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Kirknewton & East Calder, West Lothian
Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 12:59 am Post subject: Kirknewton & East Calder, West Lothian
Kirknewton and East Calder Memorial
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Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 1:00 am Post subject: WW1
Here's a man with a Kirknewton connection but isn't listed on the memorial.
Rank: Driver
Unit Text: 305th Bde.
Additional information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Todd, of Humbie Farm, Kirknewton, Midlothian.
Place of birth: Channelkirke
Grave/Memorial Reference: IV. E. 17.
Cemetery: MENDINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY
The Auchencairn War Memorial in Dumfries & Galloway is almost identical in design and was made by Messrs William Kirkpatrick Ltd. of Manchester so I assume this memorial was also made by the same company.
Thought this article from Midlothian Advertiser may be of interest. The Aberdeen brothers are named on Braehead Memorial LKS. Alex Jack is on West Calder Memorial. Still looking for Alex Gold.
Scottish Rural Workers Friendly Society –
Kirknewton Branch
We give below a list of the gallant members of the above branch who made the supreme sacrifice up to the time when the Armistice was signed on 11 November.
Pte. Alex. Gold – killed 4 May 1915
Pte. Wm. Tait – killed 1 July 1916
Pte. Wm. Aberdeen – killed 17 July 1916
Pte. George Gardiner – killed 26 April 1917
Pte. Archibald Aberdeen – died of wounds on 22 Dec 1917
Sergt. Alex. B. Jack – killed 12 April 1918
Pte. Jas. Milligan – killed 19 July 1918
Pte. George Wilkie – died of wounds 24th August 1918
They all fell in France, and their ages range from 18 to 33 years, Pte. Milligan being the youngest and Sergt. Jack the oldest.
What more can we say but that the gallant dead are enshrined within our hearts forever.
Midlothian Advertiser
MagsD wrote:
... Still looking for Alex Gold.
Coud the date of death for Alex Gold be a year out? See the SNWM data below.
Surname GOLD
Firstname Alexander
Service Number 8687
Date Death 04/05/1916
Place of birth Biggar Lanarkshire
Other 8th Bn. (T.).
SNWM roll THE HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY
Theatre of death
And from the CWGC:
GOLD, ALEXANDER
Regiment/Service:Highland Light Infantry
8th Bn attd. 1st/6th Bn Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Grave ReferenceK. 9.
CemeteryCAMBRIN CHURCHYARD EXTENSION
His birth certificate places his birth in the parish of Walston, near Biggar.
Hello, Have info on Alex Gold. Need to find him on a memorial. Sorry for typo - typed 1915 instead of 1916. Must check news article to see date printed. Thanks
*Checked and newspaper says 1915, must be misprint.
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I have researched this memorial. Should I post all info in this section or list each man and info separately? Thanks
Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 7:14 am Post subject: German Airmen WW2
This may be of interest. 23 March 1943, a German plane crashed in Pentlands. For more info
www.peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk/pages/scotland/scotland3ehm.htm
The men were buried in Kirknewton Cemetery. As a child I stayed for holidays with a great aunt at Kirknewton. I remember the men being moved from Kirknewton to Cannock Chase, Staffordshire. A plaque hangs in the cemetery to remember them. I have the death certificates for three of the men. However, am unable to find Willi Euler. I find this strange as the other deaths were registered at the same time. Deaths were registered at Penicuik. Certificates state causes of death as " Due to war operations, multiple injuries caused by explosion following aircraft crash"
As the information on the men relates to this memorial please post in this thread.
Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 10:32 am Post subject: The Fallen on Kirknewton and East Calder Memorial
This is the basic information I have for the men on the memorial. Will update as and when I have something to add. Will add the news articles as I finish typing them. The names are listed as on the memorial.
44 man of the Parish are remembered from World War 1.
"To Our Glorious Dead Who Fell In The Great War"
Captain, Military Cross, Royal Garrison Artillery. No further information currently available.
Wilmot Babbington Parker-Smith
Lieutenant, 1st/3rd Scottish Horse. Died 12/09/1915, aged 30. Son of the Rt.Hon. James Parker-Smith of Jordanhill and Mary I Hamilton, his wife, of the Bombay Company, Calcutta. Buried Pieta Military Cemetery, Grave B. X11. 6
Medals: Victory; British War; 15 Star
Robert Hilary Lockhart Whitelaw
Second Lieutenant, Household Battalion, Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line. Died of wounds, 28/05/1917, aged 22. Native of Monkland, Nairn. Son of William and Gertrude Whitelaw of Hatton House, Kirknewton, Midlothian. Buried St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen. Officers, Grave B. 7. 21.
Medals: Victory; British War
Alexander Stevenson
Second Lieutenant, 6th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders (Banff and Donside) (Territorial). Killed in action, 09/12/1916, aged 31. Son of Alexander Stevenson and Cecilia Marshall Stevenson of West Calder; husband of Isabella Kemp Stevenson of Richmond, Huntly, Aberdeenshire. Buried Ovillers Military Cemetery, Grave I. A. 7.
Geoffrey Lacey Whitelaw
Second Lieutenant, Household Battalion, Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line. Died 14/04/1918, aged 19. Born: Edinburgh. Son of William and Gertrude Whitelaw (nee Thompson) of Hatton, Kirknewton,
Midlothian. Buried Nairn Cemetery, Grave B3. 223
Sergeant, 4970, 2nd Battalion Scots Guards. Killed in action, 25/11/1917. No age given. Born: Mid Calder. Enlisted: Edinburgh. Residence: Mid Calder. Buried Anneux British Cemetery, Grave I. H. 8
Lance Corporal, 12338, 12th Battalion Royal Scots. Killed in action, France and Flanders, 6/07/1916, no age given. Born: Kirknewton, Midlothian. Enlisted: East Calder, Midlothian. Residence: Kirknewton. Commemorated Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 6 D and 7 D.
James Hutchison Hogg
Lance Sergeant, 27625, 6th Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers. Killed in action, France and Flanders, 24/03/1918, aged 24. Born: Garvald, East Lothian. Enlisted: Glencorse, Midlothian. Residence: Kirknewton, Midlothian. Son of Annie Hogg, of Wallace Place, Pathhead Ford, Edinburgh and the late James Hogg. Commemorated Pozieres Memorial, Panel 37.
Lance Corporal, 20249, 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards. Killed in action, France and Flanders, between 14/09/1916 and 17/09/1916, no age given. Born: Shanestmore, County Mayo. Enlisted: Edinburgh. Commemorated Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 8 D.
Lance Corporal, S/5358, 9th (Service) Battalion Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Killed in action, France and Flanders, 27/04/1916, no age given. Born: East Calder, Midlothian. Enlisted: East Calder, Midlothian.
Commemorated Loos Memorial, Panel 78 to 83.
George Hope
Lance Corporal, 12559, 62nd Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed in action, France and Flanders, 25/09/1916, no age given. Born: Camps Station, East Calder, Midlothian. Enlisted: Edinburgh. Residence: East Calder, Midlothian. Buried Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourte-L'Abbe.
Supplementary Note: Formerly 7311, Gordon Highlanders. Medals: Victory; British War
Robert Ballantyne
Private, 3949, 9th Battalion Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment). Killed in action, France and Flanders, 23/07/1916, aged 19. Born: Kirknewton, Midlothian. Enlisted: Edinburgh. Residence: Kirknewton, Midlothian. Son of Mrs Jessie Ballantyne, of Springfield, East Calder, Midlothian. Commemorated Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 6 D and 7 D.
Private, 37302, 1st Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). Died of wounds, Home, 22/10/1918, aged 27. Born: Livingston, West Lothian. Enlisted: Uphall, West Lothian. Residence: Mid Calder. Son of John and Rachel Bishop; husband of Catherine White Mu?? Fairyhill Cottage, Carluke, Lanarkshire. Buried East Calder Churchyard, Grave 1412.
Private, 2629, 2/10th Battalion Royal Scots. Died of wounds, France and Flanders, 24/09/1916, aged 19. Enlisted: Bathgate. Son of Mr and Mrs William Bryce, The Cottage, Kirkgate, West Calder. Buried Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension Cemetery. Grave 111. C. 31
Private, 793, No. 2 Company Machine Gun Guards. Died of wounds, France and Flanders, 22/09/1917, aged 39. Born: Limekiln, Midlothian. Enlisted: Edinburgh. Son of James and Margaret Campbell of "Illieston", Mid Calder, Midlothian; husband of Annie Campbell, of Springfield, East Calder, Midlothian. Buried at Etaples Military Cemetery, Grave XXV1. C. 9A.
Sapper, 79904, 254th Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action, France and Flanders, 16/04/1916, no age given. Born: Foxford, County Mayo. Enlisted: Edinburgh. Brother of Mr T Flynn of 150 Oakbank, Mid Calder, Midlothian. Buried Gorre British and Indian Cemetery, Grave 1. D. 17.
James Moir Forbes
Private, 3/6968, 2nd Battalion Gordon Highlanders. Killed in action, France and Flanders, 16/05/1915. No age given. Born: New Deer, Aberdeenshire. Enlisted: Aberdeen. Commemorated Le Touret Memorial. Panel 39 to 41.
