A face in the crowd

I was surprised to open your Christmas 2020 issue to see a photo of myself in the crowd at an equal pay for women demo back in 1969.

I remember it well. At age 16 I spent every Sunday in central London to get away from my parents. I happened to be in Trafalgar Square that day, and somebody gave me a poster and I just hung around to watch the fun. The next day my father saw the photo in the Daily Express and managed to get a copy.

I can now look back at a very troubled young man who was drifting into the drug culture but had a complete change around. I’m now a Salvation Army Officer in Newport, Gwent, so all I can say is thanks for the reminder and thank God for a lucky escape. Envoy Ray Baynes, Newport

Reader Ray Baynes was surprised by our inclusion of this 1969 picture of himself at a women’s rights demo

A contemporary depiction of the Greek War of Independence. Panos Augustithis highlights the 200th anniversary of the Greek revolution