The Parish Council, with support from the Claxton Pits Trust, will be holding an event on the evening of Sunday 11 November 2018 to mark 100 years since the last shots were fired in the Great War (1914-18). The flyer below gives details of the event. If you are a resident of Claxton and would like to attend the supper and bonfire lighting that evening, please let Mary Button or Pat Clare know. Their telephone numbers are below.
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The Armistice Centenary in Claxton
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Warhorses – A Personal Reflection
Everyone will recognise the location of the photograph below as Church Plain in Loddon. It was found in Loddon Pharmacy in the 1980s when my husband, David, was the pharmacist there. It was obviously taken from an upstairs window of the pharmacy as the wall and the canopy of “Sutton” the butchers can be clearly seen in the bottom left. We thought it a very evocative photo and have had a copy hanging on our wall ever since. (more…)
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World War One Stories: Georgiana Phyllis Maud Martin, 1889 – 1979
As we remember the Great War 1914-1918 and commemorate D-Day on 6th June 1944, the following narrative is a brief account of the impact WW1 had on my grandmother Georgiana Phyllis Maud Martin. Fortunately for us, gran was a keen photographer who compiled and annotated a unique pictorial record of her five years in uniform.
Sarah Carter
4 June 2014Georgiana Phyllis Maud Martin, known as Phyllis, was born on September 8th 1889 in Plymouth; she was the youngest daughter of Sir Richard and Lady Martin and lived very comfortably at No 7, The Esplanade, Plymouth Hoe. She had a privileged upbringing due to the distinguished family history of high naval command. (more…)