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Digital copy of photograph showing the planting of the memorial tree to commemorate all those who have died of AIDS in Wales, 1 December 1994. Photograph shows from left to right - Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress, unknown person, and Mike Phillip.
The tree is in the Gorsedd Gardens, Cardiff, and was planted by Mike Phillips and Martin Nowaczek (co-founders of Cardiff Body Positive), along with the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of Cardiff. It has become the focus for World AIDS Day commemorations, with people attaching red ribbons to the tree.
Mike recalls that “I was around 25 when we planted the Red Ribbon Tree. We’d opened the Cardiff Body Positive drop-in-centre the previous day and Martin, already ill, was feeling tired. He died less than 6 months later”.