Photos by Sue Robb

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Tuesday 22nd October 2024
Trip leaves the Sherwood Ranger at 9.30am
Cost : £9 (RCT Mini Coach Travel)
We will be visiting a special exhibition in the Carnegie Museum about the Parachute Regiment in the Melton District during the Second World War, created by local historian Brian Fare.
Set up in 1941 in response to the effective German paratroopers, by June 1944, there were five parachute brigades comprising 17 battalions. Five parachute battalions landed prior to D-Day (June 1944) to destroy bridges and gun batteries and to cut off German reinforcements. Six battalions, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 10th, 11th and 156th, fought at the Battle of Arnhem in Holland, during Operation Market Garden in September 1944.
We will then we have free time in Melton Mowbray on its market day to try out the local delicacies such as pork pies & cheese, and to visit the shops and eateries. There will also be a St Mary's Church lunchtime organ recital at 1pm with the trip finally departing at 3.30pm