Local notable deaths of 2021
They were former police officers who worked for decades keeping Kingston’s citizens safe, they were sports athletes and builders, former politicians,…
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They were former police officers who worked for decades keeping Kingston’s citizens safe, they were sports athletes and builders, former politicians,…
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Because of this it was decreed that the official date of the ending of the Great War was to be August 31, 1921. Indeed in Saffron Walden on November 11, 1918 the roll of honour had five more names to be added to it. In the immediate aftermath of the war, the town struggled to come to terms with the grief brought about by the huge loss of life. For most people the establishment of a suitable memorial to the fallen was paramount. In the minutes of the council meeting dated November 27, 1919 various suggestions were mooted, including 'a monument at the top of the High Street arranging for the r...
Smoking crack on doorstep Hi all, not sure if anyone else has the same issue but we have had people sitting on our door step smoking crack quite a few times recently, even in broad daylight. Attached photo taken from our doorbell. More of a warning than anything else. We are at the bottom of Hewitt Rd. Tags (All lower case. Use " " for multiple word tags): Definitely worth reporting to the police as it happens. Helps to build a record of activity. Yes, this is becoming relatively common, unfortunately. For a while, they were getting their deliveries from dealers in cars on Harringay Rd before...
The mystery of the tiny French village exterminated by the Nazis Oradour-sur-Glane was flattened by the Nazis in 1944; its inhabitants massacred. With help from survivors, a new book unravels the atrocity The silent village: Oradour-sur-Glane On the morning of June 10, 1944, the French village of Oradour-sur-Glane was – like the rest of France – hopeful. It was just days after the Allies had successfully stormed the beaches of Normandy – D-Day on June 6 – following four years under the Nazi occupation and collaborationist regime of Vichy France. “Word had been coming in all week ab...