SMALL BOYS' PENANCE
♦> THEFT OF POPPIES Four boys of Rotliley, Leicestershire, who were concerned in the theft of poppies from a wreath on the llothley War Memorial, placed a wreath on the war memorial subsequently in the presence of the original donor and two policemen. The magistrate had ordered that this should be done at 10 a.m., but there was considerable indignation at the penance being made public, and the order was altered.
The boys, however, carried out their promise to replace the wreath, and at 9 o’clock went to the memorial and laid upon it a wreath of chrysanthemums. It bore the inscription: “ With sincere regrets from tour Rotliley hoys.”
The boys stood at the salute for a moment, and then Colonel Robertson, who gave the wreath, and a police sergeant and a constable shook hands with them, and they went home.
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Evening Star, Issue 20999, 13 January 1932, Page 11
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143SMALL BOYS' PENANCE Evening Star, Issue 20999, 13 January 1932, Page 11
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