Memorials and bikes

[clog]

Last night

 

[EltonFrog]

An interesting War Memorial in the pretty village of Charney Bassett.

 

[Blue Hills]

An interesting War Memorial in the pretty village of Charney Bassett.

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What's the old column?. Taken from somewhere else older I assume.

 

[EltonFrog]

What's the old column?. Taken from somewhere else older I assume.

https://history.charneybassett.org.uk/buildings/village-cross/

 

[biggs682]

An interesting War Memorial in the pretty village of Charney Bassett.

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Bit of deja vu on this one sure i have seen it before

 

[EltonFrog]

Bit of deja vu on this one sure i have seen it before

Not from me, and a bit off piste for you.

 

[biggs682]

Not from me, and a bit of piste for you.

Yeah I would need a passport to cross the border

 

[biggs682]

Weekley memorial to the first war

 

[Vantage]

Found this one today.

 

[Vantage]

Forgot I had this...

 

[biggs682]

Lavendon war memorial this morning

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Memorial to the men & women of RAF Firbeck

 

[Oldfentiger]

Only one day of the year when you’re allowed to ride a bike up to here.
Velo Retro at Ulverston yesterday.

 

[EltonFrog]

A War Memorial in Lapford Nr Crediton.

It beggars belief, that so many people lost their lives from one village in one war, some from the same family. On this memorial there are names from both world wars and the Falklands’ war.

 

[Blue Hills]

Yes - WW1 was truly shocking (hence the idea of the lucky village) - the numbers from WW2 are usually less I think.

Though on a cycling trip calling at Lancing College chapel (recommended) the WW2 numbers seemed to be significantly higher - I asked someone from the college why this was but they didn't know.

edit - this is what I was thinking of:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thankful_Villages