Titanic the mission any one see that last night. very interesting.

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/titanic-the-mission

A lot of things about Shingle street, were probably, invented and exaggerated over a few pints and did not actually happen in 1940.

This is what my father has told me about, when he was at Shingle street, he cannot remember which year it was that he was there, but was probably 42 or 43 he was 17 or 18 at the time. (He was called up to Join the Army in Dec 1944 and left Jan 1948. Served in the R.E.M.E.) He was working for Earnest Doe of Essex. As a bulldozer/scraper driver and worked on the construction of several wartime Airfields in Norfolk and Suffolk, Shipdham and Woodbridge are two that he has talked most about.

Whist working at Shingle St and Boyton, (Building a tank training range) he lodged at 350 Foxhall Rd Ipswich and was taken to the site everyday by an ATS driver. He had to sign a document six pages long to say that he would not speak about what he was doing. (am assuming that this was the official secrets document) On the beach at Shingle St, he said there was a tower (Martello tower.) and two small buildings. He was instructed to dig a trench, starting near the tower and working towards the sea. This trench was to be 6 or 10 foot wide and 10 feet deep and about a 100yds long. This he did and when he went back to fill in /level the ground he saw that huge tanks had been placed in the trench with pipes running into the sea, was unsure whether the sides of the trench had concrete walls or not.

He also stated that while he was on that site, a truck would patrol the beach every morning and saw them bring bodies back, these bodies were in a bad state, so was not able to say who they were, but some were in uniform. (A lot of men of all branchs of service were lost at sea in the war years so it stands to reason that some must get washed onto beaches somewhere.)

No matter how good any driver is, these accidents can happen to anyone.
http://www.edp24.co.uk/content/edp24/default/

Seems different nos from different scources.
Wiki says.
The bombing mission in the morning of February 15, 1944 involved 142 B-17 Flying Fortresses together with 47 B-25 Mitchell and 40 B-26 Marauder medium bombers. In all they dropped 1,150 tons of high explosives and incendiary bombs on the abbey, reducing the entire top of Monte Cassino to a smoking mass of rubble. Between bomb runs, the II Corps artillery pounded the mountain.[33] Many Allied soldiers and war correspondents cheered as they observed the spectacle. Eaker and Devers watched; Juin was heard to remark “… no, they’ll never get anywhere this way.”[34] Clark and Gruenther refused to be on the scene and stayed at their headquarters. That same afternoon and the next day, in an aggressive follow-up, further artillery barrages and additional tonnage onto the ruins by 59 fighter bombers convulsed the rubble of the great abbey.

Bob Are you trying to avoid my question?
the clip you refered to was staged for a TV programme on dangerous driving.

So really what you are saying Bob, is that the Police and traffic Commissioners
don’t know their jobs either.

Yesterday, he appeared before North West Traffic Commissioner Beverley Bell, who was told police had concluded that Mrs Williams had pulled out in front of him from the left in an ‘ill-advised’ manoeuvre.

Tests had confirmed he could not have seen or heard the car wedged in front of his cab, and the hearing praised his actions.

Exonerating him, Miss Bell concluded: ‘You showed, in my view, coolness and a clear head.

‘I feel it is entirely inappropriate for me to take away your licence. You, your employers and the haulage industry should be able to hold your heads up high after this incident.’
Afterwards Mr Tomlinson, from Clitheroe, Lancashire, a lorry driver for 29 years, appeared close to tears as he said he hadn’t decided whether to resume his career.

When I take a photo,I usually have a reason for taking it.
What was the man with the camera trying to get in the pic?