 In March 1941, St Andrew's Parish Church was bombed and badly damaged.Amidst the smoking ruins a headmistress nailed over the door a wooden sign saying simply "Resurgam" (Latin for "I shall rise again"), indicating the wartime spirit, a gesture repeated at other devastated European churches.That entrance to St Andrew's is still referred to as the "Resurgam" door and a carved granite plaque is now permanently fixed there.