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Live and Let Live
Since it’s Remembrance Sunday, I thought I’d publish this piece today, written by David Evans – as many readers will know, David has a particular and enduring interest in the Great War, and has worked hard to record the effects of it locally – from the stories of men who fought, like Cecil Arthur Burton and David’s Great Uncle, Levi Cooper, to more esoteric aspects like the Messiness model at Brocton on Cannock Chase.

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Posted in Cannock Chase, Environment, Events, Followups, Interesting photos, Local History, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Walsall Wood stuff
Tagged 2014, Brownhills local history, David Evans, Events, First World War, football, Footy, Great War, Lichfield, Local History, Messines, New Photos, Remembrance, Staffordshire, Walsall Wood, western front, World War 1, WW 1
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