the �*standing with giants' installation is made from recycled signs and has taken artist dan barton four years to plan. john maguire has been to the studio with veteran stan ford to see the finishing touches added to the project. not all giants loom large. yes, i remember him. yes. i was only 18 when i...when ijoined. i'm proud to have done my bit. proud, very proud to have done my bit. yeah. and my eight brothers, they all done their bit. stan ford is among kindred spirits — among those who served, as he did, on d—day — and among symbols of those who never returned home. it's an honour to be in the presence of this. it does give you some idea — a great idea of the. ..of what the cost, and the people involved. he's here to see the making of standing with giants — an installation representing, in silhouette, the almost 1,500 men of the army, navy and air force under british command who died on that first day, june the 6th. like sentinels, they will stand at the british normandy memorial above ver—sur—mer in northern france — codenamed gold beach during the allied inva