30th May 2024 • The HERALD • Page 39 v D-DAY 80 - 6TH JUNE 2024 v D-Day Events at Lepe Country Park The Lepe D-Day Heritage group will have an exhibition in the classroom at Lepe Country Park, from 3rd June–9th June, 10am -4pm. On Monday 3rd June 10am there will be a memorial service for those who embarked from Lepe/Stanswood. A sh and chip supper and beacon lighting will take place on Thursday 6th June from 7.30pm with the beacon lighting taking place at 9.15pm. Join Lepe Country Park on the clifftop on Saturday 8th June between 10am to 4pm, for a D-Day Family Day with music from New Forest Brass Band, Marchwood Military Wives and the Jingle Ladies. ere will be local stalls including Vibrant Brewery and e Royal British Legion, along with stands from army cadets, military recruitment and the Lepe D-Day Heritage Group. is is a free event but usual parking charges apply. For more details visit: www.hants. gov.uk/thingstodo/countryparks/lepe/ whats-on/D-Day-Family-Day A commemorative event of remembrance will take place on the cli op on Sunday 9th June at 10.30am. D-Day 80 Event in Hythe Join Hythe & Dibden Parish Council in commemorating the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings on Thursday 6th June. e following programme of activities and events has been organised to mark the occasion: 8am Town Crier in Hythe Village Centre 11am Poems at schools (Not open to the public) 2pm Marc Heighway, talk on the Waterside during D-Day at the Library 2pm and 4pm Sarah Marsden, historical talks/walks on the pier 3pm to 4.45pm a er-school D-Day cra s drop in at the Library 5.30pm to 8.30pm ‘ e Longest Day‘ lm showing at the Parish Hall 7.30 to 8.30pm Outside the Pier: Goodnight Sweethearts singing troupe 9.15pm International Tribute and Beacon lighting, view from the Pier During the event, please celebrate National Fish and Chip Day with a takeaway or a sit down meal in any participating eateries displaying the National Fish and Chip Day poster. The Parish Council would like to thank all those involved in planning the day and especially those who are playing a part in the day itself. Please make a note in your diary and help make it a day to remember! For more information on all of the above visit: www.hytheanddibden.gov.uk D-DAY 80 CELEBRATION AT HYTHE MARINA Hythe Marina Association will be commemorating the 80th Anniversary of D-Day on Thursday 6th June on the Marina from 7pm with Hythe Primary School Choir, children’s best authentic dress prize, Sea Scouts Procession, Street Food and Refreshments and the Lighting of the Beacon at 9.15pm. Collections will be donated to Hythe Sea Scouts. Dressing up competition for children and families: Dress up as WW2 evacuees coming back home. During the war thousands of children were sent overseas to North America, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa as well as to the countryside all around Britain, away from parents and to stay safe with host families. Finally, the celebration of returning to their families when hostilities ceased. ere will be a prize for the most authentic child’s costume and for a family group. Judging will take place during the D-Day celebrations on the Marina at approximately 8pm. Lighting the Beacon for 80th Anniversary of D-Day in Copythorne In commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of D-Day a beacon will be lit at Copythorne Parish Hall on Thursday 6th June at 9.15pm joining hundreds of other beacons due to be lit across the country. e Parish Hall will be open from 7.30pm; where there will be exhibitions, music and refreshments. The event has been organised by Copythorne Parish Council, Copythorne Parish Hall Committee, Copythorne and District Royal British Legion and Copythorne History Society. Winning wings, a fully quali ed pilot, the elation is freighting, a short cut to death maybe, for a young pilot going to war, it’s something he might not see, a death or glory boy, ying round in an RAF toy, but everyman must dream of being a Hero sometime in his life and a person as such at war is optimistic of his chances, being a hero, he romances. Death isn’t such an obvious fate, but people are sometimes optimistic until too late. Flying many a young man’s dream, a war in the air, one to one, a will to win, a will to live, a right to be optimistic, but someones gotta lose and the better man can choose, Hero’s were made of these, those men who fought in the war situation, a situation I wish I would cease. Realisations of a Green Optimistic Wartime Flyer (World War II) by Martin Grist©
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