Published 5 Aug 2010 12:00
The efforts of the Merchant Navy in taking vital supplies from Britain to Murmansk in Russia may have taken place over 60 years ago, but to retired Muirkirk pensioner Fred Crawford, the rigours of the Arctic Convoys are still very much fresh in his mind.
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Animal shelter appeals for blankets
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