:00:15. > :00:18.Good evening and welcome to the town of Wootton Bassett, where, as
:00:18. > :00:20.the light fades this evening, hundreds are gathering for a moving
:00:20. > :00:27.ceremony to mark the end of military repatriation through the
:00:27. > :00:31.high street. We have a special edition of Points West tonight as
:00:31. > :00:35.the town pays its final tribute to the war dead. At sunset, 7:58pm,
:00:35. > :00:38.the Union Flag will be hauled down for the last time, and handed over
:00:38. > :00:44.to the people living near Brize Norton where the fallen will be
:00:44. > :00:47.returned in future. And, in the studio, Alex will have the latest
:00:47. > :00:54.regional news, including the park- and-ride that cost a fortune, but
:00:54. > :00:57.is barely used. First, take a look along the High
:00:57. > :01:01.Street tonight. You can see people already queuing here to witness
:01:01. > :01:04.tonight's ceremony. In a symbolic and poignant gesture, the Union
:01:04. > :01:08.Flag, which flutters next of the war memorial, will be lowered for
:01:08. > :01:11.the final time. It will then be carefully folded and presented to
:01:11. > :01:17.another community near RAF Brize Norton, which is taking over from
:01:17. > :01:19.RAF Lyneham as the centre for repatriations. The people of
:01:19. > :01:25.Carterton in Oxfordshire have promised that bereaved families
:01:25. > :01:27.will not be left without support. Over the last four years and four
:01:27. > :01:34.months, there have been 167 repatriations and 345 coffins have
:01:34. > :01:37.passed through here. The tributes started when a few people simply
:01:37. > :01:40.paused, but as the weeks went by, the crowds grew and Wootton Bassett
:01:40. > :01:50.is now known throughout the world for its dignified and uniquely
:01:50. > :01:57.British salute to the dead. Will Glennon has our first report.
:01:57. > :02:03.The bell tolls. The town comes to a standstill. 167 times in total they
:02:03. > :02:08.have shown this display of respect. It has never been something they
:02:08. > :02:12.were told to do, it's just grown thanks to the people who cared. The
:02:12. > :02:16.first coffins to come in to RAF Lyneham were 10 of its own
:02:16. > :02:21.servicemen. They were killed in 2005 when their Hercules was shot
:02:21. > :02:25.down in Iraq. All other bodies had been flown home to RAF Brize Norton
:02:25. > :02:31.in Oxfordshire. But special dispensation was given by the
:02:31. > :02:34.Ministry of Defence to allow these men to come back to their home base.
:02:34. > :02:39.That day, 8th February 2005, the procession came through Wootton
:02:39. > :02:42.Bassett and members of the town stood and paid their respects. At
:02:42. > :02:50.the time it was a one-off, a special circumstance, but two years
:02:50. > :02:52.later, things changed and that one- off would become terribly regular.
:02:52. > :02:58.In spring 2007, building work at Brize Norton meant repatriation
:02:58. > :03:01.flights were switched to RAF Lyneham. With no bypass around
:03:01. > :03:04.Wootton Bassett, the bodies of all service personnel would pass
:03:04. > :03:11.through the town on their way to John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford
:03:11. > :03:21.for post-mortem examinations. An ex servicemen, Percy Miles, was mayor
:03:21. > :03:24.
:03:24. > :03:29.of Wootton Bassett at the time. of the clerks from the town council
:03:29. > :03:34.and said that a body was coming through. We rushed home and got
:03:34. > :03:39.dressed, and we've lined just here somewhere. We gathered a few people
:03:39. > :03:44.around us. They must have been about a dozen, I suppose, when the
:03:44. > :03:49.first coffin came through. At that time it didn't stop at all, it just
:03:49. > :03:58.Kathleen went through Wootton Bassett. I think they just got in
:03:58. > :04:03.and stood still, and most of them cried. They did it without being
:04:03. > :04:06.told. This is the second repatriation in April 2007. After
:04:06. > :04:16.the first, the local Royal British Legion had met and decided to mark
:04:16. > :04:16.
