SIR – Queensbury during the First World War was a very independent close-knit community of 6,000-7000 people, many working in the village, in the mills, the mines, the quarries, farming or the shops.

A total of 133 men of Queensbury lost their lives, and to commemorate the 100th anniversary and tell the story of not only some of these men and those who came back, but of how the war affected the village, Queensbury History Society plans with your help, to try and do this.

Have you any information on village life in the years 1914 to 1918, any photographs, documents, stories passed down that you would allow us to copy?

We would appreciate you taking the time to ask your older relatives from Queensbury if they have any information, no matter how small, as “History not shared, is History lost.”

If you are able to scan and send anything by e-mail please do, but we can collect and copy (all originals returned), and if you have a verbal story you wish to tell, please contact us – Sheila Thornton, (01274) 882479, sheila.thornton987@btinternet.com, or Hazel Pearson (01274) 882726, hazelcp@talktalk.net

Hazel Pearson, Stonehouse Drive, Queensbury