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'We were here once; we are still here now': Hear a moving WW I documentary

Listen to a full documentary by Ted Blades on the relationship between a group of English schoolchildren and the cemetery they care for, one that contains the graves of Newfoundlanders.
Burntwood student Rebecca Howe played The Last Post as Beatrix Potter Elementary students planted poppies for Newfoundlanders around Burntwood's flagpole. (Ted Blades/CBC)

Earlier this week, On The Go host Ted Blades brought audiences his documentary on the connections between thechildren at Beatrix Potter Elementary, a school in London, and nearby Wandsworth Cemetery, which contains the graves of 17 soldiers and one nurse from Newfoundland.

In case you missed it, we'd love for you to hear it now.

Listen to this moving documentary about the British school children from Beatrix Potter elementary who tend to the graves of 18 Newfoundlanders who died during WW1 and now lie buried in London`s Wandsworth cemetery.

You can read more about the story in this feature report Ted filed on Remembrance Day.