{"id":2499,"date":"2015-12-05T18:42:39","date_gmt":"2015-12-05T18:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mardenhistory.org.uk\/home\/?page_id=2499"},"modified":"2015-12-05T19:08:17","modified_gmt":"2015-12-05T19:08:17","slug":"war-time-siren","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mardenhistory.org.uk\/home\/?page_id=2499","title":{"rendered":"War Time Siren"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OUR WAR TIME SIREN SOUNDS AGAIN.<\/p>\n<p>On D Day, 6th June, and also the date of our Great Musical Picnic, we were able to set off the siren finishing with the all-clear. Peter Cosgrove came dressed in full WW2 uniform and Nigel Hammond represented the Royal British Legion with their branch flag.<\/p>\n<p>Quite a number of villagers and visitors assembled for this. I was amused by the reaction of 2 young brothers \u2013 one was horrified at the noise and held his hands over his ears, whilst the younger one was jumping up and down with delight. (Needless to say I just missed this photographic gem.) However the dogs there didn\u2019t seem to turn a hair.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2507\" style=\"width: 401px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mardenhistory.org.uk\/home\/media_library\/DSC_0017a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mardenhistory.org.uk\/home\/media_library\/DSC_0017a-391x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Colin Whittle starting up the siren.\" width=\"391\" height=\"1024\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mardenhistory.org.uk\/home\/media_library\/DSC_0017a-391x1024.jpg 391w, https:\/\/www.mardenhistory.org.uk\/home\/media_library\/DSC_0017a-115x300.jpg 115w, https:\/\/www.mardenhistory.org.uk\/home\/media_library\/DSC_0017a.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 391px) 100vw, 391px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2507\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Colin Whittle starting up the siren.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2505\" style=\"width: 466px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mardenhistory.org.uk\/home\/media_library\/DSC_0018a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2505\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mardenhistory.org.uk\/home\/media_library\/DSC_0018a-456x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Peter Cosgrove attired in authentic uniform\" width=\"456\" height=\"1024\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mardenhistory.org.uk\/home\/media_library\/DSC_0018a-456x1024.jpg 456w, https:\/\/www.mardenhistory.org.uk\/home\/media_library\/DSC_0018a-134x300.jpg 134w, https:\/\/www.mardenhistory.org.uk\/home\/media_library\/DSC_0018a.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 456px) 100vw, 456px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2505\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peter Cosgrove attired in authentic uniform<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2506\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mardenhistory.org.uk\/home\/media_library\/DSC_0028a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mardenhistory.org.uk\/home\/media_library\/DSC_0028a.jpg\" alt=\"Rear view of Peter.\" width=\"500\" height=\"979\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mardenhistory.org.uk\/home\/media_library\/DSC_0028a.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.mardenhistory.org.uk\/home\/media_library\/DSC_0028a-153x300.jpg 153w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2506\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rear view of Peter.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OUR WAR TIME SIREN SOUNDS AGAIN. On D Day, 6th June, and also the date of our Great Musical Picnic, we were able to set off the siren finishing with the all-clear. 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