Walkern History Society

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      • Le Petit Blue, 5 July 2012
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      • 1920s Unknown Wedding
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    • History Board A: Walkern Origins
      • St Mary the Virgin
      • The Schools of Walkern
      • The Old Schoolmaster’s House
      • Bockings Cottages
      • Bridgefoot Farm
      • John Gorsuch: our ‘Scandalous Malignant Priest’
    • History Board B: Walkern North End
      • United Reformed Church
      • Glebe Farm
      • Manor Farm (Walkern Place)
      • Dovehouse
      • Walkern Gallery (Davis farm)
    • History Board C: The Changing High Street (I)
      • The White Lion
      • Bootmakers John Cannon & Son
    • History Board D: The Changing High Street (II)
    • History Board E – Walkern South and West
    • History Board F – The Mill to Bassus Green
    • History Board Gallery
  • Magna Carta
    • Effigy of William de Lanvalei
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    • Magna Carta Barons Association
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    • Magna Carta Sewing Bees
    • Company de Lanvalei – longbow archers
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Walkern at war

by janet on 1 December 2011 · 0 comments

Walkern at war

This section contains information on Walkern and it’s heroes during wartime, preparing for war and living with the consequences.

  • Walkern Royal Observer Corp
  • 1939-1945 WWII
    • Walkern’s Warriors
    • Walkern Women at War
    • WWII bombs near Walkern
    • Walkern Home Guard, 1940
      • The Days of Dad’s Army by Cecil Beadle
  • 1642-1649: Walkern in the Civil War
  • 1914-1918 WWI
    • WWI Zeppelin over Walkern
    • Walkern’s Unexploded WW1 Shell!
    • Walkern FC deaths in WWI
  • Peacetime
    • The Victory Club
    • Walkern Royal British Legion
    • 1921 Lord Derby’s Reunion
    • Peace in Our Time, 1936
  • Fallen Heroes
    • Walkern War Memorial
    • Forgotten Heroes
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