vera lynn. a few people you have in interviews which you have a wonderful story of the time you spent with damonse do share it with us. yes a lovely lady. it is a series for a tv that was a sort of religious take of desert island spaces, people charged with your life and times are an hour or so and chose their favourite hymns to go with that. i went to her house, absolutely lovely lady. everything you heard about her absolutely true. charming lovely lady full of wonderful anecdotes about her time as the forces sweetheart. going to burma and talking to the troops. went to burma because they gotten entertainment and so she went to burma and egypt, she slept on a stretcher balanced on two chairs one day. lovely lady. i really very modest lady. don't forget this was an iconic figure who boosted the morale of this country. we could do with someone like her right now. and the queen used we will meet again in that speech were she tried to boost the comments. greenhills far—away was one of her favourites, because there was a green hill near her house and got to play her face and torture herself about he

damon lived for so many years. our correspondents is there, duncan kennedy. about eight miles from brighton. everyone we have spoken to knows dame vera lynn.vital part of the local community she was. we are joined by two of her friends, diana and gordon. diana, you know dame vera lynn by the connection with the governors. dame vera lynn is always invited to the performances, fashion show and took great interest in the peoples. what was she like with the peoples? did she like to look backwards or forwards? look forwards. she gave them positive feedback, criticism if needed. she will be very sadly missed by all the village. he would see her around the town. would she stop and chat, pass the time of day? yes, she would always chat. she will be very sadly missed by everyone here. gordon, you knew her very well, a close family friend. a wonderful story about how you met her although those years ago. yes, when i first came to the village with my wife, she had lived ina village with my wife, she had lived in a village for about 45 years and new vera and her son—in—law tom, and their daughter. we met up in a pub in the village and sat there having