Charity screening ‘reaches for the skies’

Last Wednesday (15 September), Broadway Cinema hosted a charity screening of the classic wartime movie, the ‘Battle of Britain’ to mark the event’s 70th anniversary and raise donations for the Royal Air Force Association’s Wings Appeal.

An audience of over 200 came together at the Letchworth GC venue to remember all those from July 1940, who bravely fought in the Royal Air Forces, in what was the largest and most sustained aerial bombing of the campaign to that date. The screened BAFTA nominated film was made over 40 years ago and starred a former resident of the Garden City, the late Sir Laurence Olivier.  

Looking ahead to October, more wartime-themed events continue with:

Thursday 7 October

1940s themed Quiz Night, 7pm, at Plinston

Eight rounds of 1940s general knowledge; plus ‘Wartime in Letchworth’ and charity table rounds. Prize raffle included. Teams of up to six. Tickets: £8 includes a bangers and mash supper, available from Plinston Box Office, Broadway, SG6 3NX, 01462 672003 or www.plinston.com

Thursday 14 October

‘A Dambuster’ – an illustrated talk, 7.30pm, at The Spirella Ballroom

Explore a heroic chapter in WWII and its connection to Letchworth Garden City with Arthur Creighton, a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Navigation and former airline Captain. Tickets are free – reserve your seat at www.gardencitymuseum.org

These events have been organised by Ken Needham of local RAFA (Letchworth, Hitchin & District Branch) Branch and Josh Tidy, Curator at First Garden City Heritage Museum, and partly funded by Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation.