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grave in the courtyard of an old village church. The grave was impres-
sive in its simplicity. The gravestone was a horizontal slab containing
only his name, birth and death dates. How modest for the grave of a man
who was probably more responsible than any other for the survival of
the Western civilization when it was imperiled by the Nazis and later by
the Communists of the USSR! The graveyard is only a short distance
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born. Thereafter we visited Shakespeares birthplace. Richard and I at-
tended a Shakespearean play. The boys did not wish to attend so we did
not force the issue.
We drove on to Llandudno, a seaside town in Wales. It was like a
trip back 75 years ago most of the seaside places had been built in the
1920s. That evening Richard and I attended a concert by a Welsh mens
choir. The Welsh are justly famous for their group singing.
The next day we drove to see the famous garden at Bodnant.
The garden was developed on a somewhat steep hillside sloping down
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dendron, which were a feature of the garden. However, the landscaping
was superb. It was a delight to see that the boys really enjoyed it despite
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was already full for the evening. It is an illustration of the courtesy and
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recommended an alternative place, but he led us there in his car to en-
sure that we did not get lost in the countryside lanes. The next morning,
we drove several miles before it suddenly occurred to Richard that he
was driving on the right side of the road instead of the left. Luckily, no
cars had come down the country road before his realization.
The Welsh countryside is very hilly, but everything is green,
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sized city from which Mormon converts on Jeans side of the family and
my maternal line had come. What a shock the arid West must have been
to our pioneer ancestors who had grown up amid such greenery!
Richard took us to Bath and to Plymouth from which the Pil-
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