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Herodsfoot, Thankful Village

Helen Mark visits the 'thankful' village of Herodsfoot in Cornwall, one of only fifty-three villages where all those who served in World War One returned alive.

Helen Mark visits the 'thankful' village of Herodsfoot in Cornwall. At its centre is a war memorial that looks like any other, to the extent that most people in the village had no idea that it was not a memorial to the fallen. All thirteen of those who served in World Ward One returned alive. The story of the men of Herodsfoot is unique in Cornwall and has been made into a community play to mark the centenary. But there's another reason why the people of the village were safe from the perils of the frontline, by an accident of the Cornish landscape.

Producer...Mary Ward-Lowery

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25 minutes

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Sat 10 Nov 2018 06:07

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  • Thu 8 Nov 2018 15:00
  • Sat 10 Nov 2018 06:07

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