Umlando wokudalwa kwe-Torbay Blue Plaque nguMongameli we-Torbay Civil Society Association u-Ian Handford – kuleli sonto, eTorquay Vanishing Point:
Ngo-2015, i-Torbay Citizens' Association, ngokubambisana ne-Normandy Veterans Association yaseTorquay, banquma ngokuhlanganyela ukugubha uSuku Lokufika LwaseFrance ngo-1944 kabili ngokufaka itshe le-granite ephahleni lwendlu yesibani ukuze basize umphakathi ukuqonda kangcono isibani sesango, amasongo kagesi, kanye nazo zonke izithombe zekhodi ye-Morse.
Umsebenzi wobuciko womphakathi obizwa ngokuthi okahulumeni waklanywa futhi wafakwa nguBob Bard wase-Exeter futhi uhlanganisa izinto ezintathu – isiphambano, indandatho kanye nomyalezo wekhodi kaMorse.
Naphezu kokuba yaziwa ngokuthi iVanishing Point Memorial, bambalwa ababonakala beqonda isidingo sokuba bame eduze kwesiphambano esikhanyayo ukuze umcabango wakho ukwazi ukucabanga nge-US 4th Infantry Regiment ithatha uhambo oluya olwandle emabhishi aseNormandy ngoJuni 1944.
Amadoda angu-21,000 ayemiswe eDevon nasezindaweni ezizungezile ngaphambi kokuba aye emsebenzini oyimfihlo owagcina ufike e-Utah Beach njengengxenye yokuhlasela kwama-Allied eYurophu ngisho naseJalimane.
Isiphambano nendandatho kusekelwa yinto yesithathu equkethe izimpawu zekhodi ye-Morse ezibekwe ebhodini lokuhamba.
Zingahunyushwa kusetshenziswa uhlu lwethu lwamakhodi esizwe e-Morse ohlangothini lwebhodi lesikhumbuzo lensimbi engagqwali eliyinhloko etsheni.
Lapho sinquma ukwakha lesi sikhumbuzo, sasebenzisa umakhi owayesebenza noKaputeni weTorbay Harbor uKevin Mowat kanye namabutho aseNormandy ukuze siqophe itshe esikhundleni sebhodi eliluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka.
Lesi sikhumbuzo sakhiwe ukuze kube lula ngabadlulayo ukuqonda ukucabanga okunengqondo okungemuva kwalo msebenzi wobuciko womphakathi.
Ngesikhathi sisakha isikhumbuzo esihlala njalo ogwini lolwandle, saqaphela isidingo sokubeka amatshe ophahleni lwamatshe.
Ngakho-ke, umakhi wekhomishini kwadingeka adale umsele ofanele edekini ukuze izingcezu ezinkulu zegranite zikwazi ukunamathela ngokuqinile kukhonkrithi ebusweni bepayipi.
Lokhu kwakuhlanganisa ukuvakasha/izingxoxo eziningana ne-JC Stonemasons yaseDecoy Quarry, eNewton Abbot ngaphambi kokuba bonke abalingani bavumelane ngokuthi i-DJC Ltd ingaqhubeka nokuqalisa umsebenzi.
Le nkampani manje inikeza futhi yaqopha izikwele ezimbili etsheni ukuze kuthathwe amaphilisi amabili - uhlu lwemiyalezo kanye nekhodi ye-Morse.
Ukuvulwa kuhlelwe umhlaka-6 kuNhlangulana, okuwusuku lokukhumbula iminyaka engama-71 ye-D-Day eNormandy, lapho imibuthano yamasosha asebekhulile ibanjwa khona minyaka yonke.
Amalungu omphakathi nabanye bajoyine nathi eRoyal Yacht Club eBeacon Terrace ngo-9:30 ekuseni futhi sajabulela ikhofi/itiye yamahhala ukubingelela amasosha aseNormandy ngaphambi kokuba sonke sehle eTerrace siyojoyina isixuku esikhulu.
Ngemva kwenkonzo emfushane, sibone uMeya weDolobha laseTorbay uGordon Oliver kanye neNxusa lase-US beveza ngokusemthethweni ibhodi lethu lesikhumbuzo kanye nohlu lwekhodi ye-Morse.
Eminyakeni emine nje kamuva, ngo-2021, ilungu lomphakathi lasithumelela i-imeyili lisitshela ukuthi ibhodi elikhulu kunawo wonke esisekelweni salo se-granite lalilahlekile, mhlawumbe lebiwe.
Kungakapheli nehora ngaya ngayofuna echwebeni kodwa angitholanga lutho. Izicelo zolwazi zasenza saphetha ngokuthi unogada wayebone ipuleti lethu ebusuku eqapha ichweba futhi wayeligcina, ecabanga ukuthi liyimpahla ye-Port Authority.
Ekugcineni sifunde ukuthi amanzi olwandle abhubhisa iningi lezinto zokunamathisela lapho ebopha insimbi netshe. Iphupho elibi seliphelile, njengoba besho, ngabe lingaphezulu kwalokho, kodwa kukhona ukumbozwa okwanele lapha, futhi irekhodi selibuyele endaweni yalo ngokuphephile ukuze ulibuyekeze.
UPat Duke, “Izingadi Nezindawo”: Ngazo zonke izingxoxo zakamuva, imibono yami eminingi yakhiwe ngokusekelwe ebufakazini obuvela kwabanye abalimi, njengoba kwakunjalo ngo-1976. Njengoba ngikhula futhi ngikhumbula indlela engashisa ngayo isikhathi eside ngiseyingane, ngiyakhumbula ukuthi ngikhathazeke kangakanani ngawe
Ibhayisikobho yangaphambili yaseTorquay inikwa impilo entsha futhi ibuyela ezimpandeni zayo zomlando. Kunokwesaba ukuthi iCentral Theater endala ese-Abbey Road izobe isilungele ukubhidlizwa nokwakhiwa kabusha uma ivala. Kodwa e-Unleashed Theater Company kanye nesanda kuqanjwa igama