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1 week ago | 
iomtoday.co.im | Christine Smith
Kathleen Oates' photograph of Cabin K, Ronaldsway with Wren friends in civvies (-)In the summer of 1944, Wren Kathleen Oates was stationed on the Isle of Man, writing dozens of letters home">home about life and operations at ronaldsway">Ronaldsway. Eighty years later, her daughter, Christine Smith, explores these letters in a series of columns based on Kathleen’s wartime experiences.
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2 weeks ago | 
iomtoday.co.im | Christine Smith
In the summer of 1944 Kathleen Oates - a Wren assigned to the Women's Royal Naval Service during the Second World War - was transferred to the Isle of Man. During her time on the island, she wrote dozens of letters home which provide a unique commentary on the operations at Ronaldsway and what life was like on the Isle of Man 80 years ago. Her daughter, CHRISTINE SMITH, pores through her mother’s letters as part of a series of columns based on Kathleen Oates’s writing...
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3 weeks ago | 
iomtoday.co.im | Christine Smith
An old photo of Cregneash (-)In the summer of 1944 Kathleen Oates - a Wren assigned to the Women's Royal Naval Service during the Second World War- was transferred to the Isle of Man. During her time on the island, she wrote dozens of letters home which provide a unique commentary on the operations at Ronaldswayand what life was like on the Isle of Man 80 years ago. Her daughter, CHRISTINE SMITH, pores through her mother’s letters as part of a series of columns based on Kathleen Oates’s writing...
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1 month ago | 
iomtoday.co.im | Christine Smith
An old aerial shot of Castletown (-)In the summer of 1944 Kathleen Oates - a Wren assigned to the Women's Royal Naval Service during the Second World War - was transferred to the Isle of Man. During her time on the island, she wrote dozens of letters home which provide a unique commentary on the operations at Ronaldsway and what life was like on the Isle of Man 80 years ago.
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1 month ago | 
mirror.co.uk | Christine Smith |Fran Bowden
Sexy scaffolder Theo Silverton arrives on the soap this week, attracting the attentions of Todd Grimshaw in the process. - and the actor who plays him was a huge child starLife on Coronation Street’s famous cobbles is set to spice up this week as a sexy new scaffolder, Theo, arrives and it’s not long before he embarks on a romance with Todd Grimshaw.
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1 month ago | 
mirror.co.uk | Christine Smith
Emmerdale newcomer Kammy, played by Shebz Miah, plans to shake things up as the Dales' latest badboy in a move that will leave the Dingles reeling. And it also doesn't bode well for Jacob GallagherEmmerdale newcomer Shebz Miah has gone from stacking shelves in the Co-op to making a head-turning debut last night (Tuesday) as new hunky bad boy Kammy. Second eldest of six children, Shebz, 27, still lives in Bradford with his parents and siblings, who are bursting with pride over his new role.
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1 month ago | 
express.co.uk | Christine Smith
Fans of Robert Bathurst are sure to enjoy him playing a very different character (Image: Alistair Heap)From Cold Feet to Downton Abbey, Robert Bathurst has enjoyed a stellar career over the past four decades – regularly playing the posh, repressed husband or father. But tonight as he makes his debut on the BBC’s long-running medical drama, Casualty, it’s an altogether different character we will be seeing.
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1 month ago | 
mirror.co.uk | Christine Smith |Frances Kindon
Sunshine, property and a periscope into people’s lives, with a combination of chatty, likeable - and endlessly patient - presenters. This has been A Place in the Sun’s winning formula for 25 years, as more than 1,000 people have been helped to buy their dream homes abroad. On Monday at 6pm the massive Channel 4 hit - re-runs of which constantly populate the lifestyle schedules - is launching a sister show, A Place in the Sun: What Happened Next?
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1 month ago | 
iomtoday.co.im | Christine Smith
An old image of Port Soderick (Manx Nostalgia Facebook page) (-)In the summer of 1944 Kathleen Oates - a Wren assigned to the Women's Royal Naval Service during the Second World War - was transferred to the Isle of Man. During her time on the island, she wrote dozens of letters to home which provide a unique commentary on the operations at Ronaldsway and what life was like on the Isle of Man 80 years ago.
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1 month ago | 
adventuresnw.com | Jeffrey Smith |Christine Smith
The first words from our very first passenger as she stepped aboard my tour boat, the David B in Juneau, Alaska, were, “I don’t know why you would want to do this; the general public is atrocious!” I laughed nervously, wondering if her remark might prove true. It was early July in the summer of 2006. My husband Jeffrey and I were already on edge, standing on the cusp of something thrilling and uncertain: the beginning of our journey into entrepreneurship and the wilderness of southeast Alaska.