:04:17. > :04:21.each passing from now on by standing quietly. It was the custom
:04:21. > :04:24.that I grow up with as a young lad, that if you were ever in a street
:04:25. > :04:29.and a hearse went by, you stood still, about your head, paid your
:04:29. > :04:35.respects to the dead as they went by. That is what we did. But, of
:04:35. > :04:39.course, this time it was a little different. It was the fallen at the
:04:39. > :04:46.battlefield. As others in the town saw what was going on they began to
:04:46. > :04:51.join in. Just ringing to let you know there is another repatriation
:04:51. > :04:58.on Friday. Yes, it is tomorrow at 3pm. Anne Bevis took on the task of
:04:58. > :05:02.relaying the information from RAF Lyneham. I started with a list of
:05:02. > :05:11.about 14 people. Then other people wanted to have their name but on
:05:11. > :05:18.the list. And so it grew. I ended up with over 200 e-mails, and about
:05:18. > :05:21.65 phone calls. So, it really grew rapidly over the four years. In a
:05:21. > :05:29.short space of time, the respect being shown by this small Wiltshire
:05:29. > :05:33.town had gained not just national but international recognition.
:05:33. > :05:37.has touched so many about what this town is doing is that it was all
:05:37. > :05:42.spontaneous. There were really no politics involved, and what has
:05:42. > :05:46.happened here is without precedent. It's a simple and spontaneous show
:05:46. > :05:51.of respect from Wootton Bassett. want to honour our fallen warriors
:05:51. > :05:56.with the respect and gratitude that they deserve, whether it is here,
:05:56. > :06:01.at Dover, or in the small British town of Wootton Bassett, where
:06:02. > :06:05.people line the streets in the solemn tribute that dress --
:06:05. > :06:08.represents the best of British character. Everyone I have spoken
:06:08. > :06:11.to in the town has told me they don't think they have done anything
:06:11. > :06:15.special, just their own small bit, what they felt was the right thing
:06:15. > :06:20.to do. Take Kirsty Lambert, who runs the pub here on the High
:06:20. > :06:26.Street. She began providing tea, coffee and sandwiches for the
:06:26. > :06:29.grieving families, and a room where they could be alone. They wanted
:06:29. > :06:34.somewhere out of the way of the press, out of the limelight. It is
:06:34. > :06:38.very stressful for them. They are in a strange town, so it was just
:06:38. > :06:43.nice to look after them. Through all kinds of weather they have
:06:43. > :06:52.turned out, in the day and even the night. And so many families have
:06:53. > :06:55.taken great comfort from the support of strangers. I know that
:06:55. > :07:00.the family would like to thank Wootton Bassett today for what they
:07:00. > :07:03.have done for the family. I know the family have got all the
:07:03. > :07:06.gratitude in the world for Wootton Bassett today. And, though the
:07:07. > :07:13.focus has been on Wootton Bassett, people line up all along the 40
:07:13. > :07:19.mile route. There are people outside the gates of RAF Lyneham,
:07:19. > :07:23.people along the road, at Shrivenham, and all the way into
:07:23. > :07:29.Oxford you will find appeared -- pockets of people there paying
:07:29. > :07:35.their respects. Something that grew from nothing captured a nation.
:07:35. > :07:38.never did this for any recognition. It was just the way that we felt,
:07:38. > :07:43.as ex service personnel, that we could pay our respects to the
:07:44. > :07:47.fallen. I definitely feel proud of a part of what would and bass and
:07:47. > :07:51.Rastan as a whole. I like that I have been able to give something
:07:51. > :07:55.back. It is all over the country and all over the world, but it is
:07:55. > :07:58.respected, and that is the main thing. This was the last
:07:58. > :08:03.repatriation almost two weeks ago. Wootton Bassett has seen his last
:08:03. > :08:07.one, the country has not. A Marine from 42 Commando was killed
:08:07. > :08:17.yesterday in Afghanistan. His body will be flown home to Oxfordshire
:08:17. > :08:18.
:08:18. > :08:24.The Government wants British troops out of Afghanistan by 2015, and
:08:24. > :08:28.sadly, as well said, we haven't seen the last of the casualties.
:08:28. > :08:31.Just a word about the ceremony tonight. It will be led by the
:08:32. > :08:35.mayor of Wootton Bassett, the local vicar and Royal British Legion. We
:08:36. > :08:39.have been told it will be a brief and simple process. The words of
:08:39. > :08:45.the Exhortation will be said, "we shall not grow old as those who are
:08:45. > :08:48.left grow old". The flag will then be blessed. It is a ceremony in
:08:48. > :08:52.keeping with the dignity of the repatriations. And, in some ways,
:08:52. > :09:00.Wootton Bassett has changed the way we relate to the armed forces.
