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F l a c k we l l H e a t h & L o u d w a t e r
Loc a l Hi s t o r y Grou p
Tuesday 18th
November
7.15 - 9.00pm

Friday 21st November
7.30pm

at the

Fact Finding Forum
The focus of this month’s
evening will be “the
village in living memory”.
Come and share your
recollections and possibly
discover something new.
Everyone is welcome.
Flackwell Heath
Community Library

Flackwell British Legion
Friday 21st November 7.30pm
General Knowledge
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Fun Quiz Night
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Maximum
6 people
per team
Tickets in advance only from the Library.
£8 each (£6 to Friends of FHCL)
The ticket price includes a Buffet Supper

Flackwell Heath & Loudwater
Local History Group

Recent Events -

Marlow

Voices from the Past at Little

Little Marlow Cemetery came to life on September 14 with a
commemoration of the First World War in the form of a costumed
history tour. Members of the Group related the stories of the men
and women who faced life in the trenches or on the Home Front.
The date, September 14, was significant – it was the day, 100 years
ago, that the first British trench was dug on the Western Front. The
stories included: Hubert Ray Secker, aged 24, shelled, wounded,
torpedoed and suffering from shell shock who returned home in
November 1918 only to die from flu two and half weeks after the
Armistice.
The Rogers family who lost four sons – 23-year-old Frederick in
1915, 32-year-old William and 22-year-old Owen in 1917, and
29-year-old Albert in 1918. In fact four other local men were to die
alongside Owen on April 19 1917 in the Second Battle of Gaza.
Ernest Hester, who fought and survived both the First and the
Second World War but who succumbed to TB in 1947, aged
48, having contracted the condition while on active service. His
Commonwealth War Grave, along with that of George Plumridge,
a WW1 naval rating, aged 18, represents the sacrifice made by all
these families.

GENERAL
KNOWLEDGE QUIZ
After the huge success of last
year’s quiz we have decided to
repeat the event this year.
So, do come along for a fun
evening of general knowledge
at Flackwell Heath British
Legion.
John Gurney will once again be
the quiz master so come along
with your team of 6 or join
with others when you arrive
and enjoy stretching your little
grey cells.
Prizes will be on offer and a
raffle will be held during the
evening.
Tickets are available at the
Flackwell Heath library priced
at £8 (£6 for Friends of the
Library) and this price includes
a buffet supper.
Closing date for tickets is 14th
November.

• www.localhistorygroup.org.uk •
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