Today we came across the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery en route to our lunch in the country. They gathered all the dead from all over the country and buried them here. Mostly airmen, although there were a few soldiers and one sailor amongst them. Apart from Brits, there were quite a few Poles, some Australians and New Zealanders as well. It is beautifully kept and is in very pretty countryside.
The carved wooden door is somewhere in BP where Roy fell in love with it. These lovely old doors are fast disappearing, so it is always a joy to find some still in situ and in such good nick as this one was.
Finally, the lovely lady in this poster is reputedly modelled on Jolande Aschner, one of my ancestors. We discovered it on a wall by a gallery with no acknowledgements. Her husband was on the board of the Tungsram Factory before the war and originally it advertised their lightbulbs. Isn't life interesting?
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