pferguson | February 26, 2023
The WVS Never Say No The Woman’s Voluntary Service (WVS) was founded by Stella Isaacs the Marchioness of Reading in 1938. Both the Times and the Observer newspapers cited two differing Great War services in her 1971 obituaries. The Times reporting her work with the British Red Cross Society and the Observer reporting her work […]
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pferguson | April 5, 2020
The Queen’s Speech… This generation is as strong as any. (5 April 2020. Queen Elizabeth II) The Queen today has spoken, providing a message of hope, resilience, and courage in these difficult times. As a Second World War civilian and military veteran the Queen and her family, like her fellow citizens, endured the attacks made […]
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