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Appeal: unwanted war memorial plaque for The One Show

 
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jimmytam



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:46 pm    Post subject: Appeal: unwanted war memorial plaque for The One Show Reply with quote

Do you know of an unwanted, unloved or unused war memorial plaque?

Hello everyone,

My name is Jimmy and I work for The One Show. I'm hoping you can help us help a One Show viewer!

Ex-serviceman Michael Lyons has got in touch with us asking for help with his quest to find a war memorial plaque for his local school.

Through his work with the Royal British Legion in New Addington, Michael's made contact with a local junior school promising the children he would find them an unwanted war memorial or plaque for them to adopt.

Michael said, "The plaque would give the children a meaning to Remembrance, names that they can relate to and actually look up to."

The school wouldn't own the memorial, but the children would adopt and care for it - helping them to understand the act of Remembrance.

You can watch Michael's film and find out more at our website here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/theoneshow/getinvolved

Do you know of an unwanted, unloved or unused war memorial? Then please get in touch!

If you can help Michael, please get in touch with me:
Jimmy Tam - jimmy[dot]tam[at]bbc[dot]co[dot]uk
or
Dan Archibald - dan[dot]archibald[at]bbc[dot]co[dot]uk or 020 8008 5655.

Thanks!
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Adam Brown
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 10:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have sent Jimmy an e-mail with details of the fifty three NatWest Bank war memorials held in Storage by the Royal bank of Scotland in Edinburgh.

If Jimmy contacts the Group Archives they might be able to arrange for one of these memorials to go back to the part of the country it should be in.

Regards

Adam
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spoons



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PostPosted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 5:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Jimmy phoned me after I sent an email in reply to an appeal on their website. He showed great interest in our work and in memorials in general. I confess that I did not think about the bank memorials but I have drawn his attention to a large collection of unwanted memorials in the cellar of the Royal Hospital Chelsea.

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Adam Brown
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 3:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lets hope Jimmy has more luck in Chelsea then. He's contacted the RBS Archives but they are not willing to loan any of their memorials to the school.

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Adam
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