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down over Denmark, Gordon Richards (1943)
was killed whilst attacking a V2 site, Hugh
Webb(1944) was shot down over Coblenz and
Ronald Roberts (1943) crashed in Oxfordshire,
he, alone of those named above lies in Holy
Trinity Churchyard
Edmund Grove (1940) was a man from
another generation, he had already fought in
WW1 and during WW2 was in Norway
possibly involved at Narvik, he succumbed to
wounds or illness in Aberdeen Hospital, John
McCulloch (1942) was killed at El Alamein
and Martin Preston (1940) died defending the
Orphanage at Hazebrouk in the BEF retreat to
Dunkirk. Little is known of Thomas Church
(1942) other than he too lies in Holy Trinity and
served with the RAF.
Albert Brooks (1944) is the only man to be
remembered on both the St. Margaret’s and
Holy Trinity Memorials and his story has
already been covered.
Many lived in Penn, in houses with familiar
names still, Nightingales, Stonehouse, The Crest
and Stumpwell, others came from Beacon Hill,
Knotty Green and Beaconsfield.
So, while the Busby family continued to
suffer in the century’s global conflicts, lets
reflect on Florence Julia Webb of Hutchins Barn
Knotty Green who lost both a son and son-inlaw,
Penn, too had some very dark moments.
If you would like to learn more about these
men, go to: www.tylersgreenchurch and follow
the link to Holy Trinity Penn. Ron Saunders
Dear Village Voice,
Elsewhere in this edition of VV, I emphasise how
great it is to see so many local residents making
use of the footpaths and permissive horse paths
that criss-cross the Penn House Estate. Whilst not
departing from those comments, may I be
permitted to qualify them?
Local friends have recounted to me their
experiences of those same footpaths being abused
– by cyclists bearing down on them at speed and
often silently, without any warning. For very good
reasons, cycling on public footpaths is against the
law. Whilst the constraints of lockdown are fully
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appreciated, the very clear statutory prescriptions
around footpaths have in no way been relaxed. I
need hardly add that the felony is compounded
when such cyclists, on being politely challenged,
reply with a barrage of verbal abuse.
These are not isolated experiences. Nor, I am
afraid, is the practice by some walkers of ignoring
footpath routes altogether. Yesterday my wife and I
witnessed three young lads taking a short cut by
charging straight across a field of growing wheat.
No-one who does this can possibly know what
chemicals may recently have been applied to the
crop, nor, perhaps, do they think of the farmer
whose employees depend for their living on the
crop remaining undamaged!
So please could I ask your readers to keep in
mind the motto: “Walkers for footpaths and
footpaths for walkers!”
Yours sincerely, Frederick Howe
Sports & Social Club
I trust and hope this edition finds you well in
this strangest and worrying time and that you all
are keeping safe.
Penn & Tylers Green Sports and Social Club
has long been the catalyst of our village life not
only in providing the top class amenities for all
age groups to enjoy the sports that are offered,
but to have a facility that is our Social Club to
retire to or indeed visit to chat and meet with
family and friends in the most wonderful
setting, which is open to all 7 days a week.
As the lockdown moves through its next
cycle it is difficult to predict when sports
participation will be allowed again and when
the clubhouse will be able to open its doors.
Social distancing measures will undoubtedly be
a part of any conditions stipulated by the
government, and so very careful thought would
have to be put into any opening of the club.
That said we are planning ahead for the time
when we can resume a sense of normality and
hopefully start enjoying the rest of the summer,
autumn and beyond. With no dates to give you
at this stage, we have been discussing ideas to
kick start every section of our club.
Once a date is known, we are going to hold
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