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Originally Posted by cashman
always been a bone of contention wi me that the story of the pals wasn't taught in history in local schools, instead we learnt about Romans etc n some geek that got n arrow in his eye. i had no knowledge of the pals until years after i left school. think its a bit of a poor do.
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will second that , but for the work of like folks like Retlaw and Bill Turner's book about the Accrington Pals doubt very much that many of us would know anyting about the "Pals" .
Seems to me youngsters today know more about Ghandi and Mandela than their own history
