Knockninney, Castle Archdale and Lough Erne
More stories from Frankie and Rita as WAAF drivers, Knockninny launches the first Cot boat to be built in fifty years and a celebration to mark 100 years of Castle Archdale.
More stories from Frankie and Rita about their time as WAAF drivers during WW2, Knockninny launches the first Cot boat to be built in 50 years and a celebration to mark 100 years of the RAF at Castle Archdale. Presented by Anne Marie McAleese with the people, places and stories that make Northern Ireland unique.
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Portrush Raft Race
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'Ships were on their own'
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'I just called in for a cuppa tea mammy'
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Part Two: Frankie and Rita
Stationed at Castle Archdale in Fermanagh during WW2 - home-ground for Frankie and Rita. They trained as WAAFs over seventy years ago and speak very fondly of their time stationed together in the same huts.聽
RAF Castle Archdale
Special celebrations are being held this weekend at Castle Archdale to mark 100 years of the RAF. It played such an important role in WW2 as a base for flying boats, which protected the ships in the聽Atlantic from聽German聽U-boats.聽
The Cot Boat
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- Sat 26 May 2018 08:05麻豆社 Radio Ulster & 麻豆社 Radio Foyle
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