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Great Escape gardener dies aged 97
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| Apr. 30, 2009
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Posted on 04/30/2009 6:13:28 AM PDT by decimon
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Lees - a gardener at the camp - helped dig the tunnels, but because he was not an officer he was not given the chance to escape himself.
He used an ingenious system to dispose of the soil from the three tunnels, storing it in a bag hidden under his trousers and then dumping it on the camp's vegetable garden.
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Lees praised the filmmakers for producing an accurate version of events, telling the Paisley Daily Express newspaper: "It was just the way it was portrayed in The Great Escape movie".
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TOPICS: Agriculture; Gardening; History; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: agriculture; gardening; godsgravesglyphs
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posted on
04/30/2009 6:13:28 AM PDT
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decimon
To: decimon
How many times have I seen this movie ?
To: Eric in the Ozarks
If more than me, you’re a serious addict.
To: traderrob6
Stage 1 addict. Name the actual variety of motorcycle used in the jump...
To: decimon
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posted on
04/30/2009 6:26:44 AM PDT
by
OB1kNOb
(I'm all for cap & trade. I want to cap government's power and trade it for a conservative one.)
To: Eric in the Ozarks
How many times have I seen this movie ?Just enough to ask the question.
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posted on
04/30/2009 6:27:31 AM PDT
by
decimon
To: Eric in the Ozarks
Name the actual variety of motorcycle used in the jump... It was a post-war Triumph model, but I can't remember the model name.
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posted on
04/30/2009 6:30:04 AM PDT
by
Charles Martel
("Endeavor to persevere...")
To: Charles Martel
To: Eric in the Ozarks
Here we go again.
It was a Triumph T120 (I think but possibly a T110) disguised as a post war BMW disguised as a prewar BMW.
Please note, when McQueen stops at the checkpoint, the BMW has an overhead valve engine not the prewar side valve engine.
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posted on
04/30/2009 6:44:54 AM PDT
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Tupelo
To: Tupelo
That would be a 500 twin, I think.
To: Tupelo
To: Tupelo
Oops forgot to add; Sidevalve engine was the military model
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posted on
04/30/2009 6:46:53 AM PDT
by
Tupelo
To: Eric in the Ozarks
Husqvarna? And no I didn’t look on Wiki.
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posted on
04/30/2009 6:54:57 AM PDT
by
Hazwaste
(Liberals love the average American the same way that foxes love the average chicken.)
To: Tupelo
To: Hazwaste
Triumph. McQueen loved em.
To: Eric in the Ozarks
“How many times have I seen this movie ?”
Not nearly enough. Go watch it again. It’s the greatest movie ever!
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posted on
04/30/2009 6:59:31 AM PDT
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samiam1972
("It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish."-Mother Teresa)
To: decimon
Great movie. Ex-husbands can be good for something! lol I love Kelly’s Heroes too.
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posted on
04/30/2009 7:10:50 AM PDT
by
My hearts in London - Everett
(There is a demand today for men who can make wrong appear right. Terrence, c. 160 B.C.)
To: samiam1972
One of the actors in the movie was actually held as a POW in WW II.
To: Eric in the Ozarks
Donald Pleasance
To: traderrob6
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