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Michael Jackson is a radio talk show host based in the Los Angeles area. Jackson is best known for his radio show which covered the arts, politics and human interest subjects, particularly in the Los Angeles and greater Southern California area. The show originally aired on L.A. radio station KABC. He was born in England, experiencing the The Blitz (German bombing) of London during World War Two. After the war, in which his father served in the RAF as a navigator trainer, … - Angus Calder
Angus Calder (b. 1942) is an academic writer, historian, and literary editor with a background in English literature, politics and cultural studies. In 1967 he won the Eric Gregory Award for his poetry and the 1970 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. He read English literature at the University of Cambridge, and wrote a doctorate at the University of Sussex, on politics in the United Kingdom during World War II. - George Rodger
George Rodger (1908-24 July 1995) was a British photojournalist noted for his work in Africa and for taking the first photographs of the death camps at Bergen-Belsen at the end of the Second World War. Born in Hale, Cheshire, Rodger went to school at St. Bees College then joined the British Merchant Navy and sailed around the world. While sailing, Rodger wrote accounts of his travels and taught himself photography to illustrate his travelogues. - Al Bowlly
Albert Allick 'Al' Bowlly (January 7 1890/1899(?)-April 17 1941) was a popular singer in the United Kingdom during the 1930s, making more than 1,000 recordings between 1927 and 1941. Bowlly was born in Mozambique to Greek and Lebanese parents who met en route to Australia and moved to South Africa. He was brought up in Johannesburg, South Africa. He was killed by the explosion of a parachute mine outside his apartment in London during the Blitz. - Barbara Castle
Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn PC (October 6, 1910 - May 3, 2002) was a British left-wing politician, born Barbara Anne Betts in Chesterfield, Derbyshire (and brought up in Pontefract and Bradford, Yorkshire), who adopted her family's politics, joining the Labour Party. - Barbara Nadel
Barbara Nadel is an English crime-writer, and previous winner of the CWA Silver Dagger (for Deadly Web). Many of her books are set in Turkey. Born in the East End of London, Barbara Nadel trained as an actress before becoming a writer. Now writing full-time, she has previously worked as a public relations officer for the National Schizophrenia Fellowship's Good Companion Service and as a mental health advocate for the mentally disordered in a psychiatric hospital. - Cyril Demarne
Cyril Thomas Demarne OBE (February 7 1905 - January 28 2007) was a British firefighter. He served in London during the Second World War, throughout the Blitz. He was later involved in establishing aviation firefighting units in Australasia and in Beiruit. In retirement, he wrote several books based on his wartime experiences - Ken Snakehips Johnson
Ken 'Snakehips' Johnson (born Kenrick Reginald Hymans Johnson, September 10 1914 - 1941) was a jazz band leader and dancer. Originally from British Guiana, Johnson's parents sent him moved to Britain at the age of 15, where he attended Sir William Borlase's Grammar School before studying medicine at Edinburgh University. Having gained an interest in dance, he sought lessons from American choreographer, Buddy Bradley. It was in dance work that he earned his nickname, … - William Sansom
William Sansom (January 18, 1912 - April 20, 1976) was a British novelist, travel and short story writer known for his highly descriptive prose-style. He was born in London and educated at Uppingham School, Rutland, before moving to Bonn to learn German. From 1930 Sansom worked in international banking for the British chapter of a German bank, but moved to an advertising company in 1935, where he worked until the outbreak of World War II. - Ballard Berkeley
Ballard Berkeley (born Ballard Blascheck; 6 August 1904 - 16 January 1988) was an English actor best remembered for his role in the British sitcom "Fawlty Towers", in which he played the character of Major Gowen. He was born in 1904 in Margate, Kent, England. Berkely served as a Special Constable with the Metropolitan Police during World War II, witnessing The Blitz at first hand - Walter H. Thompson
Detective Inspector Walter Henry Thompson (born 1890, died 1979) was the bodyguard of Winston Churchill for eighteen years between 1921 and 1945, being recalled from semi-retirement running two grocer's shops by a telegram from Churchill on 22 August 1939 reading "Meet me Croydon airport 4.30pm Wednesday." Although at that time Churchill had no official position in government, … - Peter Rhodes