George Collins Gardiner
Private, 19218, 16th Battalion Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment). Killed in action, France and Flanders, 28/04/1917, aged 23. Born: Kirknewton, Midlothian. Enlisted: Edinburgh. Residence: Kirknewton, Midlothian. Son of Mr and Mrs J Gardiner of Wester Causewayend, Kirknewton, Midlothian. Commemorated Arras Memorial, Bay 1 and 2.
Robert Gifford
Private, S/11932, 3rd Reserve Battalion Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Died 01/07/1917, Home, aged 23. Born: Leith, Midlothian. Enlisted: Edinburgh. Son of James and Margaret Gifford, of Overton, Kirkliston, West Lothian. Buried Kirknewton Parish Churchyard, Grave 298(A).
David Bain Graham
Private, 315619, 13th (Scottish Horse) Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Killed in action, France and Flanders, 03/10/1918, aged 22. Born: Mid Calder, Midlothian. Enlisted: Dunkeld, Perthshire. Son of Elizabeth Graham of 12 Kitchener Street, Dalmuir, Glasgow and the late Thomas Graham, Native of Oakbank, Mid Calder, Midlothian. Buried Unicorn Cemetery, Vend'huile, Grave 1V. E. 28. Also 2nd Scottish Horse, 5640.
Alexander Stewart Laird
Private, S/3412, 8th (Service) Battalion Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Killed in action, France and Flanders, 14/07/1916, no age given. Born: Kirknewton, Midlothian. Enlisted: East Calder, Midlothian. Commemorated Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 10A.
Medals: Victory; British War; 14-15 Star
Daniel MacBeth
Private, 42129, lst Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers. Killed in action, France and Flanders, 16/10/1918, aged 18. Born: Edinburgh. Enlisted: Glencorse, Midlothian. Residence: East Calder, Midlothian. Son of David and Margaret MacBeth, of Main Street, East Calder, Midlothian. Buried Dadizeele New British Cemetery, Grave 111. B. 8
Medals: Victory; British Wa
Private, 133, "A" Company, 1st Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, the Duke of Albany's). Killed in action, France and Flanders, 10/11/1914, aged 23. Born Alloa, Clackmannanshire. Enlisted: Edinburgh, Midlothian. Son of John and Annie Martin of 47 Oakbank, Mid Calder, Midlothian. Commemorated Le Touret Memorial, Panel 38 and 39.
Private, 123243, 18th Battalion Canadian Infantry (West Ontario Division). Died 21/08/1917, aged 32. Born: Oakbank, Midlothian. Residence: London, Ontario, Canada. Husband of Margaret Morrison, 1226 Florence Street, London, Ontario. Buried in Barlin Communal Cemetery Extension Grave 111. D. 26.
James Milligan
Private, 53718, 2nd Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers. Killed in action, France and Flanders, 19/07/1918, aged 18. Born: Kirknewton, Midlothian. Enlisted: Edinburgh. Residence: Kirknewton, Midlothian. Son of John Milligan of Camps Junction, Kirknewton, Midlothian. Buried in Meteren Military Cemetery, Grave 11. A. 55.
Private, 13186, 2nd Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers. Killed in action, France and Flanders, 18/04/1915, aged 21. Born: Kirknewton, Midlothian. Enlisted: Edinburgh, Midlothian. Residence: Mid Calder, Midlothian. Son of the late Hugh McDermott of East Calder, Midlothian. Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 22.
James Richardson McDowall
Private, S/2763, 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders. Killed in action, France and Flanders, 06/05/1915, aged 19. Born: Kirknewton, Midlothian. Enlisted: East Calder, Midlothian. Son of James and Margaret McDowall, of 12 Oakbank, Mid Calder, Midlothian. Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Panel 38.
Supplementary Note: Family Grave, East Calder Cemetery: "Also our children, James, who fell in action at Ypres, 6 May 1915, aged 19 years".
John McKellar
Private, 3/5874, 1st Battalion Cameron Highlanders. Killed in action, France and Flanders, 03/09/1916, no age given. Born: Barony, Glasgow, Lanarkshire. Enlisted: Edinburgh, Midlothian. Residence: East Calder, Midlothian. Commemorated Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 15 B.
Medals: Victory; British War, 14 Star
William McKie
Private, S/21255 6th Battalion Cameron Highlanders. Killed in action, France and Flanders, 30/06/1916, aged 25. Born: Kirknewton, Midlothian. Enlisted: West Calder, Midlothian. Residence: Mid Calder, Midlothian. Son of James and Elizabeth McKie of 133 Oakbank, Mid Calder, Midlothian.
Commemorated on Loos Memorial, Panel 119 to 124.
William J McIntyre
Private, 3411, 1st Battalion Black Watch. Died 20/03/1916, aged 21. Son of Alexander and Mary Graham Fulton McIntyre of 116 Oakbank, Mid Calder, Midlothian. Buried Lilliers Communal Cemetery, Grave 1V. E. 51.
James McLuskey
Gunner, 69267, 121st Siege Bty, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died 28/12/1916, aged 24. Son of John and Agnes McLuskie, of Loop Cottage, Bridge of Dee, Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire. Buried Quarry Cemetery, Montauban, Grave IV. J.11.
Private, 21012, 11th Battalion Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment). Killed in action, France and Flanders. 03/07/1916, no age given. Born: Whitburn, West Lothian. Enlisted: Broxburn, West Lothian. Residence: East Calder, West Lothian. Commemorated Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 6 D and 7 D.
Thomas Peden Philp
Private, 19895, 16th Battalion Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment). Killed in action, France and Flanders, 04/08/1916, aged 22. Born: Kirknewton, Midlothian. Enlisted: Edinburgh. Residence: Kirknewton, Midlothian. Son of James and Agnes Philp, of Elmbank, Wilkieston, Midlothian. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 6 D and 7 D.
Private, S/18255, 5th Battalion Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders. Killed in action, France and Flanders, 17/07/1916, aged 29. Born: East Calder, Midlothian. Enlisted: Edinburgh, Midlothian. Residence: East Calder. Son of Mrs Alison Dick Reid of Main Street, Mid Calder, Midlothian. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 15 B.
Medals: Victory: British War; 15 Star
Private, S/22810, 7th Battalion Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders. Killed in action, France and Flanders, 20/08/1917, aged 20. Born: Kirknewton, Midlothian. Enlisted: Mid Calder. Residence: East Calder. Son of John and Jessie Renwick, of Thistle Cottage, East Calder. Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, Panel 136 to 138.
Able Seaman, Clyde Z/4531, Hawke Bn. Royal Navy Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Died 04/02/1917, aged 21. Enlisted: 18/5/15. Brother to Mrs. Joan Bell of "Dunallan", Main Street, Kirknewton, Midlothian. Buried Queens Cemetery, Bucquoy (FR 514).
Medals: Victory; British War; Star
William Sutherland
Private, Gordon Highlanders. No further information currently.
Private, 19668, 16th Battalion Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment). Killed in action, France and Flanders, 01/07/1916, no age given. Born: Kirknewton, Midlothian. Enlisted: Edinburgh. Residence: Kirknewton, Midlothian. Commemorated Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 6 D and 7 D.
Private, 5455, 1st Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers. Died, France and Flanders, 28/07/1918. Born: Penicuik, Midlothian. Enlisted: Edinburgh. Residence: Kirknewton, Midlothian. Son of Mr David Watt, Calderhall Lodge, Eas Calder. Buried Berlin South-Western Cemetery, Grave X. C. 7.
William Watt
Guardsman, 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards. No further information available.
David Whigham
Private, S/7451, 2nd Gordon Highlanders. Killed in action, France and Flanders, 25/09/1915. Born: Kirknewton, Midlothian. Enlisted: Edinburgh. Commemorated Loos Memorial, Panel 115 to 119.
George Wilkie
Guardsman, 14301, "B" Company, 1st Battalion Scots Guards. Died of wounds, France and Flanders, 24/08/1918, aged 29. Born: Kirknewton, Midlothian. Enlisted: Edinburgh. Residence: Kirknewton, Midlothian. Son of Jane and the late James Wilkie, Burnside, Kirknewton, Midlothian. Remembered with honour Bagneux Cemetery, Gezaincourt.
Trooper, GS/12052, 5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales). Died 10/11/1917, aged 25. Son of Stewart Wilson and Catherine Wilson of Corston, Mid Calder, Midlothian. Native of Camilty, Midlothian. Buried Etaples Military Cemetery Grave XXX N. 9.
James Waddle Young
Guardsman, 7770, 1st Battalion Scots Guards. Killed in action, France and Flanders, 28/10/1914. Born: Edinburgh. Enlisted: Edinburgh. Residence: Kirknewton, Midlothian. Remembered with honour Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
The Second World War added a further 22 names:
John Arbuthnott
Sergeant (Pilot), 564104, 229 Squadron Royal Air Force.
Died 04/02/1941, aged 26. Son of William Arbuthnott and of Margaret Arbuthnott of Kirknewton, Midlothian. Buried Carluke (Wilton) Cemetery. Grave: Section E, Grave 89.
Walter Gowans Brown
Pilot Officer (Air Gunner), 151776, 102 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 07/09/1943, aged 27. Son of Walter and Mary Wallace Brown of Mid Calder, Midlothian. Buried Durnbach War Cemetery, Collective Grave 7. G. 12-17.
William Noel Caldwell
A.L.A., Fleet Air Arm. Died 13/05/1942, aged 23, Boggie Farm (V.R. R.N.A.S., Arbroath). Son of Andrew Fisher Caldwell.
