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THE STORY of a World War 2 dispatch rider from Garnant has been rediscovered as we mark International Women's Day today (March 8). Heritage body Cadw is dedicating the day to celebrate a ‘forgotten’ piece of Welsh history — the story of Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) Dispatch Rider, Mollie Davies. Born in Garnant the young nineteen-year-old with a passion for motorsports was the first ATS servicewoman to lose her life during the Second World War — yet her story has seldom been told. Telling Mollie’s story is all part of Cadw’s continued effort to unearth and celebrate...

Trbutes paid to one of the last remaining D-Day veterans who became top Grimsby council chief Stan Thornalley worked for the council for 45 years starting as tea boy and retiring as chief of works Stan Thornalley started with Grimsby Borough Council as a tea boy and later became chief of works (Image: submitted by Heather Davies) Sign up to the Grimsby Live newsletter for daily updates and breaking newsInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up here! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include re...