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The Pennington (@HomePhotos) Photo Archive based in North Yorkshire @PennPix - curated by Matt when I get a moment !

England, United Kingdom
Joined February 2009
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Memories … #DDay #Normandy #80
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Good Morning ... some further #DDay80 photos by Matt @PennPix @HomePhotos 📷©️
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Photos by @PennPix @HomePhotos - #DDay80 #DDay80Anniversary from our recent visit to #Normandy #France - we remember the sacrifices made by all those involved - Thank You - #1944 #June6 #Landings #Overlord #Neptune #PegasusBridge #Arromanches 📷 ©️ Matt Pennington / PennPix
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From the @PennPix family Archives - 1994 @PoppyLegion Front Cover and other #DDay 50th Anniversary photo - #Normandy - by our late father - Roger Pennington - many 🇫🇷 trips as a #photographer & film maker ( #FinestHours #Churchill 1964 film ) #Arromanches #Queen #memories 📷 🎥
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Matt Pennington retweeted
This is what happened on D-Day in the words of those who were there Though some are no longer with us, their stories will never be forgotten #DDay80 📺 Watch here 👇
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Matt Pennington retweeted
16 London black cabs from the @TaxiCharity, have taken veterans back to Pegasus Bridge in style Pegasus Bridge was the first location to be liberated by British airborne troops in 1944 #DDay80 📺 Watch here 👇
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Matt Pennington retweeted
Perhaps when you have a moment today, have a quiet thought for the men of the Ox and Bucks, glider pilots, and RAF crew at Tarrant Rushton airfield. 80 years ago this evening, they took off for their assault on Pegasus Bridge. Landing just after midnight, they took the bridge 🫡
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This morning in Portsmouth we begin two days of commemorations to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day. We will never forget the extraordinary bravery and sacrifice of those who fought for freedom on that fateful day. #DDay80
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From 📷 ©️PennPix … from my recent visit to #Normandy #France #DDay #80 … also visited #PegasusBridge - very emotional trip as my late Dad 🎥 📷covered the 50th Anniversary and many other trips - will be going through ⁦@HomePhotos⁩ #documentary #Archive - memories #RIP
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Hi … a few other @PennPix #iPhone 📷 from first night #epic #Leeds @keaneofficial @fdarena #Keane #keane20 concert - your fans are in for a real treat and amazing tour - congratulations #Sussex #1066 and thank you again for the #memories #sovereignlightcafe #Hastings 👍🎶😍📷
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A fantastic evening once again @fdarena - thank you. Celebrating a special year and amazing to see @keaneofficial . I am originally from #Sussex by the Sea #1066 #Battle #Hastings - now based in #Yorkshire and wow what a #singalong Up North #superb 👍 📷 🎶 @HomePhotos @PennPix
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Dad @HomePhotos @FireEnginePix would have been 94 📷🎥🌍🎬🚒🌈this week and I captured this wonderful moment at recent @JamesBlunt concert in Leeds - thank you … fantastic evening #Monsters #Dad #memories #family #photography #film
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On this day in 1965, Sir Winston Churchill died, aged 90. Below is the opening of the script to be broadcast by the BBC World Service in the event of Churchill's death, drafted in 1962. "The greatest man of our age has gone from among us." (Image: @UkNatArchives - INF 12/964) – at Tandridge, South East
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A fire in the belly: Liz Wewiora @ewewiora on Tish Murtha @TishMurthafilm. Join us for a special screening with Q&A (13 Dec, 6pm) at @FACT_Cinema to discuss photography as a socially driven practice! openeye.org.uk/blog/tish-mur…
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So fortunate to eventually catch this film #York @tishmurtha @TishMurthafilm .We thought it was truly #brilliant and thoroughly recommend to anyone who reads this or has opportunity to see. As mentioned in film, #Tish was “so special, so talented” 📷 🎥 #photography #TishMurtha
Don't miss our #Discover Film this week TISH. A working-class photographer captures the impact of Thatcherism on the north of England but is unable to escape the poverty and inequality she exposed. Book your Tickets online and In-Cinemas today!
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Matt Pennington retweeted
TISH @picturehouses Discover screenings! Catch Paul Sng’s documentary about the life and works of working class photographer Tish Murtha at your local Picturehouse this week. Book now: modernfilms.com/tish
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The best things happen when you just happen to be somewhere with a camera ELLIOTT ERWITT Francia. Provenza 1955 #ElliottErwitt
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Matt Pennington retweeted
American photographer Elliott Erwitt, who dedicated his life to documentary photography died peacefully on November 30 in his sleep at his home in New York at age 95. He was one of the last living legends of photography. blind-magazine.com/en/news/e…
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