Peter Christopher Rhodes was an American journalist born in Manila. FBI files note a discrepancy between his date of birth and that given to the Selective Service Commission. Rhodes early background information is among extensive redactions in his FBI file. Rhodes parents were divorced in 1914 and remarried in 1915. Christof Beutinger, Rhodes father, was shot and killed in his home in 1916, and Rhodes mother, who worked in British intelligence, was tried in his death. - Crane Brinton
(Clarence) Crane Brinton (Winsted, Connecticut 1898 -Cambridge, Massachusetts, September 7, 1968) was an American historian of France, as well as a historian of ideas. His most famous work, "The Anatomy of Revolution," compared the dynamics of revolutionary movements to the progress of fever. Born in Winsted, Connecticut, his family soon moved to Springfield, Massachusetts, where he grew up. - Roy Andries de Groot
Roy Andries de Groot (1912 - September 16, 1983), was a British culinary writer. He was born in London, the son of a Dutch artist and a French noblewoman. He was educated at St Paul's School and at Oxford University. During the 1930s, De Groot worked as a news and feature writer, film writer, and director. When World War II broke out, he joined the British Ministry of Information and worked for the BBC, where, during the The Blitz of London, … - Joan Bartlett
Joan Bartlett OBE (b. 1 August 1911, London - d. 9 September 2002) was a prominent British Catholic and the founder of the Servite Secular Institute (SSI). During WWII Joan Bartlett worked in the European Broadcasting division of the BBC and at night was a Commandant of the Red Cross. She converted from Anglicanism to Roman Catholicism in 1941. She then became a Servite (Servant of Mary) Tertiary. She opened a residential home for the elderly homeless, … - William Graham Holford Baron Holford
William Graham Holford, Baron Holford (22 March 1907 - 17 October 1975) was a British architect and town planner. He was born in South Africa and educated at Diocesan College, Cape Town. He studied architecture at Liverpool University, where he won the "Rome Scholarship in Architecture" to the British School at Rome in 1930. He succeeded Patrick Abercrombie as Professor of Civic Design at Liverpool University in 1937. - Hermione Hammond
Hermione Hammond (August 11, 1910-July 29, 2005) was an English painter who is most famous for her paintings of London damaged by the Blitz during World War II. - John Bertram Phillips
John Bertram Phillips (16 September 1906, Barnes, Surrey - 21 July 1982, Swanage) was a Bible translator, writer and clergyman, often referred to as just J. B. Phillips. He was educated at Emanuel School and took a degree in Classics from Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He was ordained an Anglican clergyman in the Church of England in 1930. During World War II, while serving as a minister at Church of the Good Shepherd in London, … - Wilfred Stamp 2nd Baron Stamp
Wilfred Carlyle Stamp, 2nd Baron Stamp (1914 - 16 April 1941) was a son of the British banker Josiah Stamp. He holds the record for holding a peerage for the shortest length of time. Stamp was killed along with his father Josiah Stamp, the second-richest man in Britain at the time, when their house was bombed in 1941 during The Blitz. English law has legal fiction that in cases where the order of death is indeterminable the eldest is recorded to have died first. - John Wodehouse 3rd Earl of Kimberley
John Wodehouse, 3rd Earl of Kimberley CBE MC (11 November 1883-16 April 1941) was a British peer, known from 1902 to 1932 as Lord Wodehouse. Wodehouse, the eldest son of the 2nd Earl of Kimberley, was MP for Mid Norfolk from 1906-1910. He was a Captain in the 16th Lancers during World War I, where he was wounded and twice mentioned in despatches. On 5 May 1922, he married the twice-widowed Frances Margaret Montagu, a daughter of Lt.-Col. Leonard Irby. - The Blitz
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My favorite color is green. - Davidson
I'm 24. I still live at home. All the cool kids are doing it. I hate telephones, oblivious drivers, and willful ignorance. It turns out my memory is much worse than I thought it was. I like the color blue, baseball, and Sugar-Free Red Bull. I drive a Jeep. It's pretty kickin' rad, except when I rear-end old women. I think I'm pretty smart. I like smart people, too. I'm also better than you at video games. - Brandon
What's up... My name's Brandon and I was born and raised in Charleston, South Carolina. A true southerner. I love it here eventhough it can get somewhat lame. I'll be a freshman at Trident Technical College this coming year. The most important things to me is my family and friends. Anything else is...well, anything else. I'm always down for having fun whether it's going to a party or watching a movie at a friends house. - Tom
TOO BAD YOU WERE A FUCKING DOUCHE BAG CUZ I FUCKING OWNED YOU........signed by Br4v3n37 @ n0ths.net. - The blitz
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