:09:00. > :09:04.Scott Ellis reports. Images that have been seen at the
:09:04. > :09:07.world over, ensuring the name Wootton Bassett will resound
:09:07. > :09:13.through military history. The ceremonies crew from humble
:09:13. > :09:19.beginnings. Spontaneity was the key, according to butcher war historian
:09:19. > :09:23.Peter Caddick-Adams. The took world wars, the context we have involved
:09:23. > :09:28.in since, for all about the way the Government dictated that the dead
:09:28. > :09:32.were commemorated and buried. Wootton Bassett is a public
:09:32. > :09:37.ownership of grief taking that out of government hands. Wootton
:09:37. > :09:41.Bassett became a mass movement, the political not a statement on war,
:09:41. > :09:46.but individualising each soldier's death has certainly borrowed those
:09:46. > :09:49.in Whitehall. The sense is that when everybody comes back and there
:09:49. > :09:53.is a ceremony for every single person, it looks as if there is
:09:53. > :09:59.another person dead in the service of the Government. They can have a
:09:59. > :10:01.downside in terms of public opinion of the whole operation. General Sir
:10:01. > :10:11.Mike Jackson has recently retired to Wiltshire. He says Boughton
:10:11. > :10:16.Bassett has drawn a nation closer. -- Wootton Bassett has drawn a
:10:16. > :10:19.nation closer to its soldiers. Wootton Bassett has drawn our
:10:19. > :10:25.attention more sharply to what the armed forces are doing and the
:10:25. > :10:28.risks they are taken. The fact that units marched to the streets of
:10:28. > :10:34.their local town with the population out there to cheer them
:10:34. > :10:38.on, that is another very vivid example, I think, of a closer
:10:38. > :10:42.relationship between the armed forces and the nation. Through it
:10:42. > :10:49.all, Wootton Bassett has been about the fallen and their families. It
:10:49. > :10:52.is a very public place, but that helps. These are the parents of
:10:52. > :10:56.Major James Bowman, killed in Afghanistan last year. To go
:10:56. > :11:01.through Wootton Bassett was an amazing experience. To have all
:11:01. > :11:06.those people who were there to pay their own respects, to people they
:11:06. > :11:11.didn't know, to the families, it was, without doubt, a comfort. It
:11:11. > :11:18.was a comfort to us. I think it is going to be very difficult to
:11:18. > :11:27.achieve the same sort of thing elsewhere. We all know that it is
:11:27. > :11:32.moving to Brize Norton. I think that Wootton Bassett is unique.
:11:32. > :11:36.There will be more grief to come up more fallen to honour, as we ponder
:11:36. > :11:43.the future of repatriations post Wootton Bassett and don't forget
:11:43. > :11:47.those whose job it is to soldier on. It was an accident of geography
:11:47. > :11:52.that put this town at the door of RAF Lyneham. Now the base is
:11:52. > :11:56.closing, and I am joined by its last ever commanding officer. John
:11:56. > :12:02.Gladstone, thank you for coming this evening. What do the tributes
:12:02. > :12:07.that the people of Wootton Bassett give me into the military? They are
:12:07. > :12:11.enormously important. More so than ever before in history, probably,
:12:11. > :12:16.the military has enjoyed the support of the British public.
:12:16. > :12:19.Nowhere more so than here in Wootton Bassett. Your team at RAF
:12:19. > :12:24.Lyneham has had to deal with hundreds of repatriations now. It
:12:24. > :12:27.must have been a very stressful thing for them to do. It is, it is
:12:27. > :12:32.immensely stressful and they have coped enormously well throughout
:12:32. > :12:37.every one of the 168 repatriations that we have carried out here from
:12:37. > :12:41.RAF Lyneham. We are a good, tight team. We are well trained, and I
:12:41. > :12:45.like to think we do it as well as we possibly can. Now the
:12:45. > :12:49.repatriations are moving up the road to RAF Brize Norton, a couple
:12:49. > :12:52.of people have said to me that at RAF Lyneham the coffins came
:12:52. > :12:55.through the front door, but at Brize Norton they are coming out to
:12:55. > :12:59.the back door and they don't approve. Nothing could be further
:13:00. > :13:04.from the truth. I don't know if you have been to Brize Norton to see
:13:04. > :13:09.the gate, it is a purpose-built facility where the needs of the
:13:09. > :13:14.families are absolutely foremost. When the cortege leaves through the
:13:14. > :13:18.Britannia gate, it is the most appropriate route for it to proceed
:13:18. > :13:22.to the John Radcliffe Hospital. poignant time tonight here.
