Councils crying poverty over war memorials is an insult to our glorious war dead
scottishdailyexpress - 2024-04-11T23:31:00.000Z

The 58 men who are honoured on the war memorial in Cockenzie deserve their prominent position in a lovingly tended garden in the heart of the village and the council MUST reinstate the flower beds it removed

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