Angus Whitson Elliot
Aircraftman 2nd Class (Wireless Operator), 626895, 82 Squadron Royal Air Force. Died 22/05/1940, no age given. Buried Neufchatel-Hardelot (Neufchatel) New Com Cemetery.
Sergeant, Royal Air Force. No further information currently available.
Alexander Forrest
Rifleman, 3254271, 12th Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). Died 02/09/1945, aged 24. Son of John and Jessie Cameron Forrest, of Toravon, Stirlingshire. Buried Munster Heath War Cemetery, Grave 2. E. 18.
Gunner, 1640944, 241 Battery, 77 H.A.A. Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died 04/02/1940, aged 30. Son of Jessie McCormick Gibson; husband of Janet K. Gibson of Mid Calder, Midlothian. Buried Jakarta War Cemetery, Sp. Mem. 3. L. 3.
John Robert Hogg
Trooper, 3060643, 43rd (2/5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment) Regiment, Reconnaissance Corps, R.A.C. Died 24/06/1944, aged 27. Son of Mrs E. Hogg; husband of Isabella Hogg, Kirknewton, Midlothian. Commemorated Bayeux Memorial, Panel 6.
William Lawson
Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 2926632, 5th Battalion Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders. Died 03/01/1945, aged 40. Son of William and Elizabeth Lawson; husband of Jessie Carruthers of Mid Calder, Midlothian. Buried Fayid War Cemetery, Grave 5. B. 7.
Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 1869550, 551 Army Troops Company, Royal Engineers. Died 15/06/1944, no age given. Buried Naples War Cemetery, Grave I. M. 18.
George Murdoch
Private, 3060674, 8th Battalion Royal Scots. Died 14/09/1944, aged 28. Son of William and Margaret Murdoch of Mid Calder, Midlothian. Buried at Kasterlee War Cemetery, Grave I. B. 9.
Leading Aircraftman, 1561243, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 11/04/1944, no age given. Buried Camelon Cemetery, Section 12, Grave 561.
Francis McNairney
Leading Aircraftman (Observor), 1371126, 658 Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 24/03/1945, aged 23. Son of Anthony McNairney and of Catherine McNairney (nee Miller); husband of T. E. McNairney of Polbeth, Midlothian. Buried Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Grave 1.A.2.
Andrew Nicol Marshall Ramsay
Sergeant, 3194444, 5th Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers. Died between 03/11/1945 and 02/01/1946. Son of Andrew Nicol Ramsay and Agnes Storrie Allan Ramsay; husband of Mary Davida Ramsay of Bathgate, West Lothian. Buried Munster Heath War Cemetery, Grave 2. A. 13.
James Reid Russell
Corporal, 2879717, 1st Battalion The London Scottish, Gordon Highlanders. Died 06/11/1943, aged 33. Son of John S. and Annie G. Russell of Kirknewton, Midlothian. Buried Naples War Cemetery Grave III. J. 16.
John Rhind
Squadron Leader, 41954, Royal Air Force. Died 10/07/1945, aged 25. Son of John and Mary Jane Rhind; husband of Rosemary Constance of Forgandenny, Perthshire. Commemorated Singapore Memorial, Column 445.
Edward Sharkey
Corporal, 3059784, 1st Battalion Royal Scots. Died 21/08/1944, aged 24. Son of William and Bridget Sharkey of East Calder. Buried Imphal War Cemetery, Grave 2. C. 11.
George Allenby Tennant
Sergeant, 619067, Royal Air Force. Died 13/10/1944, aged 25. Son of George and Alice Fleming Tennant; husband of Georgina White Tennant of Edinburgh. Buried Ancona War Cemetery, Grave 1V. D. 15.
James Toolin
Sergeant, 3186729, Army Catering Corps. Died 13/02/1945, aged 37. Son of Bernard and Mary Toolin; husband of Elizabeth Toolin of Hartlepool. County Durham. Buried Schoonselhof Cemetery, Grave V. B. 57.
John Knox Watson
Sergeant, 1369957, 61 Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 01/09/1943, aged 20. Son of George and Catherine Watson of Mid Calder, Midlothian. Buried East Calder Cemetery, Section E, Northern Extension, Grave 67.
Thomas Falconer Wilson
Gunner, 14582223, 86 (The Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment. Died 22/04/1945, aged 25. Son of George and Mima Wilson of Linburn, Midlothian. Buried Becklingen War Cemetery, Grave 3. J. 10.
William Whitelaw
Able Seaman, P/JX 527816, H.M.S. President 111, Royal Navy. Died 06/01/1944, aged 18. Son of James and Mary Whitelaw of East Calder, Midlothian. Buried Penzance Cemetery, Section F. Row A. Grave 14.
Soldiers Died in the Great War
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Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 10:37 am Post subject: Unveiling of Memorial
Kirknewton and East Calder War Memorial
On Sunday last was unveiled the memorial which has been erected on a site close to the King's Highway near Mid Calder Station to the memory of the gallant heroes who gave their lives in the Great War. A short service was conducted by the ministers in the district including the Rev. George Gardiner D.D., Parish Church; Rev. William Cherry, U.F. Church, East Calder; and the Rev. Robert Ferguson, U.F. Church, Wilkieston. A united choir led the praise. After Lady Davies had unveiled the memorial, the Rev. Dr. Gardiner spoke the words of solemn dedication. The following list of fallen whose names are engraved on the bronze tablet was read by Mr Macconochie Welwood:
List of fallen as on photograph of memorial.
A bugler having sounded the Last Post, Lt.-General Sir Francis Davies, commanding the Forces in Scotland, briefly addressed the huge throng present. He vividly contrasted the devastated areas of the Somme district in France with our peaceful districts and homes, thus bringing home to those present in a very pointed way what was likely to have been their portion had the enemy been victorious. He trusted as the people passed the memorial in their daily routine they would spare a thought to the memory of those who so gallantly fought and died to prevent such a disaster. He concluded by handing the memorial over to the custody of the Parish Council.
Mr. A. O. Cassells, chairman, accepted.
Later Sir Francis Davies chatted personally with each unit of a company of the comrades of the Great War who acted as a guard of honour under the command of ex-Sergt-Major James Hally. A company of Boy Scouts was also present.
(Courier Friday 24 June 1921)
Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 10:38 am Post subject:
I have deleted this post as it was a news article from the Scotsman 1919. Unsure of copyright.
Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 10:40 am Post subject: Not on the Memorial - Robert Bond
I found the grave of Robert Bond in Kirknewton Cemetery. He has a CWGC gravestone, however is not on the war memorial. The date of death gives thoughts that he must have died of war injury, however a newspaper article tells a different story. A number is unreadable as there is a black line on the paper.
In memory of Private R. Bond, S/11061 Seaforth Highlanders transf. To (373493) 750th Coy., Labour Corps, who died age 43 on 29 September 1919. Husband of Margaret Bond, 105 Oakbank, Midcalder Midlothian. Remembered with honour Kirknewton Parish Churchyard.
LOCAL SOLDIER'S DEATH
On Tuesday of last week quite a gloom was cast over the village when it became known that one of its inhabitants, Mr Robert Bond, had met with a fatal accident by falling over the Tollbridge which spans a branch line of the Caledonian Railway near Cleland. Mr Bond, who was an old soldier, having served with the Seaforth Highlanders, was on a visit to friends at Blackhill Farm, a short distance from the scene of the accident. He went out for a short walk before retiring for the night, and it is thought that owing to the night being extremely dark and not being well acquainted with the district, he must have stumbled and fallen over the bridge, which has a very low parapet, on to the railway beneath, a distance of fully ?0 feet. By the severe injuries he sustained death must have been instantaneous. The last sad fact in connection with the accident was performed on Friday last, when the remains were laid to rest in Kirknewton Churchyard. Through the kind efforts of the secretary of the Discharged and Demobilised Soldiers' and Sailors' Federation, the funeral was partly of a military nature. A detachment of the 4th Edinburgh Garrison Artillery with gun team and carriage were present. A firing party from Bond's old regiment was prevented from attending owing to the railway strike. The coffin, wrapped in the Union Jack, was placed on the gun carriage, and amidst manifest signs of sorrow, was slowly borne to its last resting place, followed by relatives of the deceased, members of the Discharged and Demobilised Soldiers' and Sailors' Federation, and a large concourse of the general public. The Rev. Dr Gardiner officiated at the graveside and made fitting reference to the service Bond had rendered to his country during the South African and European Wars. Bond leaves a widow and large family to mourn his loss and to whom the utmost sympathy will be extended.
(Midlothian Advertiser 10 Oct 1919)

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HUDSON – With the season's first snowfall covering the sidewalks, more than 150 ticket holders braved the winter weather to view several of Hudson's historic home as part of the Hudson Holiday House Tour. Bundled in layers, muffled with scarves and topped with earmuffs and knit caps, visitors walked the city's grid from North 5th Street to Front Street. Each stop along the way was an opportunity to see gorgeous interiors from different periods in Hudson's history. Houses dating from the early 18th century to the late 19th century were included – all decorated for the Holidays.
"The tour was wonderful," said Jennifer Clark, a volunteer for the benefit charity, the Hudson Children's Book Festival. "One home, the Hudson B&B (1792), has housed many of our visiting authors over the years. I was glad to [have the opportunity to] explore it." Clark also remarked on "the largest scrabble board I've ever seen" at the Inn at 34 (1840).
