At the Glider Collection Museum we spoke with Anne Gardner, daughter of Staff Sergeant William “Bill” Henry Wastell of the Glider Pilot Regiment. On 24 September 1944, he was wounded by a mortar at the Hartenstein Hotel in Oosterbeek during Operation Market Garden. He survived his time as a POW, and although he could no longer fly, he continued his military service. #ww2 #ww2history #wwii #worldwartwo #wwiihistory #gliderpilotregiment #battleofarnhem | Joël Stoppels Battlefield Tours

It has been a bit wild down New Brighton today 💨 ☔️ ⛈️ Not as bad as February 1990 when we lost the Outdoor Bathing Pool or when Morrisons flooded in January 2013 The dips were built to protect the houses near to the old Coastline, now you see why they pushed the River Mersey back with a Sea Wall defence. The dips were an add on to trap water on Spring Tides. We get various unusual tides in Autumn and the Spring months. Come and join us on our New Brighton WW2 History Tours at Fort Perch Rock a