Standing with Giants

[Alan Baker]

My wife and I recently went to Blenheim Palace to see the display on the hill up to the Victory Monument of figures of soldiers and poppies put together by Dan Barton and his son in aid of the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal. The display is there until 22nd November

It was very moving and well worth a visit if you can, either in person or online at https://www.blenheimpalace.com/visitus/what-to-do/standing-with-giants.html

[Michael Dobbs]

Alan

Many thanks - however, what Alan omitted from his posting was that he met Dan Barton, the artist responsible for the display, and his
son. Part of the exhibit was a series of extracts from letters from British soldiers in WWI. It was all very moving but Dan said they had
had difficulty in finding suitable letters for that part of the exhibit.  Alan took the opportunity to tell him that a point of reference was the FPHS and his son noted that down.  So we may expect a request for help for future exhibits and I'm sure that our WW1 collectors will be more than willing and able to come up with suitable extracts from letters / postcards home.

Mike

[Chris Grimshaw]

Thanks for posting this Alan,

Very moving.

Chris