The weekend of 15th/16th June proved to be grey, cold and damp in France this year, comme angleterre ! Members of the Bradford WW1 Group paid a visit to Avril at Oceans Villas for a warming cup of coffee before visiting the Pals Memorial Stone, which was installed in 2016. On finding the front of the Memorial Stone covered with weeds they set about some serious gardening. Among the weeds were poppy crosses placed last year by WW1 Group members Gail and Chris, by Bradford Grammer School in 2016 and one in remembrance of 50 Germans who were drowned nearby in a flooded trench system. All was made ready for the Commemoration proceedings the following day.