| Event type: | Meeting |
| Date: | 27th May 2026 |
| Time: | 2:00pm |
| Venue: | Bat and Ball Community Centre |
Our speaker this month is Gilly Halcrow. Gilly has been to us before to talk about the Special Operations Executive; this time she will be presenting a talk entitled The Shetland Bus WWII.
This is the story of the brave Norwegian sailors who, in their fishing boats, kept links open between occupied Norway and Britain during WWII, taking agents in with supplies for the resistance and escaping refugees out. Not only did they have to face sub-Arctic storms in the North sea but also the might of the Nazi war machine out searching for them.
This is a moving account of what affectionately became known as “The Shetland Bus”; helping Norway to bring back its peace and its pride.
We look forward to welcoming you to the Bat & Ball Centre, with tea and cake being served afterwards, and I do hope you will join us.
Barbara Coleyshaw meetings@sevenoaksu3a.org.uk