Bob Rasner, host at 34 South 2nd Street had baked his prize-winning recipe for scones to distribute among the visitors. "I think I passed out a wheelbarrow full," he said. "Nothing but smiles from everyone in the crowd." Rasner greeted guests with a brief history of the house. "When this home was new," he said, "Martin Van Buren was President and Queen Victoria was just about to start her reign. This house had no electricity, no plumbing and no running water." "Our guests appreciated knowing the context of life during that time," he added.


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Waterfront Hotel and Venue
Quality designer accommodation at realistic prices can be found at the Waterfront Hotel and Venue, situated on the banks of the Calder and Hebble N...
Quality designer accommodation at realistic prices can be found at the Waterfront Hotel and Venue, situated on the banks of the Calder and Hebble Navigation waterway in Brighouse, on The Calderdale Way walking route. Our location, within easy reach of Leeds, Manchester, Elland, Halifax, Huddersfield and Bradford, makes it the ideal choice, whether your stay is for business or pleasure. Visit our award winning Italian restaurant; Prego and choose from a wide range of menus. You will find delicious Italian Continental food and a warm welcoming atmosphere, whatever the occasion. For guests with specific needs and requirements we offer accessible rooms. We have a standard single and twin room specifically designed for wheelchair users or those with mobility difficulties. Plus additional services such as large font menus, Deafgard alarm, porter service etc. available on request.
Cromwell Bottom Nature Reserve
Cromwell Bottom is one of the richest areas in Calderdale in terms of biodiversity, boasting over 130 species of plant, 200 species of birds, large...
Cromwell Bottom is one of the richest areas in Calderdale in terms of biodiversity, boasting over 130 species of plant, 200 species of birds, large numbers of mammals, amphibians and lots of invertebrate life. Anyone, adults and chiildren, who is interested in nature needs to visit Cromwell Bottom. The area is mainly woodland with a really good network of paths. There is also a wheelchair and pushchair accessible route. There is a guide to the paths and points of interest available from visitor centres and the Heart of the Pennines on-line shop There is a car park at the reserve and a regular bus service from Halifax bus station
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Ravensprings is a gorgeous Victorian Mansion House built for the Mayor of Brighouse in 1896. The House is full of character and original features. ...
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Famous for its spectacular floral bedding displays, Wellholme Park has something for just about everyone and has been awarded both the coveted 'Gre...
Famous for its spectacular floral bedding displays, Wellholme Park has something for just about everyone and has been awarded both the coveted 'Green Flag' status and the prestigious 'Queen Elizabeth II Fields' status. Situated close to Brighouse town centre, the park is easy to reach and has free car parking for visitors. Why not take a stroll around the park, sit and relax in the surroundings, enjoy a picnic, or explore the natural woodlands and follow the path of Clifton Beck that runs through the heart of Wellholme? The newly opened cafe offers a place to relax and chat with family and friends over a drink and snack. If you prefer something more energetic, then perhaps enjoy a game of tennis on one of the four courts, or a game of bowls on one of the two crown greens or the flat bowling green. An exciting playground with scramble net, climbing frame, swings and a roundabout gives hours of enjoyment to our younger visitors. A demanding skateboard park is a test for those who like a spot of boarding and for those who prefer something less strenuous then there is a putting green and crazy golf.
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MG Hector Plus Six-Seater Launched In India At A Starting Price of INR 13.49 lakh
13/07/2020 - 14:30 | MG Hector, MG Hector Plus, MG, Car news | Karan
First shown at this year's 2020 Auto Expo, MG Motor unveiled a slightly larger, six-seater version of the Hector SUV. The company has finally launched the new Hector Plus, which slots in above the standard Hector and comes with three-rows of seating. Prices of the new Hector Plus start at INR 13.49 lakh (ex-showroom) for the petrol Super trim and INR 14.44 lakh (ex-showroom) for the diesel Super version. However, these prices are only an introductory offer and will be valid only up till August 2020. After that point, the MG Hector Plus will be available with an added premium of INR 50,000 above these introductory prices.
The MG Hector Plus is available in a total of three trim levels - Super, Smart and Sharp. The car will also offer two engine options to choose from. The first is the 1.5-litre turbocharged petrol unit which delivers 141bhp and 250Nm of torque. The second option is the 2.0-litre turbocharged diesel engine from FCA which can slo be found under the hood of the Tata Harrier and Jeep Compass. This engine is capable of developing 168bhp and 350Nm of torque, with the choice of pairing it with either a 6-speed manual or 6-speed DCT.
Talking of its exterior design, the MG Hector Plus gets subtle changes to distinguish it from the standard Hector. It gets an all-black grille with a bezel-less design, updated LED headlights, updated LED tailights, newly-designed front and rear bumper design. Thanks to the re-worked, pronounced bumper designs, the MG Hector is slightly longer in overall length. However, the wheelbase of both models remain alike.
Step inside and the biggest change here is the addition of a third-row of seats and the second-row now getting two captain-style chairs. Differences inside are subtle but do lend an air of extra premiumness to the design. For example, while the standard Hector gets an all-black themed interior, the Hector Plus gets a dual-tone interior with tan leather seats and tan leather insert all around the cabin. Other unique touches include a beige headliner and AC vents for the third row of seats. In terms of features, you still get niceties like electrically-adjustable driver/co-driver front seats, a 10.4-inch touchscreen infotainment system, iSmart Connectivity features, AI-enabled voice commands and an eight-speaker Bose surround-sound system.
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Why now? The roots (and possible future) of Colorado's reckoning with racism past and present
Everything, it seems, is on the table as Colorado, in the throes of a pandemic, confronts racist history people of color battled for generations
Kevin Simpson
4:00 AM MDT on Jun 30, 2020
Demonstrators clash with police at the Colorado Capitol on Saturday, May 30, 2020 for a third day of protests in Denver in response to George Floyd's death at the hands of police in Minnesota. (Joe Mahoney, Special to The Colorado Sun)
Earlier this month, Sarah Stabio was cleaning up in the exercise studio she opened nearly four years ago when she caught a glimpse of the screen-printed sign on her front window: "The Bar Method Denver-Stapleton."
Suddenly, she couldn't wait another moment.
"Stapleton," the area that memorializes a Denver mayor notorious for his ties to the Ku Klux Klan, had to be erased. And Stabio resolved to wipe it from her window in solidarity with an effort by the city's Black community and its allies dating back decades. So she and her 12-year-old son, Oliver, immediately set about peeling the offending portion of her business name off the window.
The adhesive proved more troublesome than she anticipated. Letters stuck stubbornly to the glass surface, underscoring the difficulty of erasing a name long associated with the city's Stapleton Airport and then attached to the sprawling collection of east Denver neighborhoods.
"But we kept going," Stabio says, "and when I felt it finally was not recognizable as a word — which I try not to say or type anymore — that was a good stopping point. It doesn't look pretty, but that doesn't bother me at all. I'm just so glad to see the name gone."
A dizzying succession of events over the past several weeks has infused a new urgency to Colorado racial and social justice issues through a wave of protest built on the work of Black and other minority activists who have hammered away at inequity for generations. Now, at a time when many of the usual diversions of everyday life have been removed by the coronavirus pandemic, race has received laser focus — not only from people of color, but white people as well.
Mostly peaceful protests across the state from May into June, repeated for days on end, decried the slow killing of an unarmed George Floyd by a Minneapolis cop — and police violence in general. Whirlwind legislation on police oversight, at the local and national level, became reality. The search for justice for the family of 23-year-old Elijah McClain, whose death last year followed his violent arrest by Aurora police, finally gained both local and national traction.
Sarah Stabio, the owner and instructor at The Bar Method located in The Shops at Northfield Stapleton, scraped off the portion of her sign that said "Stapleton" on the glass of her studio. She will have a new sign designed and installed that substitutes the word "Northfield." The community named for former Denver Mayor Benjamin Stapleton, who was also a member of the Ku Klux Klan, will change its name after years of protest. (Kathryn Scott, Special to The Colorado Sun)
And surrounding all the recent flashpoints has been the lingering pain from historically ingrained racism, reflecting several states' reckoning with the unspoken messaging of Confederate monuments. The same concern permeates discussion of many Colorado landmarks, locations and symbols.
The Stapleton controversy jolted Stabio, and many others in the area, to action. The take-down and defacing of a statue of a Union soldier at the Capitol underscored its ties to the infamous Sand Creek massacre of Cheyenne and Arapaho people. The toppling of a sculpture honoring Columbus in Civic Center park revived the long-running controversy over the explorer's legacy.
The city "proactively" took down a statue of Kit Carson when it seemed protesters were intent on doing it themselves. Even Denver South High School's nickname, the Rebels, prompted further discussion.
Everything, it seems, is on the table as Coloradans — and the entire country — confront an inflection point in the discussion of race that seems uniquely positioned to produce results, owing in part to the activism of young protesters but also to the state's complex history.
Tay Anderson, the young Denver Public Schools director whose profile has risen dramatically amid the protests, wasn't around for the 1960s — neither was his mother, he notes — but he senses that the current revolt carries some of the same characteristics of that earlier period of upheaval and civil rights activism.
"When you look at and read history, you see the things Martin Luther King was marching over are the same things we're marching over right now," says the 21-year-old Anderson. "Now we have a new wave of young people really trying to push this movement forward. America was not founded on a peaceful sit-in. Slavery was not ended because of a march. The civil rights movement was not always nonviolent. We have to be able to look at those three pieces of our history that changed the course of our nation and understand how those riots, wars and battles shaped who we are today."