:13:22. > :13:25.Massively pawing it, very emotional. It is a chance for me to say thank
:13:25. > :13:35.you to the town council and British Legion and the local community for
:13:35. > :13:35.
:13:35. > :13:39.the support they have given us over There is a high street, and I am
:13:39. > :13:44.told 13 pubs, but the time has come to symbolise all that is best about
:13:44. > :13:49.England. Some towns are born great, some have greatness thrust upon
:13:49. > :13:55.them. Join me again later, but first let us join Alex for the rest
:13:55. > :13:59.of the day's news. Well, in other news here in the
:13:59. > :14:05.West a controversial new park-and- ride service near Bristol has seen
:14:05. > :14:09.fewer than 150 people Pike there in the last three months. Opponents to
:14:09. > :14:16.the car park, which cost South Gloucestershire council �1.3
:14:16. > :14:20.million, have questioned whether it was ever needed in the first place.
:14:20. > :14:26.We all know how frustrating it can be driving around trying to spot
:14:26. > :14:29.that free space in a parked car park, but here, at Bristol Parkway,
:14:29. > :14:36.the park and ride car park, that is not such a problem.
:14:36. > :14:42.So why is this new car park empty? Well, firstly, to park your car
:14:42. > :14:46.here for the day on a weekday will cost you �5, but to Parker on this
:14:47. > :14:53.side of the road will cost you absolutely nothing.
:14:53. > :14:57.Secondly, it is a park and ride, without the ride, because as yet no
:14:57. > :15:01.buses actually pick up from here. So once you have parked, you have
:15:01. > :15:07.to walk the half-mile to Bristol Parkway station.
:15:07. > :15:12.Let us do the sums - the car park opened at the end of June at a cost
:15:12. > :15:20.of �1.3 million. In the last three months a total of 139 people have
:15:20. > :15:25.parked here. By my calculations that work out to a round �9,400 per
:15:25. > :15:29.car. That is a lot of change to have to find for the machine.
:15:29. > :15:34.But those behind the scheme insist it is not a waste of money. This
:15:34. > :15:39.stress that the two other parts of the plan - the introduction of new
:15:39. > :15:44.parking restrictions near by, plus the bus rapid transit scheme, have
:15:44. > :15:48.both fallen behind schedule. It is frustrating for me and everybody
:15:48. > :15:53.else. I would have liked to see the two things going together, but it
:15:53. > :15:57.was not to be. Stick with it, we will show them at the end of the
:15:57. > :16:00.day that that car park was necessary. We may even have to
:16:00. > :16:09.consider a larger part in the fullness of time.
:16:09. > :16:14.For the moment though, finding a parking space here is not a problem.
:16:14. > :16:18.The father of a teenager who died in a plane crash is hoping to raise
:16:18. > :16:21.thousands of pounds in his son's name by water-skiing across the
:16:21. > :16:25.Irish Sea. Charlie Frowd from South
:16:25. > :16:29.Gloucestershire died in the crash in Ireland in 2000 and it. This
:16:29. > :16:35.morning his dad, Dave, and three friends have been training in South
:16:35. > :16:39.Cerney. They make it look easy, but the
:16:39. > :16:43.calm of a Cotswold lake does not compare to the rigours of the Irish
:16:43. > :16:49.Sea. Skiing in relays they will face 61 metre high waves every
:16:49. > :16:54.minute - a challenge for the team of endurance, and not without risk.
:16:54. > :16:58.We are all prepared mentally and physically as well as we can be. I
:16:58. > :17:03.think on the day, there will be moments when we think what are we
:17:03. > :17:06.doing this for? But as long as we get across safe and sound and
:17:06. > :17:11.complete the challenge, that is the him.
:17:11. > :17:15.Dave has special reason to do this. His son Charlie, also a keen water-
:17:15. > :17:19.skier, was killed in a plane crash over the Wicklow mountains in
:17:19. > :17:24.Ireland. The accident also claimed the lives of his friend and his
:17:24. > :17:29.parents. Hopefully it means a substantial
:17:29. > :17:34.amount raised for the volunteer services who tried to rescue the
:17:34. > :17:41.guys, and also for Children's Hospice South West, something which
:17:41. > :17:44.is also a dear to our heart. Friday morning, the team leave
:17:44. > :17:50.Fishguard to water-ski nearly 70 miles across the Irish Sea. An
:17:50. > :17:57.opportunity which Dave's friends could not refuse. Did you think
:17:57. > :18:00.this was crazy? No! I think we are all going through a mid-life crisis
:18:00. > :18:04.and we need to prove we can do something like this.
