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Remembering V.E. Day

Remembering V.E. Day

2025 sees the 80th Anniversary of the end of the war in Europe on May 8th 1945. The war had a momentous effect on all communities, so the end of the war (at least in Europe) was a time for major celebrations, despite the enduring austerity of the time. In 2020 the...
Heanor Grammar School War Memorials

Heanor Grammar School War Memorials

The War Memorials page gives details of those memorials situated outside, visible to all. But many organisations had their own interior war memorials. Some of these are, now, sadly lost. The Heanor Secondary School (subsequently the Grammar School) commemorated the...