A little while ago I was buying a cup of coffee at a local station. It must have been around Remembrance Sunday as I bought a poppy, the first time I have done this with a card rather than cash. The transaction was not a smooth one with the machine failing to read the card. The very helpful chap behind the counter took my card and wiped it to clean the chip. As he did so he noticed my name on the card and said he had served in the Grenadier Guards in the 1960s with a great chap called Fred Trendall, I don’t suppose you are related”? It turns out he knew my brother Fred and had served with him in Cyprus and other locations overseas, as well as in the UK. He described him as very funny and always cheerful. He said that he was the sort of chap who would always help out others who were struggling. I recognised the description. We had a good chat and he was very sorry to hear that Fred had died. I missed my train but it was worth it and I was left thinking about the impression we make on the people we meet and how that impression can last a very long time…………………………………
December 2020
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