After far too much procrastination we have finally uploaded photos of the Ynysybwl Cenotaph war memorial.
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of Ynysybwl Cenotaph
The memorial is in the centre of the village, near the Post Office. The cenotaph is made of portland stone with a bronze relief (see photo on left) on front face depicting a soldier and sailor in a graveyard. A sword of sacrifice is carved on two faces of the cenotaph.
HRH Prince of Wales re-dedicated the Cenotaph in a ceremony that took place in May 2006....
With thanks to the Daily Post, here's a full list of the Labour MPs in North Wales who approved the Government's wholesale Post Office closure plans - despite some of them publicly declaring their opposition and simultaneously campaigning to keep them open in their own consistencies. Welsh Secretary, Paul Murphy, was among them.A reader of the Daily Post (Mar 25, 2008, see below) summed it very well: "These Labours MPs have obviously been threatened with a slap on the wrists if they defied the party whip - none of them had the guts to stand up for their communities. I hope people will remember this at election time."Martyn Jones (above) - Labour, Clwyd South. Approved Post Office closure plans. Publicly stated he opposed the closures.Albert Owen (above) - Labour, Ynys Môn. Abstained...
Welsh Secretary, Paul Murphy, has again been criticised for being part of a Government which is closing Post Offices – while campaigning to save branches in his own constituency. Here's Ian Parri's take on it...Talking of post offices, it didn't suprise me to see hypocritical MPs who've been been campaigning to save brances in their own constituencies trooping sheepishly into the government lobbies to give the wholesale closure plans their seal of approval.Welsh Secretary Paul Murphy, who was sufficiently perturbed by this week's stem cells row to threaten his resignation, was among them.He's actually been along to Pontnewynydd post office in his Torfaen consistuency to lend his support to postmaster Chirav Dalal's attempts to keep the service open.Mr Murphy urged locals to write to the...
I think the post office shouldn't block bus stops in the City Centre...
