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Antiques Road Show Special - Joel Halliwell V.c.

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10ClarionSt | 16:58 Mon 07th Apr 2014 | ChatterBank
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Did anyone watch this programme? I was baffled because Joel Halliwell was from Middleton, which is where I live. He was an extremely brave man but he was forgotten for many years. He grave was overgrown, unattended and neglected and was only found by accident when someone was looking for an unrelated grave. His family don't know where his VC is. They were given one on the AR last night. I suspect he was also forgotten by his own family until his headstone was found by someone else. For anyone who knows Middleton, Joel Halliwell was landlord of the New Inn after WW1. It's quite right that we remember the heroism of people like Joel Halliwell, but his family don't seem to "fit right" for me. How could a brave man like him have been forgotten for so long by his own family? How can they not know where his VC is? Come on the Halliwells, find that VC! Or has someone sold it and you don't want to admit it?
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I have watched this earlier on the BBC i player, Joel Halliwells daughter says that the VC is in the family.
17:53 Mon 07th Apr 2014
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That's my understanding too - the lady said that the VC is safe in the family, and for obvious reasons they didn't take it with them to France for the programme. Why do you say that they don't know where the medal is? (The thing they were given last night was only a replica from the Roadshow, not a replacement.)
17:56 Mon 07th Apr 2014
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Agree with Tony and Boxy, they said the VC was in the family and the expert commented they were right not to bring it over.
17:59 Mon 07th Apr 2014
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Yes the guy that gave them the replica VC said that he hoped that they ( the Halliwells ) would display it with the picture of Joel.
18:03 Mon 07th Apr 2014
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The expert who presented it was pretty near to tears while he was talking about it - he was genuinely moved at the story.
18:05 Mon 07th Apr 2014
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The guy talking to the Halliwells said that if it ( The VC ) came up for sale he would think that the bidding would open at £250,000.
18:07 Mon 07th Apr 2014
Avatar Image Peter Pedant
If you look at Davina McCall in who do you think they are,
she had no idea that her gf had been chief of police in gai paree
( he had founded the Tiger Brigades which were kinda French Eliot Nesses )
because her mother had forgotten to tell her.....

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22:48 Mon 07th Apr 2014

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