High Path Road

Francis Frith photos It is hard to imagine isn't it what it was like in those days during and after the world wars as attitudes to being told what to do have changed so much for good reason, but to do so makes one wonder how one may or may not have coped.

The interest for me has been ignited perhaps by tributes to the Falkland campaigners from 30 years ago, many of the survivors still damaged, enduring post traumatic stress, flash backs and loss of faculty with family members unable to help.

Granddad Len's luck was remarkable coming from High Path Road in Merrow. From this small village, 10 of the 44 that fell came from his road.