Erm  but er  when the war finished, when the war finished and the Home Guard stood down, I can't remember who was the mayor of Walsall at the time, but they had a reception in the town hall for the Home Guard and everyone that was in the Home Guard was invited before we hand before we st handed our uniforms in, was invited to attend  and I must say with great pride that I was  can still remember it now, that the wife and I went to the reception and I was in the uniform and it'd be the mace bearer I presume that was at the door and he asked your name and er rank  and  he shouted out your name and rank when you went in and you was greeted by the mayor and mayoress inside the ves the  hall of the town hall, and erm  I mean er  quite proud to be  Corporal and Mrs   you know  and it  I mean everyone that went, I mean their rank and name and  who was with them, you know, was  it was quite  quite a er er quite a  something of  to look back to of interest that was, you know, when we stood down.