Anderson already won one of those skirmishes when the school board voted unanimously to remove police from Denver's schools in the wake of studies showing students of color more often face discipline than white students. He joined the fight to rename Stapleton, vowing to bring protesters to the neighborhood if action wasn't forthcoming. He was a presence in the days-long protests against police brutality and has weighed in on controversial sculptures and statues in the city.
An avowed Democrat, he also has called for the resignation of Democratic Adams County District Attorney Dave Young, who did not file charges against the Aurora cops who restrained McClain before his death.
The test of this moment is whether it can endure.
"I don't want us to be talking in August about, 'Oh, you remember all those protests?'" he says. "If we're not seeing the change we want … we need to continue to show up. We're no longer going to protest and then go back to being comfortable. Being Black in America is uncomfortable. I need people, white allies included, to get uncomfortable with us."
Denver Public Schools board member Tay Anderson, left, and activist Elisabeth Epps and address a large crowd of demonstrators outside of East High School in Denver during a Black Lives Matter march on June 7, 2020. (Kevin Mohatt, Special to The Colorado Sun)
A transformative period?
Glenn Morris, a longtime leader in the American Indian Movement of Colorado and a professor of political science at the University of Colorado Denver, has spent 40 years trying to spark the kind of change that has happened in just a few short months.
Suddenly, the Columbus Day holiday so long the object of annual protest has been removed from the official calendar in Colorado. Even the sculpture in Civic Center park honoring the explorer, a constant irritation to Morris, has fallen. And the statue of Kit Carson, whom Morris calls "as bad and as evil as any Confederate general to Black people," was moved from its prominent display at Colfax Avenue and Broadway.
All that has Morris, too, wondering if this is a particularly charged moment in time.
"The question of whether this can be a transformative period — I hope it's not just a moment — is whether there's a sufficient number of people of goodwill," he says, "who want to have a frank and open and substantive discussion of what domination and privilege has meant, and continues to mean."
Why are more people willing to have that discussion now? Morris suspects that many are genuinely concerned that the political pendulum has swung too far from justice. He also says people may have the time, amid social restrictions imposed by the coronavirus pandemic, to more deeply consider what they want their country to be.
"I hope that's one of the lessons, the ability for people to be more reflective by being quarantined, thinking about their mortality and mortality of those around them," he says. "Because you remember Ferguson, the vilification of the Black Lives Matter movement, even by liberals? Now, everybody is stopping and unpacking this, asking 'What's really being said here?'"
Stabio, the fitness studio owner, admits that her outlook changed with regard to her neighborhood's name. Just a year into the venture she opened in 2016, as she learned more about the controversy surrounding the former mayor, she realized that she wanted to remove his name from her business, even if that set back the slow process of establishing her brand and location.
If it even affects one person, it's something small I can do, she thought. But the more she considered it, the more daunting the idea of the name change became. What about the costs? Would a change put her at a disadvantage with competitors?
The process seemed overwhelming. So it didn't happen.
"Fast forward a couple years," she says, "and it just felt like it had to happen."
It's not that the old excuses went away. In fact, the coronavirus heaped new ones on top of those as Stabio operated on a reduced schedule with social distancing, and fought hard to attract and retain customers. But now, she observes, the name change is just one of several challenges at a unique time in history. And oddly, its burden feels lighter than it did earlier.
The torrent of recent events gave Stabio such a sense of helplessness that suddenly a name change felt like a simple act of control in a world spiraling into chaos.
"I can't fully explain it," she says. "I wish I would've done this sooner. But I didn't, and I'm regretful of that. But I'm committed to doing what I can do now. I know it's a small change and might not mean much, but all the small changes could add up to something bigger. It all signifies the recognition that we need to look at things deeper and be more inclusive."
Many businesses in the Stapleton neighborhood have signs with the Stapleton designation in their company name. Some may change once a new name for the neighborhood has been selected. The community that bears the name of former Denver Mayor Benjamin Stapleton, who was also a member of the Ku Klux Klan, will change after years of protest and reflection in the community. (Kathryn Scott, Special to The Colorado Sun)
A war, a battle…and a film
When Fort Sumter, South Carolina, fell to the South in the first battle of the Civil War, Wallingford & Murphy's general store in downtown Denver, situated about where 16th and Larimer streets intersect today, proudly raised the Confederate flag. An angry crowd gathered and demanded that it be taken down, but Southern sympathizers refused.
Finally, a Unionist braved the mob, climbed to the top of the building and brought down the banner.
Public sentiment in Colorado, organized as a U.S. territory in late February 1861, less than two months before the Civil War began, was judged evenly split between the North and South at the start of the war, according to Robert Perkin's "The First Hundred Years: An Informal History of Denver and the Rocky Mountain News."
Those conflicting loyalties led to fights and occasional sporadic shooting in the streets of Denver. Eventually, Union sentiment prevailed.
Pro-Northern William Gilpin, appointed territorial governor by Abraham Lincoln, feared an attack from Confederate units with an eye on Colorado's gold mines. A brigade of 3,700 men approached from Texas through New Mexico. So Gilpin dispatched a force of more than 1,000 troops to meet the threat.
In late March of 1862, they and pro-Union New Mexicans engaged the Texans at Gloriéta Pass, east of Santa Fe, where they defeated the Confederates in a conflict that "determined the destiny of the entire West for the next three years," Perkin writes.
At the end of the war, Colorado drafted a constitution and asked Congress to designate it a state. Notably, the document did not allow Black people to vote, so 137 Black Denverites petitioned Congress to refuse Colorado's request. In 1876, six years after the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave Black males the right to vote, the Centennial State was born.
In 1915, eight years before Benjamin Stapleton would take over the Denver mayor's office, Black activists in Colorado again rose up when the silent film "The Birth of a Nation" became a groundbreaking cinematic accomplishment — and the focus of considerable controversy as it opened across the country.
The three-hour drama, often credited with giving birth to the Hollywood film industry, ultimately came to be recognized as racist propaganda. But in the moment, it enjoyed wide acceptance by white audiences as a historically grounded account of post-Civil War America and the heroic rise of the Ku Klux Klan to save the South from Black rule during Reconstruction. In fact, the Klan eventually would use the film as a recruiting tool to revitalize its membership.
Hooded Klansmen catch former plantation hand Gus, portrayed in blackface by white actor Walter Long, in a scene from "The Birth of a Nation." (Creative Commons license)
Modupe Labode, Colorado's chief historian from 2002-07, studied the ramifications of the film and its impact on state politics that led up to the Klan's dominance in the early- to mid-1920s. She points out that local protest mirrored actions in several cities across the country.
Denver's Black community had seen the violent manifestations of the Klan in the South and sought to stand up to those and the institutional segregation that already was happening at the federal level, through housing discrimination and a ban on interracial marriage. But they also were concerned that Republicans, who viewed Black people as a loyal constituency, "would cut loose their engagement with Black communities if they could get away with it," Labode told The Colorado Sun.
"The Birth of a Nation" provided a strong cultural hint that public attitudes could take a disturbing turn. Black people already had been monitoring a theater show derived from author Thomas Dixon's book, "The Clansman," which also was the basis for the blockbuster film.
It wasn't just entertainment, but something that white people were supposed to go to to learn something about their past. Many African Americans, and the NAACP, saw it as calumny. It was an outrage, it was libelous.
Modupe Labode, former Colorado state historian, on the film "The Birth of a Nation"
"The film was important in a lot of ways," Labode says. "(Director) D.W. Griffith marketed it as a history lesson. It wasn't just entertainment, but something that white people were supposed to go to to learn something about their past. Many African Americans, and the NAACP, saw it as calumny. It was an outrage, it was libelous.
"Portrayal of history and interpretation of history has been a common element of African American protest. That was one of the things people really saw as upsetting."
The film, which was the first to be screened in the White House, where President Woodrow Wilson and his cabinet looked on, is a dramatic tale of two families on opposite sides in the Civil War, and culminates with the Klan literally riding to the rescue of the victimized, postbellum South. Though acclaimed for its technical innovations, its story is filled with bigoted portrayals.
One scene purported to show a Reconstruction-era legislature in which ignorant Black men ate chicken and threw bones on the ground. Another notable sequence depicted a Black man — who like many of the characters is a white actor in blackface — pursuing a young white woman to the edge of a cliff, where she leaped to her death rather than submit to his advances.
"Interracial sexual relations and rape of white women was used as a popular pretext for lynching," Labode says. "They were very upset that (the film) was white supremacist history, also that the Progressive-era city government had been accepting of racial segregation."
In Denver, the Black community lobbied local officials to either eliminate some particularly inflammatory scenes or ban screenings altogether. Ultimately, white authorities allowed the film to run, unedited, for several weeks. But Black activists learned from the experience, which in some ways hastened their drift from the Republican party.
"One of the reasons 'Birth of a Nation' was such a big deal nationally among African American communities was that people could directly see the threat," Labode says. "They understood the power of film, and technically accomplished film. It's why activists take pop culture very, very seriously. You can see how it could be mobilized against you."
The case that sparked protest
The use of police force against people of color has been a long-festering issue, a painful road marked with the names of the dead: Trayvon Martin, Tamir Rice, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Philando Castile, Breonna Taylor, and on and on and on.
