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Boer War Memorial, Bury St Edmunds

From Thetford we travelled on to Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk.
Almost the first thing I spotted was an elaborate Memorial which on closer inspection turned out to be for the (Second) Boer War, or South African War as it’s sometimes known:-

Bury St Edmunds Boer War Memorial

Bury St Edmunds Boer War Memorial Dedication

I was only in Bury an hour or so and didn’t manage to find a memorial to the World Wars of the last century. I found this picture on the net thouhgh.

Thetford

Next stop after King’s Lynn was Thetford, still in Norfolk. It is the birthplace of Thomas Paine, writer of the Rights of Man and one of the inspirers of the American Revolution.

His statue is prominent in the town:-

Thomas Paine Statue,Thetford, Norfolk

This memorial to the men of the 359th Fighter Group, 8th US Air Force, was close by:-

Thetford US Air Force Memorial

On the way in we had passed this brick-built Art Deco Fire Station:-

Thetford Fire Station

Could this once have been a Woolworth’s?

Poundland, Thetford

Though there were folks around we didn’t hear anyone speaking English for about ten minutes:-

Thetford 4

Someone though had been watching Dad’s Army:-

J Jones, Butcher, Thetford

Thetford War Memorial:-

Thetford

Great War dedication:-
Thetford Great War Memorial Dedication

1939-45 dedication:-
Thetford War Memorial 1939-45

Prominent poppy above door; even more so on chimney on Royal British Legion building:-

Thetford, Royal British Legion

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