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Browsing Archive: June, 2010

Country Life Magazine Covers CART

Posted by Tom Sykes on Wednesday, June 30, 2010, In : Press 
Today we are featured on page 63 in Country Life Magazine.

Copies can be purchased from all good newsagents.

You can see the article here.

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CART IS ONE TODAY!

Posted by Tom Sykes on Tuesday, June 29, 2010, In : Events 


Today marks the 1st Birthday of the Coleshill Auxiliary Research Team (CART)

What a year its been!

In the 12 months CART and its members have built a fantastic on-line resource which is now THE online authority on the Auxiliary Units.

We have attracted national and local press, produced a DVD, organised a site trip to Parham, produced an Ale and helped loved ones answer questions about their Aux relatives.

I would personally like to thank all the CART members, donations of material from the publi...
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National Press for CART

Posted by Tom Sykes on Saturday, June 26, 2010, In : Press 
On Saturday we were featured in The Times Newspaper.

Page 33 in the main paper.

An archive copy can be seen here.


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Times Newspaper and Country Life Magazine

Posted by Tom Sykes on Thursday, June 24, 2010, In : Press 




It is very likely that news of our campaign to get Auxiliers a medal is going to be in The Times newspaper this Saturday and also in Country Life Magazine on June 30th....

Whilst I cannot promise anything I suggest you buy a copy.

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July 4th Site Map Now Live

Posted by Tom Sykes on Wednesday, June 23, 2010, In : Events 


I have just been sent the site map for the July 4th event by the National Trust.

Please find it here

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Heiferlaw Auxiliary Zero Station Added

Posted by Tom Sykes on Wednesday, June 23, 2010, In : OB's 


I have just added info and images on Heiferlaw Auxiliary Zero Station thanks to new CART member Stephen Lewins.

You can see it here

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Norfolk OB's Added And New Member

Posted by Tom Sykes on Sunday, June 20, 2010, In : OB's 
Today I have added Jeremy Norman to our members list.

Jeremy has submitted two OB's in the Norfolk area to our website.



These are Baconsthorpe and Matlaske. Both of which can be seen here

You can read more about Jeremy on our Members Page.

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Ann Warwicker Passes Away

Posted by Tom Sykes on Wednesday, June 16, 2010, In : Obituaries 
It is with great regret that I have to inform you of the passing of Ann Warwicker.

Ann was the wife of John Warwicker MBE.

For those of you who don't know, John has written two books on the Auxiliary Units and was key to setting up The British Resistance Organisation.

John is still seen by many as the authority on the subject.

His wife Ann took many of the pictures for his books and helped and supported him over the years.

CART will be sending a letter of condolence to John in the next few da...
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Become A Friend of CART

Posted by Tom Sykes on Wednesday, June 16, 2010, In : Research 

We are now setting up a way you can help us with a small donation.

CART only continues with money donated from people like you. You can give as little as £2 a month to us and it really will go a long way.

Please help us continue to supply information to relatives of Auxiliers, build our website, promote the work of these brave men on a national basis with our outreach programmes.

Please donate what you can here

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Belford Auxiliary Unit and OB Added

Posted by Tom Sykes on Tuesday, June 15, 2010, In : OB's 


We have added some info on the Belford Auxiliary Unit and OB to our Northumberland Units page.

It can be seen here. Thanks to Stephen Lewins for the info.

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Mobile Broadband Devices Needed

Posted by Tom Sykes on Monday, June 14, 2010, In : General 
Good Morning All,

We are planning our July 4th event and need to acquire a couple of mobile broadband (3G) dongles to use on our two interactive laptops.

If you have one we can borrow for the event please let us know asap. Thank you.

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Explosives Page Grows

Posted by Tom Sykes on Tuesday, June 8, 2010, In : Weapons & Explosives 


Thanks to CART members Matthew Gibbs and Peter Antill our
Explosives page is now rammed with information.

Have a good old read here to learn more.

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Weapons and Explosives DVD now on pre order.

Posted by Tom Sykes on Monday, June 7, 2010, In : Shop News 


You can now pre order our Weapons and Explosives DVD here.

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Coleshill House On The Big Screen

Posted by Tom Sykes on Thursday, June 3, 2010, In : General 
Did you know Coleshill House was featured in a film?

In 1947 Coleshill House was the backdrop for the opening sequence to the film Uncle Silas.

We have managed to find a copy and have added the famous scenes in our Media Library.

As far as we know it is the only recorded footage of the house. See it here.

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