Carrickfergus and its Role in the War told my someone who knows!
1/11/2024
A fascinating and well researched tour on Carrickfergus and how the people were involved in the War ...
Lead The Way Tour
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Carrickfergus Castle Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland BT38 7BG
Lead The Way Tour is an emotive and unique Guided Walking Tour experience. Step back in time and see how the County Antrim town of Carrickfergus played a hugely significant role in the Second World War. Using a wide range of contemporary photographs, artifacts, stories, and visits to key locations, I take you back to the late 1930s and early 1940s, when events many miles away impacted on the people who lived, worked or were stationed here during WW2. You will uncover an incredible period of history: air raid precautions; rationing; salvage; manufacturing of uniforms, parachutes, life-jackets and para-dummies; tank building; the arrival of British, American and Belgian troops; the formation of an elite US Army Battalion; a Military Prison and Detention Centre, the Ulster Home Guard; evacuees and refugees from the Belfast Blitz; and much more…
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Walking Tour
1/8/2024
An excellent, informative, informative and emotive walking tour. Great local information and some fa...
Brilliant tour and guide !
3/4/2023
I went on this fascinating tour this morning. It was so interesting that I didn't notice the time pa...
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