"That is an extraordinary piece of research, Hugh and I am so pleased you did it, and wrote it up so well. My association with the Downbeat Club goes back to 1956, when I was a precocious sixteen-year-old, still at school and living nearby. While at…"
"I was pleased to see that photo of the statue in the niche (copy attached). It was one I sent to Kirsten more than ten years ago with a companion photo to show the empty niche from which it must have come. The photo was taken by my late elder…"
Haringey’s Wood Green War Memorial was the centre for the traditional Remembrance Day parade and ceremony, which took place yesterday. It was a well-attended and moving event, with representatives from numerous local organisations and many wreaths were laid. For the first time there was a wreath of white poppies for Peace, with its added significance of commemorating all victims of war, civilian as well as military.See More