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Originally Posted by anzac

I didn't see the programme but will now watch it on the catch up as it sounds interesting.

It's a shame they did not credit Bill Turner for his years of research as I had the pleasure of working with Bill on certain projects and he certainly was a man with a mission on recording not only the Pals but also the men from Haslingden who died in the 2nd World War and also the history of the men who died from 2 parishes in Haslingden in both world wars.

Funnily enough I have a copy of the Songs of Praise that came from Accrington about the Pals and last week had it made into a DVD from the video and really enjoyed watching it after all this time.

When you watch the Reel of Britain, it shows a film of the Pals leaving camp for the last time, on their way to Egypt, that piece of film was taken on December 10th 1915, it was supposed to be a march of 3 miles, but they got lost, & ended up doing 10 miles, when the Pals actually left for Egypt it was in the middle of the night 5 days later.

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