I was interested to learn from David Musgrove's online HistoryExtra article that the Bayeux Tapestry may come to England. As a boy of 11, I was inspired by learning about the tapestry at school to sew my own little tapestry to celebrate my mother's birthday and VE Day, which were just a matter of weeks apart in 1945.
As you can hopefully see from the image [below], my VE Day tapestry was captioned “In memo[ry] of war, victory and peace”, and was dedicated to my mother, affectionately known as ‘Moose’.
My tapestry features anti-aircraft fire, a union flag, a red trolley-bus in Woodford, where my aunt and grandpa lived, and a nod to both Leigh-on-Sea in Essex, where I grew up, and Buckinghamshire, where I was evacuated to during the…
