Conscientious objector joins the Peace Hub celebration in Birmingham

5 Mar 2015 | by Tara Craig

Official opening of a new peace centre in Birmingham

A few of the schoolchildren at the opening of The Peace Hub. | Photo: Fran Lane.

Second world war conscientious objector Hugh Maw was among those marking the official opening of a new peace centre in Birmingham.

The Peace Hub, a Central England Quakers project, opened on 26 February. Local school children and members of the public joined Paul Sabapthy, lord lieutenant for the West Midlands, and deputy lord mayor Mike Leddy, to celebrate over tea and cake.

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