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Civilian Memorial

d. 2006

Photograph at the Civilian Memorial war memorial

History despite its wrenching pain cannot be un lived but if faced with courage need not be lived again. — Memorial to over 100 local people killed in an air raid shelter in the park during the Blitz. Majority of them were women and children.

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  • Historic England, National Heritage List for England, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. War memorial records are drawn from open community datasets (OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NHLE) — never from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, which is excluded.

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