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Black History Month: Remember Together at Bristol Museum and Art Gallery (2023). Photo credit: Ian Wade
Black History Month: Remember Together at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery (2023). Photo credit: Ian Wade
Black History Month: Remember Together at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery (2023). Photo credit: Ian Wade
Shaking hands with the Lord Mayor of Bristol at Black History Month: Remember Together, Bristol Museum & Art Gallery (2023). Photo credit: Ian Wade
These photographs were taken by Derek Johnson on 25th October 2024 during the opening ceremony of a permanent exhibition on the life of John Smythe. He is buried at St Mary’s church in Thame, Oxfordshire and is being honoured by the Town Council and the Museum. Celebrity chef and businessman Levi Roots was amongst the guests with the RAF and International Bomber Command sending representatives to honour his extraordinary life.
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Talk event for Black History Walks, featuring Eddy Smythe talking about JS, skip to 1 hour 13 mins for Eddy’s Q&A.
Please enjoy this video that forms part of the permanent exhibition on the life of John Smythe at Thame Museum, Oxfordshire. Video by David C Dawson
Animated video that tells the life of John Smythe, commissioned by Black History Walks
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Eddy in interview with Witney Radio.
Eddy in discussion for BBC Radio 4 - History’s Secret Heroes, presented by Helena Bonham Carter.
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