... take a look at the new shiny stainless steel (what else?) commemorative plaque under an arch of poppies! The plaque was unveiled yesterday by the Deputy Lord Lieutenant, accompanied by a whole lot of speeches, exhortations, prayers and Last Posts. It was actually a remarkably big spectacle for such an obscure family as the Pridmores; I never thought I'd see the like.
But then, if there's one thing our family specialises in, it's quantity rather than quality (though of course we've got abundant supplies of that, too). And yesterday's event was a great opportunity for a rare gathering of our branch of the family tree - the four soldiers' little brother Sydney's eighteen grandchildren and their various descendants couldn't all make it yesterday, but an impressively big chunk of us did! It was quite a day, all in all.
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