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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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Would agree with that, Mr C. Really wish I'd known about the Pals when I was younger, especially when my Grandad was still alive, so I could've asked him about it (if, indeed, he'd wanted to talk about it).
Incidentally, Retlaw's "as it happened" descriptions are really vivid and bring home perhaps just a little bit of what it must have been like for our fellow townsmen from the district. Really going to make a point of getting up there for this exhibition.