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WW2 veterans prove you're never too old to skydive, Forces TV
Skydiving for charity is nothing unusual - but skydiving at the age of 90 is. Two second world war veterans did just that for the Taxi...
Aug 26, 2016
Second World War veterans, 90, complete tandem parachute jumps for Taxi Charity, BT
Two 90-year-old Second World War veterans made their second tandem parachute jump in just five days on Thursday, with one even landing in...
Aug 25, 2016
D-Day veterans, 90, parachute from plane into field where one was shot down 72 years ago, Evening St
Two 90-year-old Second World War veterans parachuted into a French field where one of them was shot down by the Luftwaffe 72 years ago. ...
Aug 25, 2016
Second World War veterans, 90, complete tandem parachute jumps for Taxi Charity, Belfast Telegraph
Two 90-year-old Second World War veterans made their second tandem parachute jump in just five days on Thursday, with one even landing in...
Aug 25, 2016
Deux vétérans de 90 ans sautent en parachute pour la bonne cause, Europe 1
Deux vétérans britanniques de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, âgés de 90 ans, ont sauté en parachute samedi dans le Calvados pour récolter...
Aug 21, 2016
Fred and Ted parachute into the Merville Battery 72 years after D-Day, Mature Times
It was a strategic operation that didn’t go to plan and has taken has taken on a legendary quality in the retelling of the history of...
Aug 18, 2016
Press Release: Fred and Ted parachute into the Merville Battery 72 years after D-Day
It was a strategic operation that didn’t go to plan and has taken has taken on a legendary quality in the retelling of the history of...
Aug 17, 2016
Press Release: Veterans and committee members to skydive for the Taxi Charity
Two WWII veterans, Ted Pieri and Fred Glover (both aged 90), are undertaking a pair of tandem skydives to raise funds for the Taxi...
Aug 1, 2016
Why the Taxi Charity has been nominated for a National Lottery Award: Fred Glover, WWII veteran (Vid
We are so proud to have been nominated for a National Lottery Award. We were nominated because of our 'Return Of The Liberators' trip...
Jul 16, 2016
Press release: Cabbies and war veterans on full steam for Bluebell Railway trip
Scores of WWII veterans are heading to the Bluebell Railway for a day to remember along with their families and friends on Tuesday 19...
Jul 15, 2016
Taxi Charity attends 'premiere' of Return Of The Liberators documentary
A screening of our documentary, Return of the Liberators, was held in the amphitheatre at the incredible riverside offices of Ogilvy UK...
Jul 15, 2016
Why the Taxi Charity has been nominated for a National Lottery Award: James and Tom (Video 9/10)
We are so proud to have been nominated for a National Lottery Award. We were nominated because of our 'Return Of The Liberators' trip...
Jul 15, 2016
Why the Taxi Charity has been nominated for a National Lottery Award: Dave and Stan (Video 8/10)
We are so proud to have been nominated for a National Lottery Award. We were nominated because of our 'Return Of The Liberators' trip...
Jul 14, 2016
Why the Taxi Charity has been nominated for a National Lottery Award: Our war veterans love a singso
We are so proud to have been nominated for a National Lottery Award. We were nominated because of our 'Return Of The Liberators' trip...
Jul 13, 2016
Why the Taxi Charity has been nominated for a National Lottery Award: Ozzie, London cabbie (Video 6/
We are so proud to have been nominated for a National Lottery Award. We were nominated because of our 'Return Of The Liberators' trip...
Jul 12, 2016
Why the Taxi Charity has been nominated for a National Lottery Award: The Dutch love our veterans (V
We are so proud to have been nominated for a National Lottery Award. We were nominated because of our 'Return Of The Liberators' trip...
Jul 11, 2016
Why the Taxi Charity has been nominated for a National Lottery Award: Des Paige, WWII veteran (Video
We are so proud to have been nominated for a National Lottery Award. We were nominated because of our 'Return Of The Liberators' trip...
Jul 10, 2016
Why the Taxi Charity has been nominated for a National Lottery Award: Jim Moore, London cabbie (Vide
We are so proud to have been nominated for a National Lottery Award. We were nominated because of our 'Return Of The Liberators' trip...
Jul 9, 2016
Peter Kent and Harry Bailey receive the Légion d'Honneur from the Mayor of Arromanches
Earlier this week, the Taxi Charity escorted seven war veterans to Normandy for a planning recce for our veterans' trip next June. Whilst...
Jul 8, 2016
Why the Taxi Charity has been nominated for a National Lottery Award: Fast Eddie (Video 2/10)
We are so proud to have been nominated for a National Lottery Award. We were nominated because of our 'Return Of The Liberators' trip...
Jul 8, 2016
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