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Originally Posted by wadey

Did anybody watch this programme about Pals regiments last night ? It's on the iPlayer

Melvyn Bragg reveals footage telling the history of modern Britain. At the Queen's Lancashire Regiment Museum and Barracks in Preston, Melvyn looks back to WWI.

BBC iPlayer - Reel History of Britain: Soldier, Soldier

Yes and it was a load of crap, many errors, not one mention of William Turner, who without his research & books on the Accrington Pals, that episode of Reel of Britain could not have been made.
The producers of that program contacted me asking for info, and how many relatives of Accrington Pals were available to tell of there experiences.

Bills widow rang me, and she was livid at some of the rubbish spouted by bond, who didn't even know his uncles service number till I told him, now he comes out with all sorts of wonderous tales his uncle told him, & now pretends he's and X spurt on the Pals.
The woman Vanda Isherwood, who was looking for her grandfather William Lowther, who was killed on July 1st. I sent her all the material & pictures available some 4 year ago. William Lowther had 4 brothers serving in WW1 2 of whom were also killed, but they did not serve in the Pals.
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