One of the interesting things about Upper Slaughter is that it is a 'Doubly Thankful' village, one of just 14 villages in England and Wales that lost no men in either World War I or II. All those who left to fight came home again. That was despite an air-raid suffered by the village itself.
Saturday, 4 August 2018
The Cotswolds: Doubly Thankful
One of the interesting things about Upper Slaughter is that it is a 'Doubly Thankful' village, one of just 14 villages in England and Wales that lost no men in either World War I or II. All those who left to fight came home again. That was despite an air-raid suffered by the village itself.
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It looks so lovely inside with all of those flowers!
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ReplyDeleteInteresting story about Doubly Thankful. And the last image past the fine floral display is really good.
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