(by Noticeboard, In Your Area, 25 July 2025)
Chris Hicks (provincial grand charity steward), David Barton (provincial community lead), and Steve Rowe, a local Freemason and long-time supporter of the school meeting students
Sometimes, all it takes is one email to change everything.
Earlier this year, Greensted Primary School in Basildon faced a heart-breaking dilemma.
A group of 24 pupils, bright, curious, and full of anticipation, were set to travel to the Somme in northern France as part of a moving educational journey to learn about the First World War.
The trip would centre around the Lochnagar Crater memorial on July 1, marking the anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, one of the…
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A group of 24 pupils, bright, curious, and full of anticipation, were set to travel to the Somme in northern France as part of a moving educational journey to learn about the First World War.
The trip would centre around the Lochnagar Crater memorial on July 1, marking the anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, one of the…
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