoking and moving!
I forgot to mention that Hugh Magee did a live broadcast on BBC Lincolnshire this morning at just beofre 8.30am.
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December 11, 2011 at 8:56 am