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Old 16th Sep 2016, 16:31
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Originally Posted by JOE-FBS
Ref' that rather nice story from Southampton, a mate of mine who has lived near that school for many years tells me that there was an earlier memorial "erected where Nicolson landed, down near the docks. It was within the grounds of Mullards / Phillips' works, and apparently until the 1970's could be visited by request, but that whole area's been flattened and rebuilt at least once since then, and we've found no indication of what happened to the memorial; it seems likely to have been bulldozed along with the rest of the buildings."


Does anyone by any chance know whether he is correct ?
Just a little something further to your post, here's a link to the original memorial from the local paper.

http://sotonopedia.wdfiles.com/local...2BNicolson.pdf

I do not know the answer to your question though I'm afraid.

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