I happened to be in Boot’s Exter this morning as 11 o’clock approached.
Customers were politely informed that staff would be standing in silent tribute to the fallen of two world wars and subsequent conflicts, and we, the customers, were invited to join in. Most of us did so. It was a brief but for me quite emotional act. Having visited the battlefields of The Great War and participated in the longer version of the nightly tribute at the Menin Gate in Ypres, I am well aware of the enormous sacrifice made by so many. To take a couple of minutes out of an otherwise busy day just to stand and reflect was, for me at least, a meaningful tribute. Thank you therefore to Boots for making that gesture possible.