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Old 16th Sep 2009, 07:22
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My understanding is that Carterton Parish Council have stated that they will not replicate W-B.

There are several elements to the debate here, but IMHO if you set aside the media intrusion and focus on the name, my view is:

Decades down the road if not centuries, Lyneham will be tumbleweed tastic or an industrial estate and W-B will have reverted to the sleepy Wiltshire town that it once was. I personally feel that recognition of its unending attitude to the fallen of today should be rewarded, and that if this makes the population of tomorrow ask "Why is it so?" then that would make it all the more worthwhile.
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