:18:04. > :18:09.It should take the team five hours to get across. They may finish up
:18:09. > :18:16.cold and achy, but they will have raised thousands of pounds and set
:18:16. > :18:21.a new world record. I admire their courage and tenacity.
:18:21. > :18:26.To some football news - the future of Swindon striker Leon Clarke is
:18:26. > :18:30.in doubt after a public bus stop with manager Paolo Di Canio. The
:18:30. > :18:36.incident happened after the players were coming off this field after
:18:36. > :18:41.their defeat to support Southampton. Clarke, who only signed a fortnight
:18:41. > :18:45.ago, did not train today. Leon Clarke was the last player to
:18:45. > :18:55.leave the field. He was clearly upset after an argument with the
:18:55. > :18:55.
:18:55. > :19:00.club's fitness coach about extra Paolo Di Canio tried to assure
:19:00. > :19:06.Clarke down the tunnel, but in front of supporters the team began
:19:06. > :19:12.to argue. -- the two began to argue. The heated exchange continued in
:19:12. > :19:17.the tunnel. Clarke left the ground still wearing his kit after Canio
:19:17. > :19:22.left the ground after -- without talking to the media.
:19:22. > :19:25.These things are better sorted out behind closed doors, when everybody
:19:25. > :19:31.has an opportunity to save their bit and everyone comes down. That
:19:31. > :19:36.is not what happened. Leon felt that he was being manhandled, and
:19:36. > :19:41.he was being manhandled down the tunnel. The key thing was quite
:19:41. > :19:47.rightly that the manager did not want this to be played out in front
:19:47. > :19:53.of the public. But scuffle overshadowed the match.
:19:53. > :19:57.Mehdi Kerrouche provided late hope for Swindon, and the Saints had a
:19:57. > :20:01.goal from Rickie Lambert. Bristol Rovers had to fight back
:20:01. > :20:07.from 2 to nail down at Leyton Orient. As the game appeared to be
:20:07. > :20:11.heading for extra time, the home team grabbed a winner.
:20:11. > :20:18.In the Johnstone's Paint Trophy Cheltenham saw of Torquay by two
:20:18. > :20:22.goals to one to move into round two. Somerset's cricketers are still in
:20:23. > :20:26.contention for two trophies this season. They are in the semi-final
:20:26. > :20:31.of the 40 over game and in with a chance of the County Championship.
:20:31. > :20:35.But they may have to do it without their injured captain. To assess
:20:35. > :20:41.reaction to that, Clinton Rogers has been to the County Ground where
:20:41. > :20:45.he met one man who is their loudest fan.
:20:45. > :20:52.Come on! For the last ten years he has been
:20:52. > :20:57.Somerset's most vocal supporter. You cannot miss him, home or away
:20:57. > :21:06.he rarely misses again. To everyone he is known simply as "Tractor". So
:21:06. > :21:12.what is his real name. Well, it is Tractor driver. To you,
:21:12. > :21:16.Mr Rogers! Well, that settles that. He is a
:21:16. > :21:23.great character and knows a lot about the game. But very few doubt
:21:23. > :21:28.his knowledge of the game or his enthusiasm for his team... Who, by
:21:29. > :21:35.the way, know him rather well. I often get a little reaction from
:21:35. > :21:41.the team. It might be to say shut up, but... No, it is never that, to
:21:41. > :21:44.be fair to them. They love the support.
:21:44. > :21:51.So as Somerset strive again to win a trophy this season, who better to
:21:51. > :21:55.ask whether there is hope? I have every confidence that we can
:21:55. > :21:59.win this championship for the first time in our history.
:21:59. > :22:02.But the director of cricket had bad news to deliver today - Marcus
:22:03. > :22:07.Trescothick has ligament damage and will likely miss the next couple of
:22:07. > :22:11.weeks. If there is potential for him to
:22:11. > :22:17.play towards the end of the season, he might. But in the short term, I
:22:17. > :22:22.doubt he will be fit. Well, it is enough to turn any fan
:22:22. > :22:29.to drink! It has been a disappointing day,
:22:29. > :22:34.with Somerset bowled out for 204, and Hampshire reaching 124 for 1 in
:22:34. > :22:38.reply. There was good news for Jos Buttler, the Somerset player making
:22:39. > :22:43.his England debut this evening against India. He received his cap
:22:43. > :22:53.from Kevin Pietersen before taking to the field for the first time in
:22:53. > :22:57.
