Tag: Great War

  • PASSCHENDAELE 1917 – John Basham

    PASSCHENDAELE 1917 As we approach Remembrance Day, we bring you this article from John Basham, who has shared with us his research into Passchendaele, 1917 … There are few more evocative images of the first world war than those columns of weary, heavily laden men trudging in single file along a duckboard path through a…

  • Inside the old Drill Hall

    Victor Lukaniuk takes us inside the old Drill Hall, on the High Street … “One building that probably goes unnoticed in Brandon is 71, High Street – an architectural marvel it is not, but it does have a hidden secret. Most people know the building as the veterinary surgery and it has served the town…