I was at work when I saw a chap who looked vaguely familiar, browsing the Second World War area. He was wearing an Arnhem polo shirt. To be honest, lots of customers at work look vaguely familiar, but in this case he recognised me, and reminded me that we'd had an interesting discussion previously about the composer Butterworth, who was killed in the First World War. For a while, his Banks of Green Willow was one of my favourite pieces of music.
This time, he told me that he had been involved in the bench dedication ceremony on Sunday - he had provided large photos of the SOE women on one of the benches for a display, under cover in the Craft Centre, and some other stuff. He also told me that Violette Szabo's daughter (who was five years old when Violette was killed) was at the ceremony. The Violette Szabo museum is not far from Hay, in Herefordshire, at Wormelow. This chap was also involved in helping there, and was going on from his book buying trip to do some work on the garden there.
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Here's a link to the compilation of photos of the event that was put up on Facebook.
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