eThankful Village Run

August 1st 2013

The Sebastopol Inn made a beautiful backdrop to the Thankful Villages' motorcycle cavalcade which arrived in Minting on 1st August, to commemorate the safe return of all of Minting’s WW1 veterans.  Hot summer sunshine glinted on the polished chrome of the assembled bikes and leather-clad riders were grateful for the cold refreshments and specially baked commemorative cake provided by David and Diane at the pub and Minting, Gautby and District Heritage Society respectively.   Roy and Karen Griffiths arranged for Medwyn and Dougie to meet the living relatives of the veterans in St Andrew’s church.  Roy also wrote the excellent chapter on the topic of Minting as a Thankful Village which was published in our village book in 2010. Sale of cakes raised £72.75 for the Royal British Legion.  Photographs from the event are being archived at the Imperial War Museum.  There are lots of photographs on the Thankful Villages Run website http://www.hellfirecorner.co.uk/TV/minting.htm .  If you would like to find out more about Thankful Villages and Minting, please click on above link.

Another interesting link with video and our own David Allsop in discussion is http://thankful-villages.co.uk/category/villages/minting/