Sunday, March 4, 2012

Julia rises to Help for Heroes challenge.

Julia Maclean Smith, of Rotherfield Avenue, was inspired to fundraise for Help for Heroes and did so alongside Peter Swanson, of Dorset Road, who she met outside Tesco's when he was holding up a collection tin for the services' charity.<br/><br/>The pair took part in the Bridge Too Far bicycle ride which was timed to coincide with the 60th anniversary of Operation Market Garden, when at the end of World War II, the allies threw themselves into capturing a chain of bridges along the Rhine to push Nazi forces back into Germany. They succeeded at all the bridges except Arnhem which was a German stronghold and therefore proved to be a bridge too far.<br/><br/>Julia's proud mum Mary …

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