Christine Smith

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My daughter, 17, was knifed 15 times by ex in real-life Adolescence plot… pathetic jail term means he'll soon walk free

1 week ago | thesun.co.uk | Christine Smith

A-LEVEL student Ellie Gould was a vivacious 17-year-old with a bright future ahead of her when she met Thomas Griffiths. But when she split with him after a brief romance, because he was becoming too "controlling", the cold-blooded teen, also 17, took revenge by stabbing her to death. He strangled Ellie before stabbing her 15 times in the kitchen of her own home in Calne, Wiltshire.
Leave on hold, skirt in tatters: One woman’s war on the Isle of Man

1 week ago | iomtoday.co.im | Christine Smith

A Radio Times front page ahead of VE Day (-)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">Ronaldsway and what life was like on the Isle of Man 80 years ago.
Victory in sight but war work continues for Wren at Ronaldsway in latest letter

2 weeks ago | iomtoday.co.im | Christine Smith

The chapel in the 1940s (picture courtesy of King William's College) (-)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 Ronaldswayand what life was like on the Isle of Man 80 years ago.
Pop Idol past of Corrie newcomer Natalie Anderson - as gay love triangle is exposed

3 weeks ago | mirror.co.uk | Christine Smith |Alison Graves

Pop Idol past of Corrie newcomer Natalie Anderson - as gay love triangle is exposedCoronation Street newcomer Natalie has been in some explosive scenes after she arrived on the cobbles as Theo's secret wife earlier this monthWhen recently bereaved Danielle Silverton walks in on undertaker Todd Grimshaw enjoying a passionate clinch with her husband in Wednesday night's Corrie, her world falls apart.
A wedding, a crash, a signal: Wartime realities in a Wren’s words

3 weeks ago | iomtoday.co.im | Christine Smith

A postcard picture of the US army air forces (-)In the summer of 1944, Wren Kathleen Oates was stationed on the Isle of Man, writing dozens of letters home about life and operations at Ronaldsway. Eighty years later, her daughter, Christine Smith, explores these letters in a series of columns based on Kathleen’s wartime experiences. Yet again, 80 years ago this week, Kathleen Oates sadly had tragic news to impart in her letters home as well as the minutiae of everyday life in World War 2.
The war winds down, but duty and drama remain at Ronaldsway

1 month 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.
Eggs, flowers and flying dreams: Easter 1944 through the eyes of a Wren

1 month 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...
Blouses, eggs and the end of the war: A Wren's letters from the Isle of Man

1 month 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...
Beached ship, brown baths and bombing practice: A Wren’s life at Ronaldsway

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.
Steamy gay kiss as Tracy Beaker hunk joins Corrie and leaves Todd trembling

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.