... BID TO REVIVE OLD TANWORTH ASSOCIATION Among the many organisations and customs suspended during the Second World War was the Tanworth Association for the Prosecution of Felons, the members of which are usually called * Felons.” £ ST R ...

... PROFIT PUT TO GOOD ACCOUNT At the beginning of the second world war villages in the district contributed money for the purchase of a mobile unit. When the war ended this was sold at a profit. On Friday members saw how the money had been spent. A first-aid ...

... THE 193945 CAMPAIGN Of the Regiment’s fine record in the second world war there is no detailed history upon which to draw, but, by courtesy of the Officer Commanding the Regimental Depdt at Budbrooke, reference l can be made to some of the important ...

... decided to move the 1914-1918 memorial thither and to add a stone base in memory of the two men who gave their lives in the second World War. ...

... peal a treble bell, to be called the Peace Bell. On it the names of those from the village who gave their lives in the second world war will be inscribed. It is hoped that work will be commenced shortly after Easter and will be completed by September. It ...

... elected chairman. A ‘sub-committee was appointed to go into the question of adding the names of those who fell in the second world war to those already .on the village war memorial. The council members then inspected the allotments and found them well ...

... HELPED THE FORCES Soon after Mr. and Mrs. Anderson moved to Stratford-on-Avon the peace of the world was shattered by the second world war. Almost within a matter of hours a Forces canteen was established at the Methodist Church at the instigation of Mr. Anderson ...

... their finances were approximately £250,000 overdrawn proved that help had been given freely and without stint. In the second World War the veterans responded and many never returned; others played their part in the Home Guard. Their motto, ** To perpetuate ...

... RESPONSIBLE Staggering facts about the increased cost of new school buildings compared with those erected prior to the second World War are contained in a report by the chairman of the Education Sites and Buildings Committee, to be submitted to next Monday’s ...

... uses of church bells. Perhaps the oldest is the curfew, ordered by William the Conqueror. Until the beginning of the second world war (1939) the curfew was heard at Stratford-on-Avon at 8 p.m. A 6 a.m. bell, sometimes known as the apprentices’ or workmen’s ...

... of Morestead, near Winchester. To them were born two sons and two daughters, all of whom survive. The outbreak of the second World War found him on the Reserve of Officers, and on 4th September, 1939, he became identified with the R.A.M.C. Standing over ...

... congregation went to the War Memorial. A new tablet had been added, bearing the names of those who lost their lives in the second World War: Pte. Charles Brain, Pte. Kenneth Davis, Pte. William Kenning and Cpl. T. S. Palmer. This was unveiled by Captain R. ...