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‘The Women of Westfield - picking up the pieces after the First World War’
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Dr Martin Purdy (Lancs and Cheshire WFA branch) recently managed a Heritage Lottery funded project at the Westfield War Memorial Village Lancaster as part of the 'Then and Now' funding stream available for WWI related undertakings. It culminated in this short documentary. ‘The Women of Westfield - picking up the pieces after the First World War’...
Daring to be different to help the disabled
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At the time of writing this item, Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich finds himself in the headlines as the result of a war in Ukraine, but back in 2018 he courted controversy by seeking to purchase a plot of land steeped in the history of an earlier conflict. The site that the owner of Chelsea Football Club was keen to buy was part of the Stoll M...
Royal British Legion, First 100 Years - Derek Prior
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This talk, at the Hornchurch venue, looks at the Royal British Legion and will be presented by Branch Member and Secretary of the Billericay Branch of the RBL, Derek Prior. This will tell the history of the Royal British Legion from WW1 to its centenary, its origins, and initial activities and how those have been modified to remain relevant to...