Last year we realised that we were unlikely to reach our
target funding anytime soon and offered donors to the KFMP the opportunity to
have their donations returned or to allow us to use the money to pay for a
portrait plaque to be mounted outside the house where the Floyds lived in
Wiveliscombe. This could encourage renewed interest in the project through
publicity or, failing that, would be a fitting memorial to Keith and an
accountable use of the money so far raised.
Unfortunately, some donors, two of whom regarded themselves
close friends of Keith, asked for their money to be returned. However, we are
not discouraged and after many months working on another project, progress has
been made and the portrait plaque created.
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| The completed plaque |
The site we had in mind – 16 Silver Street – is no longer
available for the plaque as the owners of the property have reviewed their
acceptance and declined the idea but another site has been found and agreed.
This is at the top of the same street, near the town centre and, being on a
through route, will be obvious to more passers-by or visitors than the original
choice. The legend beneath the plaque will read:-
“ During his schooldays Keith lived with his family in
Silver Street–a time he remembered
with fondness”
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| X marks the spot for the plaque site at the top of Silver Street. |
No date has yet been fixed for the mounting of the plaque
but it is likely to be during the week beginning 9th December
2013.This will happily coincide with what would have been Keith’s 70th
birthday on the 28th December. There is no intention to have a
‘grand unveiling’ because we feel that we are in a compromise position compared
with the erection of a life-size bronze statue but we will ensure full
publicity coverage once the work is complete. Watch this space.