:22:57. > :23:03.To bat, Ian is solving a mystery for our viewers.
:23:03. > :23:08.We had viewers querying a curious cloud they saw yesterday - the clue
:23:08. > :23:17.here is Avonmouth, because this is basically the outflow which
:23:17. > :23:21.typically does cause dramatic cloud. This photo shows that during...
:23:22. > :23:26.During the winter, that does produce sometimes man-made snow
:23:26. > :23:32.showers. Not so many clouds around tomorrow,
:23:32. > :23:38.a brighter day generally. The first day of all to me to run logically
:23:38. > :23:45.speaking. That will be the start of autumn tomorrow. High pressure over
:23:45. > :23:50.the British Isles - the winds come in from East to south-east treading
:23:50. > :23:56.in drier air. The cloud will break up during the course of this
:23:56. > :24:02.evening. Before that, the cloud will break up northwards, some
:24:02. > :24:08.showers creeping up from medium level cloud that could conceivably
:24:08. > :24:13.cross to Dorset and will show later on in the night. Otherwise, a dry
:24:13. > :24:20.night for us all. Variable amounts of cloud that will thin and break.
:24:20. > :24:25.Light winds as well. Towards tomorrow morning, a bit of mist and
:24:25. > :24:30.fog. Temperatures anywhere from about seven or eight Celsius in the
:24:30. > :24:33.countryside to ten or 12 elsewhere. Tomorrow a completely different to
:24:33. > :24:41.the last few days, and more sunny breaks throughout the course of the
:24:41. > :24:46.day. Variable cloud, yes, those windy macro shifting towards a
:24:46. > :24:56.southerly direction. Temperatures 20 or 21 Celsius through the course
:24:56. > :25:01.of tomorrow, and warmer still going into Friday. Rain later in the day.
:25:01. > :25:06.Send your questions de Ian! That is it from us here in the
:25:06. > :25:12.studio - Sabet Choudhury will be back at 8:00pm. Now let us return
:25:12. > :25:15.to Wootton Bassett and to David. I am joined by the Old comrades
:25:15. > :25:20.Association. In one hour's time, the Union flag will be lowered and
:25:20. > :25:25.heads will be bowed, as was an Bassett completes its duty to the
:25:25. > :25:30.foreman. -- Wootton Bassett completes its duty to the foreman.
:25:30. > :25:34.Of a two years it has did in the name of unity for those who grieve.
:25:34. > :25:38.We leave you tonight with images of the servicemen and women who have
:25:38. > :25:44.made the journey home via this High Street, starting with a soldier
:25:44. > :25:49.whose cortege passed here just last week. As the poet Wilfred Owen said,
:25:49. > :25:53."These men are worth your tears". Goodnight.
:25:53. > :26:02.In that little Wiltshire town, where the houses of the four-man
:26:02. > :26:08.trundle through, they decided those who were martyred to the country's
:26:08. > :26:11.cause, should be honoured. We want to honour our fallen
:26:11. > :26:15.warriors with the respect and gratitude they deserve, whether it
:26:15. > :26:20.is here or in Wootton Bassett, where people line the streets in
:26:20. > :26:25.solemn tribute that represents the best of the British character.
:26:25. > :26:32.We just like to stand here, bow our heads, as a mark of respect to
:26:32. > :26:36.those who have given their lives. It is a bit of kindness and human
:26:36. > :26:40.nature to do what you can to help other people.
:26:40. > :26:44.You do not know them personally, but I have two young boys of a
:26:44. > :26:49.similar age, and it is very emotional.
:26:49. > :26:53.It is not something that is a pleasure, but it is a privilege for
:26:53. > :26:58.Wootton Bassett to be able to pay our respects.
:26:58. > :27:03.These are towns fork with a mission of their own - expressing via their
:27:03. > :27:09.actions to the grieving and the lost, there are strangers who will
:27:09. > :27:13.ensure they are not alone. We thought it would just be us, and
:27:14. > :27:17.the other families here today. We did not realise it would be like
:27:17. > :27:22.this. To do not what they have done, I
:27:22. > :27:25.thought it was fantastic and to go through Wootton Bassett was a
:27:25. > :27:32.fantastic experience. Wootton Bassett it one of those
:27:32. > :27:38.places I had never heard of before, but how can I forget it after that?