Intermittently, the issue of police violence might gain traction, but seldom long enough, or deep enough, to force meaningful change.
And then came George Floyd, a man whose death at the hands of a Minneapolis cop, who kneeled on his neck until he died, was captured on 8 minutes, 46 seconds of horrifying video.
Black Lives Matter protesters rallied in downtown Montrose on June 1, 2020, some carrying signs bearing the last words of George Floyd, the black man who died at the hands of Minneapolis police officers. Demonstrations have occurred in towns and cities across the U.S. protesting police brutality after Floyd's death. (William Woody, Special to The Colorado Sun)
Protests sprang up across the nation, and even in small actions across Colorado, though the large demonstrations over more than a week in Denver attracted the most attention. To this backdrop, the state legislature, which remained in session only because the pandemic had postponed its regular schedule, put police accountability on the fast track and, with strong bipartisan support, passed a measure that promised concrete improvements in police procedures.
In short order, the Denver Public Schools board voted unanimously to end the contract that stationed police officers in schools.
And suddenly, the names of Colorado victims of police violence, some dating back decades, gained new currency: Paul Childs, Frank Lobato, Michael Marshall, Jessica Hernandez, Marvin Booker, De'Von Bailey.
And especially Elijah McClain, who had committed no crime but last year was stopped by Aurora police as he walked home from a convenience store, after a 911 call reported a man acting suspiciously. He was taken off life support three days after the encounter in which he was restrained with a since-banned chokehold, sedated and suffered cardiac arrest.
Details of McClain's death, which so far has produced no charges against the officers involved, have raised enough questions that Gov. Jared Polis appointed the attorney general as special prosecutor to revisit the case. The incident also has attracted national attention as Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts, tweeted out her wish that McClain's family might find justice. So did Bernice King, the youngest daughter of Martin Luther King Jr.
Last year, Elijah McClain was just walking home from the convenience store when he was put in a now-banned hold by police officers and later died. Elijah McClain was 23 years old. Elijah McClain should be alive today, and his family deserves justice.https://t.co/hbeEABxxDZ
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) June 24, 2020
#JusticeForElijahMcClain. We want that, @GovofCO @jaredpolis. Elijah deserves that. Because he should be here with us. Without question. pic.twitter.com/PjQxgKTlkH
— Be A King (@BerniceKing) June 28, 2020
Meanwhile, protests persisted in Aurora, where last weekend police broke up a gathering of violinists who played at a vigil for McClain, a violinist himself. Mari Newman, the attorney who represents McClain's family, attended the event and found the juxtaposition of peaceful musicians and cops in riot gear "mind-boggling." Bystanders captured it on video.
Newman points out that the recent legislation that addresses police use of force grew in part from cases like McClain's and others in which video evidence displays police behavior that much of the public once seemed reluctant to acknowledge.
"It's tragic that it's taken so many lost lives to get to a point where people are ready to have meaningful discussion, to have true and lasting change," Newman says. "I'm very hopeful this is a movement, not a moment. All of the things happening now are because of the groundwork made by civil rights warriors before us over many decades.
"This is hardly something new."
Tay Anderson, the Denver school board director, says none of the measures enacted in the wake of the national attention would have happened if not for the pandemic. That's significant, he adds, because people no longer are satisfied with symbolic changes, "gestures of hope for a new future with no action."
"COVID is the only reason we're seeing this response," he says. "Without it, no law would have been passed. It would have been another footnote, something to address in the next (legislative) session. But it shouldn't take people dying to change the law."
He wonders how police can walk white killers like James Holmes out of the Aurora movie theater after his deadly shooting spree, or peacefully arrest white supremacist Dylann Roof, who killed nine Black attendees of Bible study at a South Carolina church, and yet people like Elijah McClain, who committed no crime, are dead.
"That was the great first step we needed, but it's not enough," Anderson says of the new laws. "That's why I think they'll be working on other things in the next legislative session, like no-knock warrants. This is just the beginning, phase one of a multi-phase solution."
Amy Brown, a co-founder of Black Lives Matter 5280, agrees that reforms shouldn't have cost the lives of so many people whose stories, cumulatively, provide the grim answer to the question of "Why now?" She describes "waves of conscience" that periodically lapped up on the organization's Facebook page in the aftermath of such deaths over the years.
Then, finally, a light seemed to go on.
"How horrific is it that it took those 8 minutes and 46 seconds of brother George Floyd's life being taken from him for an awakening of conscience in many white Americans?" she says. "How horrific is it that Brionna Taylor was in her bed when police came with a no-knock warrant? Is this what it takes for the conscience of those holding power to come to terms with the reality that these systems must be toppled?"
"I think there is a point of opportunity here," she adds. "The movement surfacing now is because a movement has been in the works, people have been carrying the movement on their shoulders and backs for decades and generations. This is not something springing up, but reignited by the work of Black organizers doing this in and out for years, whether or not white America was paying attention."
Back in 2015, her work focused on the Stapleton area — not an issue of tangible consequence like police accountability, but one that fought against the deeply ingrained attitudes.
She and others canvassed the area, leaving fliers that made the case for removing the name of a mayor who embraced the Klan in Denver. "We put education literally on their front door," she recalls. The response was in many cases defensive, she recalls, and sometimes angry as what some residents felt was an aggressive attack on their neighborhood.
"People were bothered by the idea that Black people would have the audacity to tell them something was wrong and needed to be changed," she says. But while she also found some friendly ears, the effort didn't get far. Black Lives Matter handed off the project to Rename St*pleton for All, an organization conceived by the late Greg Diggs and Genevieve Swift, and later headed by Liz Stalnaker.
Stalnaker moved to the area just as Black Lives Matter 5280 was finishing its work there, but felt moved by the information she learned about Ben Stapleton and was glad someone was seeking change. She went about her life until August 2017, when the clash between white nationalists and counter-protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, led to the murder of Heather Heyer.
Stalnaker recalls that as a galvanizing moment, and remembers reading a letter put out by a neighborhood organization denouncing the violence, white supremacy and the Confederate monuments that celebrated it.
"A number of us saw the cognitive dissonance of denouncing monuments to white supremacy," Stalnaker says, "without realizing that the name Stapleton itself is a Denver monument to white supremacy."
And once again, the campaign had legs.
The Klan comes to Colorado
When the Ku Klux Klan permeated Denver's city government in the first half of the 1920s, acts of violence and intimidation against Black people, whether overtly by the Klan or by institutionalized racism, left their mark.
Restrictive real estate covenants kept them west of Race Street, and when a Black fireman named Claude DePriest had the audacity to buy a place on Gaylord Street, two blocks east of that imaginary dividing line, an angry mob converged on his house and demanded he move.
A year later, a Black post office clerk rented a house in the 2100 block of Gilpin Street, a few blocks west of Race. A white stranger threatened to blow it up if he didn't leave. He didn't, and late one night an explosion on the front lawn left a crater and shattered the home's windows.
He moved. When another Black man moved in, the property was bombed again.
Colorado's involvement with the Klan fell into one of three iterations of the organization described by historians.
There was the post-Civil War era, when the South chafed against Reconstruction and the Klan rose to power as a violent response to the defeat of the Confederacy. Additionally, there was the period of the 1950s and '60 when its response to integration and the civil rights movement was defined by horrific and, thanks to a complicit judicial system, largely consequence-free murders.
In between, there was its re-emergence in the early 1900s, throughout the United States, as a somewhat less violent but no less intimidating political force.
It was during that period in the 1920s, when Colorado came under Klan rule for about five years, that Denver Mayor Benjamin Stapleton launched a long political career in which he leveraged the support of the Klan to advance a law-and-order agenda and enforce a staunch Prohibitionist stance.
Not that he did so overtly, at least at the start.
In this undated photo, Denver Mayor Benjamin Stapleton, in a dark suit at center, poses with a crowd of men and women, likely at his campaign headquarters in Denver. (Denver Public Library, Western History Photographic Collections)
When Stapleton became mayor in 1923, he disavowed the Klan, says Bob Goldberg, history professor at the University of Utah and author of "Hooded Empire: Ku Klux Klan in Colorado, 1921-32." But Stapleton already was a member. Goldberg notes that "it was standard operating procedure to deny your hooded affiliations," and that in 1924, he publicly came out as "a tool of the Ku Klux Klan."
"Benjamin Stapleton bears responsibility for the Klan being in Denver," Goldberg adds. "And he had Klansmen from the top to the bottom of his government."
Stapleton had an accomplice in John Galen Locke, a New Yorker who arrived in Denver in 1893 and got a medical degree from the University of Denver, though the local medical society eventually refused to license him. But Locke saw the Klan as a means to power and soon became Grand Dragon, operating from an office where a suit of armor stood sentry outside.
"Locke is a friend of Ben Stapleton, an ambitious politician," Goldberg says. "The hookup is obvious."
Significantly, the two would later clash, and Stapleton would fire those Klan-member city leaders — including the police chief — loyal to Locke.
A typical Klan strategy was to quietly take the pulse of a community, determine the issues that bothered people and then sell the Klan through those issues. In Colorado, the Klan took root as the Denver Doers Club in 1921 and within four years became what The Denver Post called "the largest and the most efficiently organized political force in the state of Colorado today," according to co-authors Stephen J. Leonard and Thomas J. Noel in "Denver: From Mining Camp to Metropolis."
