Eddie B 4:09 Tue Oct 28
Sir Nicholas Winton - A true British hero
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A British man who saved 669 children, most of them Jews, from the Nazis is to receive the Czech Republic's highest state honour.
Sir Nicholas Winton was 29 when he arranged trains to take the children out of occupied Czechoslovakia and for foster families to meet them in London.
Now 105, he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme he felt proud that he had "made a difference to a lot of people".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-29798434
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIiBTP0spEA
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Coffee
7:15 Thu Jul 2
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SHORTYHAMMER 10:36 Wed Jul 1
Seems you're now encouraging immigration. What a turnaround.
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mentor
7:08 Thu Jul 2
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So he was German.
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Texas Iron
6:31 Thu Jul 2
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A true hero...
What took them so long...76 years...???
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whu the religion
5:03 Thu Jul 2
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I certainly wouldn't be here, my Grandad came here on the trains. All his family including baby brother murdered in the camps. This man gave him the opportunity to live in our great land of freedom and opportunity and he has never ever forgotten that.
RIP SIR
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panamahat
12:29 Thu Jul 2
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A very good human being RIP .
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HairyHammer
12:09 Thu Jul 2
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Obviously a wonderful human being and someone who will remain within the hearts and minds of the families of those children he saved, may he rest in peace.
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Northern Sold
11:02 Wed Jul 1
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Good bloke but he was no Kauto Star
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SHORTYHAMMER
10:36 Wed Jul 1
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What a top man RIP
Watched this clip , what a hero ..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_nFuJAF5F0
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JustAFatKevinDavies
10:31 Wed Jul 1
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I think he was in the same year as P at school
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LeroysBoots
10:25 Wed Jul 1
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Never heard of him and that comment in itself is a national scandal
True British hero and someone who is not taught about at schools
Sad
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solidbond
9:49 Wed Jul 1
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Real war hero . Unlike our modern day pretenders.
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solidbond
9:47 Wed Jul 1
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Real war hero.. Unlike our modern pretenders.
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Nurse Ratched
9:46 Wed Jul 1
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Uncle Junior - if your anecdote it true, your wife might want to remind herself about her professional duty of care towards her patients' privacy.
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Ridikzappa
9:42 Wed Jul 1
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....and our queen gave an OBE to James Corden.
FFS
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MrCrowmanSir
8:39 Wed Jul 1
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Saw him on the news tonight, heartwarming story and seemed a very humble man.
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bruuuno
8:36 Wed Jul 1
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I thought he was excellent on supermarket sweep
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mongo
8:35 Wed Jul 1
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Don't get many hero's as great as this guy.
Absolute legend.
RIP
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BRANDED
8:32 Wed Jul 1
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Thats a lot of decendants.
Good 4 him
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Uncle Junior
8:14 Wed Jul 1
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My wife was at his bedside yesterday ( she is a nurse at Wexham Park ) said how ill he was and would probably not last another day ' think in the end it was best that he passed ...
A truly great man who continued with charity work until the very end RIP
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Eddie B
5:56 Wed Jul 1
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I was only reading about him this morning on the BBC.
RIP. A true hero.
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Sxboy_66
5:53 Wed Jul 1
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RIP to a great man.
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