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VE Day 1945 Commemorated    Summer 2020     Issue 28 

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The Bank Holiday on Friday 8 May was due to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe. The announcement of Germany's unconditional surrender in 1945 had been expected for a week and the public were notified the previous night. Box then had two days of celebrations, VE Day and VE Day Plus 1. Find out what happened in 1945.
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People Index

​Henrietta Townsend
The Box girl who married a polygamist, Bishop Simon Long Smith (pictured) and moved to Utah 

Box Ladies Club
They were a mainstay of Box women's rising independence in the village in the 1950s and 60s
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​Butt Family
The farming family at Kingsdown and Ashley who had staunch
​Methodist beliefs 


​Sawyer Family
​The family who built many Box houses

A'Court Family at Wadswick

Rural life in the Victorian hamlet​
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The Green Shed
When a tin and wood hut in the High Street (pictured) thought it was a shop

​​Box School Sports Day
​How the headmaster Henry Arthur Druett improved education in Box School through sport


​Lost Footpaths
How to find historic rights of way in your area and see if you can get them on the Definitive Map
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​Bill Cooper's Wartime Memories
Childhood memories often shape our lives and the recollection of them later gives pleasure and a sense of identity

Cricket Club 150th Birthday
During the year 2020, the oldest Box club celebrates its foundation 150 years ago
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The Shed courtesy Box Parish Council
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Northey Family Series 
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Twenty-fifth wedding anniversary of Mr & Mrs George Edward Northey in 1931 (courtesy Ainslie and Shirley Goulstone)
George Wilbraham
First Northey member to live full-time in Box
Life in Box
Fabulous village photos taken by the family
George Edward Northey
Last Northey calling himself Lord of the Manor
Safe and Steady Son
Story of Herbert Hamilton Northey
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​Marl at Middlehill
  Middlehill Rail Tunnel

​Goulstone Photo  Some ladies identified

​Road Repairs  Photos  Now and Then

Northey Donkey Cart Receiving visitors

​Coach Outings Recalled Names from 1959

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