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I was with my wife and my son at the exhibition for the First World War in the centre of Ypres. As we were leaving the building, something caught my eye, an advert announcing that the choir from JFS were giving a recital on the 10th of April.

You can imagine my disappointment because the day on which I saw this announcement was the 11th of April. Had we come but one day earlier I too could have introduced myself to the choir as an Old Boy. I was at JFS as a boarder from 1958 to 1967. To see and to hear on Youtube the choir sing so beautifully at the Menin Gate, despite the noise of the traffic, was wonderful. JFS did always have an excellent choir and it is great to see the tradition being kept up.

We were at the Menin Gate on the evening of the 11th. It was a moving ceremony. As I say, if only we had come a day earlier

My best wishes to you all.

Tom Dmochowski