It was a pleasure to be in St. Ives with my friend and colleague Derek Thomas MP. We visited the Penzance Community Fire Station. It was an honour to meet Armed forces veterans and serving fire fighters and thank them for their service. Local volunteers showed me the lovely Veterans’ Garden. Ali Haggett was presented with an award from the Fire Brigades Union in memory of her great uncle. Her great uncle Jack Michell died aged 36 on 8th June 1941 as he responded to a severe raid on Penzance that also claimed the lives of seven others. He died on St James Street after a German bomb with a delayed fuse exploded.
