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To mark the 80th Anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe.

Guest speakers for the Historical talks are : Jason Webb from Bottisham Airfield Museum  who will be giving ‘A brief history of the USAAF 361st Fighter Group at Little Walden and Bottisham’ and Paul Hunt will cover ‘The Homefront on VE Day’ Two 30 minute presentations in the Hall which should give great insights on what local life was like 80 years …

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14 Jan 2011492235989192878

The brass was positioned in the south aisle so his effigy would literally lie between the two most important women in his life - his mother's tomb is still visible on the south wall.

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Fascinated by JF-B's deadpan remark that after defeat in the Nile delta (Feb 1250) St Louis was "carried to the house of a Parisian lady who lived nearby". In Mansoura? Married to a friendly Mamluk she met when he was studying in Paris? Tell more!

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A National Treasure: England's Best-Preserved Medieval Wooden Effigy

St Andrew, Fersfield (Norfolk) houses the oak effigy of Sir Robert du Bois (d.1333), carved c.1340 and retaining its original paint.

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29 Dec 2005602205093466542

'Neere this place lyeth buried Will Barlee Esq and Elizab his wife'

An unusual incised memorial to William and Elizabeth Barlee, 1610/1619, and their son John and his wife Mary, 1633/1643, at Clavering, Essex. Lots of info, a reminder that these things were partly intended to

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