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- RAF veteran and retired cab driver talks about his long association with the Taxi Charity
I have been with them on commemorative trips to Arnhem, Ypres and Normandy, and in December last year
- WWII veteran Geoff Pulzer interviewed by Dermot Murnaghan for Sky News Podcast
Geoff talks about VE Day, his military career, how he met his wife, and trips to Normandy with his family
- Photography and Me by Dick Goodwin, TAXI
D-Day, when the commemorations for the 50th anniversary were announced in 1994, I wanted to go over to Normandy During a trip to Normandy for the 60th anniversary in 2004, a chance meeting with a friend led me to
- Chairman's Blog: Life is what happens whilst you're making other plans
We had also planned two visits to Normandy; one in June for D-Day 76, and then again in September – in all likelihood for the final time – to attend the inauguration of the Normandy Memorial in Ver sur Mer We also enclosed a Victory & Peace 75 lapel pin badge, kindly supplied by the Spirit of Normandy Trust NORMANDY SCHOOLCHILDREN Meanwhile, the pupils at College St. The story of the friendship between the veterans and Normandy schoolchildren was covered by Associated
- The veterans return to Worthing in our iconic black cabs
Parsons, chairman of the Taxi Charity, said: "We’ve enjoyed memorable trips to the Netherlands and Normandy
- The Taxi Charity will be delivering a little festive cheer to veterans this Christmas
With all the usual Taxi Charity events, including the visits to Normandy, the Netherlands and Worthing from families in the Netherlands and from school children who attend the St Louis Academy, Cabourg, Normandy
- WWII veteran to help find home for dog
Military Veterans who this year have taken me and other WWII veterans to both the Netherlands and to Normandy
- Taxi Charity visits Chatham Dockyard
Peter, Norrie and John were taken back to Normandy in June by the Taxi Charity to attend commemorations
- Obituary: Henry 'Harry' Frederick Rawlins 9 September 1925 - 10 June 2024
for Dutch Liberation in May and for the Operation Market Garden commemorations in September, and to Normandy
- Veterans attend the 77th anniversary of Operation Varsity
is preparing to take a group of WWII veterans to the Netherlands in May for Dutch Liberation, and to Normandy
- In conversation with WWII veteran, Harry Rawlins
My first trip with them was to Normandy in June 2017 which I thoroughly enjoyed and have returned to Normandy with them twice more. changed my life and kept me going and I certainly hope we will be able to return to the Netherlands and Normandy
- TAXI interviews volunteer cabbies
He has been on many trips over the years including taking older veterans to The Netherlands and Normandy 2017 for their ‘Back to the Beaches’ tour when Danny was one of the 78 taxis that took 95 veterans to Normandy
- Thanks to our volunteers for going the extra mile
for our website and social media continuing to raise much needed funding and to all our friends in Normandy
- Veterans on the move, TAXI
We are also busy planning our trip to Normandy for the WWII, D-Day commemorations at the beginning of
- Dave Allen, owner and editor of The Cab Driver Newspaper, has passed away
In June this year he spent a week with the charity, cabbies and veterans in Normandy for D-Day 75.
- Navy veterans are guests of honour on HMS Queen Elizabeth, ITV News
She passed on messages via a VHF radio set to troops landing on the beaches at Normandy.
- TAXI catches up with cabbie Sebastian Philp following his tour of Italian battlefields
Seb: It was very different to trips in France where all the WWII sites in Normandy are marked with huge currently on hold but I certainly hope that next year we are able to take our amazing WWII veterans back to Normandy
- "I am so blessed that the Taxi Charity arranges for me to be picked up from home" - Frank Pendergast
During my annual visits with the Taxi Charity to Normandy and Arnhem we are fortunate to meet lots of
- TAXI speaks to seasoned volunteer, Gerry Dunn MBE
As well as volunteering for trips with the Taxi Charity to Normandy, Germany and the Netherlands, I haven
- Chairman's Blog: 2019 Review
Normandy Recce Trips Several planning trips to Normandy were required, particularly as the date of our During our recce trip from 5 to 7 March, we travelled to Normandy with WWII veterans Bill Gladden, Frank June Normandy D-Day 75 6 June 2019 marked the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, and our week-long trip to Normandy (3 - 8 June) was the culmination of over a year’s planning and preparation. historic visit, our 32-taxi convoy transported thirty-five World War II veterans - most of whom fought in Normandy