In memoriam

Two stories in the local news linked by a desire to remember the unremembered. Firstly a memorial has at last been raised in West Bromwich to Madeleine Carroll, the local girl who became a Hollywood star, but who has been basically ignored in her home town until now. The second story is of a local man's attempt to get the sunken wreck of the "Lancastria" designated as a war grave to prevent divers looting it. Considering that some 4,000 or so bodies are still down there it's a disgrace that he's having to try - you'd think it would be a question that shouldn't need asking, although the fact that it's almost certainly in French territorial waters may complicate the issue.