A Thurrock Green plaque to Revd. John Newton was unveiled by our Deputy Mayor Sue Shinnock last Sunday on the green, Purfleet-on-Thames. Cllr Val Morris-Cook, Lee & Gary Watson, Aaron Green, Qaisar Abbas were in attendance. Piper Jo played the world recognised hymn Amazing Grace at the unveiling, John Newton wrote the words.
The plaque was first unveiled by Mayor Charlie Curtis in 2012, then hidden away on a shelf at Thurrock Museum until it was recently found.
The unveiling was arranged by Purfleet Heritage & Military Centre, who have a small exhibition about John Newtons life at the heritage centre till next Sunday. Thanks go to CED Stone in West Thurrock for providing the stone and to Rasma Freimanis (on the right in the photo) from the Cowper Newton Museum in Olney, Bucks for helping out.
