Always & forever.
Our thoughts are with all the families who have lost someone and the ones who survive, My dad and father in law never recovered from their experiences
Lest we forget.
Just watched our binmen stand still for 2mins in the torrential rain - thank you all for remembering
Happy to say nearly all the shops had notices up in their windows saying they would observe the two minute silence.
I was in the frozen food shop Iceland at the time and they locked the doors and you could have heard a pin drop.
We were in Wilkies and with only an odd exception time stood still.
I confess I get quietly emotional during these silences,I have no direct connection to the services but value them past and present :)
For comparison you might want to watch the programme on I-player about the Indian army contribution to the Two World Wars... Sikhs were most prominent but there were Hindu's and Muslims who volunteered, fought and died for us in both world wars when just before WW2 the Students in one of the top Universities voted to not fight for "King and Country"... :-X
It would be nice to just respectfully remember our lost members of the armed forces without all this. :(
We stood in Focus with the staff and a few other customers- it's always good to remember.
I popped up town to stand @ the Memorial in the town's 'St George's Park', couldn't see the point of being in a shop at 11 o'clock, it's remembrance day, not shopping day!!
Quote from: betula on November 11, 2010, 13:37:17
It would be nice to just respectfully remember our lost members of the armed forces without all this. :(
Yes, it would which is why I've moved the inappropriate posts out of here. No disrepect to those posters but you can either start a separate thread or take it into watershed because this isn't the place :)
I'm off work not well at the moment but I had my two minutes silence here in my front room! :) Macmac, like you, I too get quite emotional with no personal attachement either. My sister and I will be attending the service on Sunday (complete with wetsuit looking at the weather!)
My mother, who is no longer with us, told me to buy a poppy and wear it with pride, so I do. She said she was at work the first time they had the 2 minutes silence, just after the war and nearly everyone in the office was crying as they had lost someone. I was born in 1943 so don't remember the war, but do remember playing with ration books, and my older brother and sister remember it well.
They joined for many reasons,to march to sail to fly.
They went where they were posted,but nobody joins to die.
Their leaders talk on TV,"what else could we have done?"
But those leaders lost no daughters and none have lost a son.
So here's to all our soldiers wherever they may be.........
And here's to all their families,I raise a glass to thee.................
Wear your poppy with pride!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
Many "leaders" did loose sons in the Great War.. Joffre the French leader lost both his son and SIL. Otherwise I agree with the sentiments.
As an ex memeber of the RAF and an ex RAF wife. I remember our fallen comrades.
Sadly with twin 3 year olds observing TWO Whole minutes of silence is only a dream, a minute if I am lucky is an acheivement.
They got thier poppies yesterday and have them proudly stuck on thier name plaques as they didnt want to mess them up. Although we told them why we wear poppies they have a few years yet before they really understand what they are all about
Totally behind what Remembrance day stands for and serving personnel past and presant, but did my eyes deceive me last night when I saw 'Jon Snow' of Channel4 news wearing a poppy this must be a first, :)
Quote from: Mr Smith on November 12, 2010, 08:32:55
Totally behind what Remembrance day stands for and serving personnel past and presant, but did my eyes deceive me last night when I saw 'Jon Snow' of Channel4 news wearing a poppy this must be a first, :)
No, insofar as he has said that he will wear a poppy on Remembrance Day, but will not be dictated to to wear it earlier.
A lot of the BBC newsreaders were wearing poppies about a fortnight before the official start of the appeal. Taking recycling a bit far.
My family is extremely fortunate in that, although members served in WWII, none of them were killed or wounded. In WWI the only member that was killed was a cousin of my mum's.
But it is still a time for thanks for our good fortune, and remembrance for all the families less fortunate than us.
valmarg
Valmarg,
And how correct Jon Snow is what a fine chap he is, :)
Quote from: Mr Smith on November 12, 2010, 17:01:02
Valmarg,
And how correct Jon Snow is what a fine chap he is, :)
I don't exactly know how to take your comment.
My initial reaction is that you are being sarcastic against him.
Whilst he is not my favourite newsreader, he's not too bad.
So, when it comes to wearing poppies he will not be pressured into wearing one when other people think he should, but he does wear one on Armistice Day. I personally applaud him for that. He obviously cares, but will not flaunt it.
I think the worst example of poppymania was on the BBC Strictly Come Dancing where all the women wore them on their frocks, and the men on their lycra suits. WHY. ???
I think the way the poppies appeared all over the BBC like a rash weeks ago, probably means that they got a job lot cheap, probably using your licence fee to pay for them.
I'm extremely sorry to have gone off at such a tangent, but we buy poppies, whether we care to wear them or not is our own choice, and not something to be criticised for.
valmarg
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10498482
Valmarg,
Sorry I can't give you an opinion on 'Strictly come dancing', I've never watched the programme,
Quote from: Mr Smith on November 13, 2010, 07:56:33
Valmarg,
Sorry I can't give you an opinion on 'Strictly come dancing', I've never watched the programme,
Nor have we, but it was pointed out in the press that poppymania has gone a bit far.
valmarg
Quote from: OllieC on November 12, 2010, 23:32:26
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10498482
The Memorial Arboretum is only a few miles down the road from where we live, although we have never been.
Thank you for posting that Ollie. Muslims seem to get such a bad press these days, and they don't all deserve it.
OH and I had hospital appointments a few months back. One late morning, and the other early afternoon. Rather than leave and go back, we went for a walk into town. While we were walking we were spoken to by two delightful young girls. They were about six/seven years old, with their grandad. We chatted with them, and and it was really nice. They were asian, and I really don't want to be patronising, but they were really happy young girls, and they cheered us up noend (especially with our appointments hanging over us).
valmarg
QuoteThe Memorial Arboretum is only a few miles down the road from where we live, although we have never been.
It's well worth a visit Valmarg...
Thanks for the link Ollie
Quote from: saddad on November 13, 2010, 17:12:52
QuoteThe Memorial Arboretum is only a few miles down the road from where we live, although we have never been.
It's well worth a visit Valmarg...
Yes. I'm sure it is. From what I've seen of it on the telly, I think I would find it extremely difficult, insofar as despite some of my posts on here, I really am a big softie and I'm sure I would find it emotionally testing.
As I said earlier I am very fortunate as my family lost no one in WWII, although some did participate (dad included). He was in the RAOC, and was part of the operation Market Garden, or as the film put it 'a bridge too far'. He didn't speak much about his experiences, but one thing he did say was that the road from Nimegen to Arnhem was a raised road, much like a fairground duckshoot. Any vehicles that tried to cross were sitting ducks and picked off by german artillary.
valmarg