Dot Hawkes

[fiction-factory]

I'm not sure if you are still around on AB dotty, but I was half watching something on Sky news or something similar a few days ago about a protest by locals somewhere in Lancs I think campaigning against solar panels being installed on/near some land where lots of WW1 horses had been buried- and maybe I imagined it but I'm sure the name Dot Hawkes, local historian, popped up on screen when someone was being interviewed. Maybe I misread it and I'm sure it's not a particularly uncommon name, but this person did look familiar and I couldn't help wondering if it was dotty who used to be here a lot on AB. Did anyone else see it?

[murraymints]

Nope but dot was well into genealogy etc... sounds like it might be

[jackthehat]

Dot Brody Hawkes.....as I recall. :o)

[jno]

http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/solar-farm-possible-war-horse-graves-lathom-lancashire-644962

[jackthehat]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-43144209

[Captain2]

Dot did post her condolences on Mikey's passing, so perhaps she still looks in from time to time.

[jno]

PS you may need to devote most of your evening scrolling to the bottom of my link but it does quote Dot.

[237SJ]

Do you remember what the person looked like?

[Mamyalynne]

Busy lady is Dot, always like reading her articles.

Certainly knows her stuff.

[DJHawkes]

Aye that was meself lol
Also on BBC Radio Lancashire last week re same subject.

[Mamyalynne]

Waves at Dot.x

[jno]

Bonsoir Mme Dot.

[tonyav]

Nice to see ya, Dot.

[DJHawkes]

http://www.qlocal.co.uk/ormskirk/news_list/Locals_on_the_warpath_over_war_horse_graves_planning_proposal_for_new_solar_farm-55028654.htm

[DJHawkes]

Hi all, never more than a click away except I am always so very busy!

[wolf63]

Dot, imagine meeting you here. :-)

[fiction-factory]

Good to see you, dotty. It's not an issue that concerns me, but good luck with your campaign.

[jno]

Trust a historian to know where the bodies are buried.

[DJHawkes]

Those horses were buried there after returning from the front with shrapnel wounds or hysteria and nothing could be done to save them and so they were put down on the park and buried there. The ones who were blown out of the water by U Boats being shipped over from the USA and Canada didn't get that respect nor did the ones blown to bits in France/Belgium or those that died over there and were given to the starving civilians for food. At least they can be remembered there.

[wolf63]

I know that there are still wars and suffering even in our, so called, civilised world of today.

But WWI, to me, seems extra barbaric. It was horrific for all of those who were there - those of all species. It was, supposedly, the war to end all wars.