Are You Sitting Comfortably Part 2

[Tephra]

Are your feet touching the floor yet Annie??


Barbara

[aspin]

Morning all just catching up with last nights mails

I wish I had been able to help as I have a camcorder and do a lot of videoing the sad thing is I live too far away

It has been a great story and thankfully through Michal and Annie and all of you good workers on rootschat Robert will be remembered this Sunday

I suppose our family were lucky  one of my grandfathers came back from The Somme
although family have it he was never the same

God bless you Robert

Elizabeth

[aspin]

Have just found this is it any good this was among the papers I have from my genealogy class


Commonwealth War Graves Commission
2 Marlow Road
Maidenhead
Berkshire
SL6 7DX

Tel: 01628-634221
website: www.cwgc.org

Elizabeth

[judi2632]

Hi all

I hope no one minds but I thought it would be a good Idea to contact a local Stone Mason in the area of the church to get some advice as to the costs that may be involved in the restoration & fixing of the 5 foot stone.

I have spoken to a wonderful lady called Monica, who has given me some advice, she beleives to put the stone back in its rightful place would cost around £175, this would entail fixing a 42" concrete base in the ground and a steel bar running up throught the stone to fully support it.

If the stone needed to be cleaned & restored the cost would be around £200.

A total of around £375

I told her the full story & she was amazed & delighted at your efforts.

I have also contacted a friend at the BBC to try to see if I can come up with any local TV crews to cover the story, am awaiting a reply

Hope no one minds just thought it may be a starting point


Judi
 

[madpants]

Finding him is fantastic news!! 

I'd love to see the turning of the stone.

Congratulations everyone 

[Ruskie]

Oh how exciting Judi!

[judi2632]

Oh Lord

I so hope I,am not stepping out of line here PLEASE don,t shout at me if I am.

BBC Radio/TV Liverpool, want all the details in an Email to put to their Editor ASAP

I have the Email address & contact details 

As I have in no way helped with this I feel that Annie or some one close to the event should Email them with the full story.

If you contact me ASAP should you want the details PM me I will be online.

So sorry If I have stepped out of line

Judi

[Tephra]

Judi

If I might make a suggestion.  As Annie doesn't usually come on board until much later, perhaps it might be an idea to PM her with all the details just in case you are off line when she does.

My apologies if I am stepping out of line here, as you've probably already thought of that.

This is getting sooooooooo exciting.     

Barbara

[Ruskie]

Judi, I see that Michel is online - I hope he will answer you. It's a great result, but I can understand how you must feel. Such a shame that Annie isn't online.

There is this link to the original thread:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,206958.0.html
(beware there are 45 pages - bit too much for you to email to the Editor, or maybe you could send this as a stopgap to give them something to mull over till Annie's back). I wonder if she'd mind? After all you'd only be bringing this topic to their attention, nothing more. It would be a shame to miss this opportunity due to time differences.

Wouldn't it be fantastic if they flew Annie and Michel to Liverpool for the service and lifting the stone!

I think you've done well