John Galen Locke, who served as Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan in Denver. (Provided by History Colorado. Accession #86.296.2998)
Although Black people accounted for just a little over 2% of Denver's population, they were well-educated and making economic progress — especially compared to larger urban areas. More than one-third owned their own homes, almost five times the number in New York.
Amid concerns about "un-Americanism," the Colorado version of the Klan leveraged bigotry against not just Black people, but Jews and Catholics as well. A Jewish lawyer was kidnapped and beaten because he represented alleged bootleggers, and Klan marches down West Colfax Avenue were calculated to intimidate the Jewish neighborhood that had grown there.
Anti-Catholic sentiment sought to keep Catholic teachers out of public schools, and Klan legislators even sought, unsuccessfully, to have sacramental wine outlawed during Prohibition. Also a point of concern: rumors that the Pope was intent on building a summer residence in Fremont County. A Klan-hatched idea to blow up the Immaculate Conception Cathedral on East Colfax Avenue was abandoned only when Locke calculated that the Catholics would just take the insurance settlement and build an even larger edifice.
Aside from bigotry, the Klan played on more general concerns of the state's white population. Amid Prohibition, many were concerned about bootleggers. Other crime, from burglaries and robberies to prostitution, threatened residents' sense of both safety and morality.
"A variety of law-and-order issues was compounded by the fact police were seen as corrupt," Goldberg says. "There was a payoff and tipoff system which kept the bootleggers and brothel madams in business. In Denver, the law and order issue was particularly prominent. Then there were the issues of Jews and Catholics and African Americans, who were also resisting the bond of segregation and prejudice."
Although the Klan relied less on violence as it secured its grip on local government, burning crosses and Klan parades remained common means of intimidation.
This was the Klan that, under Mayor Stapleton, held sway over Denver, and much of Colorado, in the 1920s. Its influence would subside by 1925, when Locke ran afoul of the law (he threatened to castrate an East High School senior if he didn't marry the young woman he got pregnant) and was removed as Grand Dragon. The Klan's headquarters shifted to Cañon City under Exalted Cyclops — and Baptist minister — Fred G. Arnold.
Goldberg has visited Denver multiple times to speak with Stapleton residents about the history of their area's namesake. At one point, he was asked specifically whether Stapleton had ever attempted to make amends for his association with the Klan. He says that in his research from that period, he found nothing that suggested Benjamin Stapleton ever "regretted, refuted or was disappointed in his membership" in the Klan.
"Benjamin Stapleton unbalanced his moral compass and never rectified it," Goldberg says. "He was not anti-Semitic, anti-Catholic or in favor of white supremacy, necessarily. I don't believe those were his issues. But his own ambition became overweening, and came to overshadow his conscience."
In this photo from 1924 or 1925, crosses burn during a Ku Klux Klan night ceremony held on South Table Mountain in Jefferson County. A row of men in white hoods that cover the face and robes encircles men in street clothes who kneel with their backs to the camera. Spectators sit in chairs outside the circle, some with white hoods. (Denver Public Library, Western History Photographic Collections)
Generations of pain
Modupe Labode, the former chief state historian, remembers the reaction that Benjamin Stapleton's name would elicit in the Black community in the early 2000s.
"It was this bitter laugh," she recalls. "They named the airport after him on one hand. But Colorado residents know this history, that he was associated with the Klan and presided over a city government in which the Klan had free rein. In the early 2000s, it was one of these constant issues that emerged. It isn't forgotten, except for people with the privilege of forgetting it or minimizing it."
JuJu Nkrumah didn't forget.
"As for who this man was and what he did, our elders remember with so much pain," says Nkrumah, 74, a longtime Denver resident. "I've watched tears drop as they told us about the hell they lived in this city. The curfews, can't go here, can't go there, where you could live, where you couldn't."
Nkrumah and a friend, Mary Martin, teamed up when Stapleton Airport was vacated to ensure that the name did not survive in the redevelopment. In the mid-1990s, they attended countless meetings with the developer, scheduled in the early morning hours, to make their case. But in the end they felt ignored.
"The bureaucracy had the power," she says. "And we didn't matter."
Mary Martin didn't forget.
She lived in North Park Hill and was a Democratic committeewoman when she got together with Nkrumah to push the idea of letting the airport's name rest in the scrap heap with the rest of the demolition. But she, too, felt that no one was really listening.
"I got so frustrated that one time, you know how we have that marade for Martin Luther King Day?" she says. "One time I was in that, I marched from City Park to downtown with a sign that said, 'Stapleton is Klan Land.' And I meant it."
Tamara Rhone didn't forget.
"I was young when I learned who Stapleton was," says the longtime teacher in Denver Public Schools. "I grew up in an African American environment, I knew this stuff. People say it's only a name because they didn't grow up Black in Denver, in America."
She remembers hearing family stories passed down about her great-grandmother's brother being lynched. "We never knew who did it," she says, "but I remember in the '90s when she told the story, she told it like it happened the day before. They don't know whether it was the Klan or not. She came back from town and he was swinging from a tree. An unsolved crime."
Brooke Lee, who moved to Stapleton in 2015 and eventually joined the effort to change the community's name, has started collecting a list of businesses that have decided to drop the Stapleton designation from their company names. (Kathryn Scott, Special to The Colorado Sun)
Brooke Lee and her husband, Yun Lee, moved to Stapleton in 2015 from Berkeley, California, and felt that they were moving into a well-planned community with lofty ideals. Then they learned about its namesake's history. Coming from different Asian communities, they each had their own experience with prejudice. When Brooke Lee took up the name-change cause, she felt ostracized by some neighbors who disagreed.
She heard a range of arguments that minimized Stapleton's power as the name of a community. It represented an airport, not a person. It was so long ago, why change now? We need to keep the name to preserve history. If we change this, we'll have to change everything. This is just political correctness — get over it.
By the time the issue came to a vote last summer, it had been cast as a pocketbook issue: rebranding would cost money, and that money would have to come from area residents. The vote, which took into account absentee property owners but not the renters who live there, ended up with 65% preferring to keep the name.
"That process was ridiculously flawed," says Tom Downey, one of the Master Community Association (MCA) delegates who favored the name change all along.
Part of the problem was lack of an educational campaign to inform residents of the history, he adds, noting that when Stapleton was created, the name was supposed to be a placeholder until something different could be settled upon.
"But it got embedded," Downey says. "There were a couple attempts to overturn it, but there wasn't the political will."
And so time passed on — until suddenly it didn't.
"Then the world stopped," says Stalnaker, referring to the pandemic shutdown.
Momentum that the group seemed to be making was lost — until George Floyd's death in Minneapolis saturated the media and the video ignited an anger so much greater in scope than what had met other racially charged incidents. With the rest of life shut down by the coronavirus, there were fewer distractions and more intense focus on systemic racism.
"More white folks and folks who otherwise haven't had to confront racial injustice are being awakened to that reality," Stalnaker says. "Not just about police brutality, but health inequities that communities of color are addressing with COVID-19. It was kind of like this confluence of things came together to make this specific moment."
By early June, a posting in one of the many community chat groups suggested that now would be a good time to think about dropping "Stapleton" from their names. In just a few days, about 20 did just that, Stalnaker says.
Not only was there renewed energy in the community for a neighborhood name change, but delegates to the MCA also wanted to revisit the issue, though ultimately the decision rested with developer Brookfield Properties. DPS director Tay Anderson's tweets about bringing protest to the area's streets also lent an air of urgency to the process.
On a Zoom call, the MCA board expressed its support for changing the Stapleton name. That meant some delegates had changed their stance, and they explained themselves in some emotional accounts of their transition.
Delegate Josh Nicholas, who opposed the name change for cost and logistical reasons last year, offered one of those. He explained that a close friend from work, whose young daughter calls him Uncle Josh, recently told him they didn't feel comfortable coming to visit him in his neighborhood.
"It broke my heart," he says. "When someone's not comfortable coming to visit you because of where you live, that's challenging. That really was a catalyst for me.
"In 2019, I didn't think changing the name would get us closer to social justice," he adds. "But as I see it now, it's one small step to getting closer. Any time you can take those steps closer to equality, it's always the right thing to do."
Brooke Lee felt moved after the video meeting.
"Honestly, it was a master class in humility," she says. "One by one they gave their account of what happened to them, how they've come around now and made a mistake last year. And now they're making a stand. There was a lot of personal growth and reflection that occurred."
And the ultimate result, which will be a yet-undetermined new name for the neighborhood, left her heartened.
"There's so much evidence in the news to believe that you can't be treated as equal if you're not part of the dominant culture," she says. "This is a powerful story that refutes that. This isn't the end of the story. This is one rung, the first step in many steps. If we can't do the small things, we're not going to garner the courage for life-changing things."
The lingering question is whether this moment — a time of intense introspection and examination of systemic racism — can maintain its momentum or whether it will dissipate when, or if, the pandemic eases and the everyday distractions dilute the hunger for change that surfaced in May.
"It may portend some positive things going forward," says AIM's Morris. "You know how many years I stared out at that Columbus statue, how many years I was at the legislature trying to repeal that holiday? And now we get the holiday repealed and statues gone in the same season? I've been at this for 40 years, and in a matter of five months I see all this transpire.
"While it represents a sea change, it can't represent an end point."
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Paul McCartney, Jane Asher, Ringo Starr and Maureen Cox fly to Lisbon
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On the day that the other Beatles flew to Hawaii, Paul McCartney, Jane Asher, Ringo Starr and Maureen Cox began their journey to the Virgin Islands. On this day they flew to Lisbon, Portugal, where they caught a connecting flight the following day.
The Beatles' holiday was to be gloriously private. We hired a company and told them we wanted a fool-proof secret route plotting for four young men and three girlfriends and a wife. The men, we explained, would travel in pairs, the girls one pair, two singles. We wanted two destinations, at which two sets of couples would link up.
None of the arrangements were to be made by phone, and code names were created for the eight. Mr McCartney was Mr Manning; Mr Starr was Mr Stone. Their companions were to be Miss Ashcroft and Miss Cockcroft. Mr Lennon was Mr Leslie; and his wife, Mrs Leslie. Mr Harrison was Mr Hargreaves, and his girlfriend became Miss Bond. Manning and Stone, Ashcroft and Cockcroft were to holiday in the Virgin Islands; the Leslies, Hargreaves and Bond would go to Tahiti.
They flew from Luton Airport first to Paris, then on to Lisbon, where they spent the night in the Ritz Hotel.
The funny part was that we'd been given John's and George's passports, and they'd been given ours. It was still: 'Oh, it's just one of them, give them any passport; they're all the same.' Somehow we got to Lisbon and were checking into hotel; Paul was wearing a disguise and the guy at reception said, 'Who's that?' looking at the passport suspiciously, 'That's not you.'
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Oral Memoirs of Vester Thomas Hughes Jr.
Interviewee Hughes, Vester Thomas Jr.
Title Oral Memoirs of Vester Thomas Hughes Jr.
Interview details Interviewed by Rebecca Sharpless on 8 occasions from 18 September 1998 to 9 July 2002, in Dallas, Texas.
Description, sound recordings analog audio tape; 11.25 hr.; analog video tape; ~7.82 hr.
Summary Vester Thomas Hughes, Jr., was a tax attorney and Baptist layman; family background; father's work as banker and wool trader; family values; religious background; growing up in Mertzon, Texas; recollections of 1936 Texas Centennial; family travels; family ranches; early interest in politics and public affairs; education, Mertzon schools and Kentucky Military Institute; recollections of World War II; decision to attend Rice Institute and major in physics; religious awakening; Rice students; decision to attend law school; desire to attend George Washington University Law School; father's death and decision to attend Harvard Law School; early interest in tax law; impact of community property and inheritance tax; influence of Stanley Surrey; editing Harvard Law Review; admission of women to Harvard Law; Harvard Law curriculum; clerkship with Supreme Court Justice Tom Clark; service in U.S. Army Judge Adjutant General Corps (JAG) during Korean War; recollections of Felix Frankfurter; work on court-martial and patent cases, JAG; overseas travel with JAG; decision not to work in Japan; initial contact with Paul Jackson; recollections of Paul Jackson; recollections of Dallas in 1955; development of philosophy of taxation; recollections of Sam Winstead; recollections of Jackson and Walker law firm; work with Caruth family and other early clients; growth of Dallas; Paul Jackson's terminal illness; Hughes's work load; problem-solving; membership and singles group, Park Cities Baptist Church; personal health; helping Congress shape U.S. Internal Revenue Code; Paul Jackson's authority on taxation issues; taxation of oil income; Congressional testimony; possible national court of tax appeals; complexity of tax law; fairness of U.S. tax system; inappropriate tax shelters; litigation in federal courts; interfacing with clients' accountants; arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court; taxation of insurance companies; reallocation of taxes; teaching deferred compensation at Southern Methodist University Law School; deferred compensation for Zale Corporation; activities in tax section, American Bar Association; decision not to move to Treasury Department; taxation of foreign income; sale of steel in Mexico; manufacture of Citroen cars in Chile; sale of Bimbo bread in Mexico; clients with survivalist ideas; client counseling; philosophy of wealth; personal philosophy, ethics, and religion; friendships with Keith Miller, Scott Peck, William Pinson, and James Colley; importance of estate planning; difficulties of wealth; creation of family foundations; real-estate crises in Dallas; service on board of trustees, Dallas Baptist University; interest in ethics among tax attorneys; decision to move to Hughes & Luce (H&L); young attorneys at H&L; John Glancy and Don Crews' moves to H&L; partnership with John Hill; women attorneys at H&L; partnership with Tom Luce; Iran hostage crisis, Electronic Data System, and H&L staff members; Tom Luce's political career; opening H&L offices in Austin, Texas, San Francisco, and Houston; quality of Internal Revenue Service staff members; effects of technology growth and decline; quality of H&L attorneys; moral decline in corporations; corporate ethics of H&L; presidential campaign of H. Ross Perot; Hughes's affiliation with Democratic Party; friendships with members of U.S. Congress; impact of John F. Kennedy assassination; acquaintance with George H. W. Bush; changes among Southern Baptists; ethics for young attorneys.
Interview details Interviewed by M. Rebecca Sharpless on September 18, 1998, in Dallas, Texas.


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Georgia Bulldogs Football Recruiting
A look at Georgia's 2013 recruiting class early enrollees: Lineman John Atkins
Georgia enrolled 13 young men this semester that will be getting their first taste of SEC football this spring, and hopefully contribute come the fall. With signing day less than a week away, we'll run down that baker's dozen worth of names to whet your appetite for the several more expected to join them in the 2013 class on Wednesday.
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With 6 of the 13 early enrollees discussed, we move past the half way point with the other defensive lineman, John Atkins. The former star goalkeeper (hooray soccer!) for Thomson High spent this past fall getting his academics in order, and fine tuning his game, at Hargrave Military Academy in Virginia. He talked about that this past August with the guys from 24/7, as you can see here.
As the big man says, spending time at one of the military prep schools is often a very beneficial experience. They often improve time management skills which are needed to work in all the obligations a major student-athlete will have at Georgia. He improved his academics quickly to allow enrolling this semester, which is a good sign. And he spent a season, without using any eligibility, competing against other future SEC and major college players, such as past and future teammate, OLB commit Leonard Floyd.
That time was well needed, as you can see from a video shown below from a scrimmage against Lincoln County prior to his senior season at Thomson.
What you see is obviously a big boy. Listed 6'4, 310, Atkins has the frame to step in as an immediate contributor at nose. He's got the size, and athleticism, as keeper's in soccer need to have tremendous agility, and Atkins was also a TE who showed the ability to go up and make tough catches during his junior season. The former UnderArmour All-American lined up on the offensive line in that game, and performed well at guard, so he has the ability to end up on either side of the line of scrimmage.
But he'll get his start looking to fill the shoes of John Jenkins and Kwame Geathers at nose. His time at Hargrave hopefully got him to improve his hands, and especially keep his pad level down. His clips against Lincoln County show a lack of explosion that also needs improvement. But the agility is there so he could help anywhere along the defensive front 3, which will be needed as Jenkins and Geathers, as well as ends Abry Jones and Cornelius Washington, move on to the NFL.
Atkins' experience at Hargrave will be invaluable to speed up his acclimation to SEC play, and with the need for able bodies up front, expect him to contribute this fall as a true freshman. If he can't improve his weaker points, a move to the offensive line isn't out of the question in the future, but for right now, Atkins will compete with fellow incoming DL Chris Mayes and returning redshirt freshman Jonathon Taylor to start in the critical nose position of Grantham's 3-4. Thankfully, that competition starts now, and will carry on between 3 rather large, and rather athletic individuals all spring, summer and into the fall.
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So after many, many issues with the post, and some communication between my Santa and I on trying to figure out what happened and if it got lost in the mail or not... My original Alice in Wonderland secret Santa gift arrived!!
With all homemade gifts, this was certainly worth the wait! My lovely Santa gifted me a beautiful painted glass (which when I use I will be hand washing with utmost care!), a gorgeous handpainted tote bag with one of my favourite quotes that intend to use every chance I get (but with care), and a super cool handmade Mad Hatter headband that I think I might just use this Halloween!
Thank you so much for these beautiful gifts! The attention to detail and the care you took to make them are incredible and I'm so thankful these didn't get lost in the mail like I had originally feared!!


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Mahboubeh (Mab) was born and raised in Khorramshahr, a city with a large Arab population in southern Iran. However, her parents have roots in the Azeri region of northern Iran and Mab grew up learning the unique and delicious cuisine from that region. She learned about ingredients from her dad, who owned a restaurant, grocery store, and tea importing company. He taught her how to pick the best quality ingredients for every recipe. While her father taught her what to cook with, it was her mother that taught her how to cook. Mab's mother, who was often homesick for the northern region where she grew up, taught her how to cook the food "low and slow" to bring out the incredible flavors and smells of the food that would transport them back to the Azeri region from which the recipes came.
As a young woman in the late 1970s, Mab became involved in the Iranian Revolution, but later, when she became a vocal advocate for women's rights in Iran, she was persecuted by the Islamic Republic. After being imprisoned three times during the 2000s for organizing peaceful protests, she fled Iran and moved to New York City. Before joining the League of Kitchens, Mab managed the nonprofit organization Zanan TV, and she continues to work as an educator in schools around New York City. Mab is a women's rights activist, documentary filmmaker, and educator who believes food provides a special opportunity for connection and empowerment. She has been featured in New York Magazine (Grubstreet).
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