Will you buy a Poppy Sir?

[santaman2000]

And thank you 11binf. And also to all the British veterans and current squaddies on the forum.

 

[santaman2000]

A perfectly sensible post that reflects the real situation not the whipped up public displays of emotion. Why the emphasis on WWI?.....

Because that's why the holiday originally started; when Woodrow Wilson procaimed the first day remembering the armistice one year after it was signed (the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month) It wasn't until the 1950s that it was expanded to include all veterans and wars.

 

[resnikov]

I went to my local service, it was very interesting as our local priest is an ex RAF padre. The church was standing room only.

The padre had also organised a festival of remembrance on the Saturday night. This year it was about the Falklands war and he had a chap from 2 Para who had fought in that war to talk about it. They also had recorded interviews with other service personnel who served then. It was very interesting and also very moving. I left that evening with tears in my eyes.

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[sandbender]

"...folks read, they don't always post..."

Indeed, over eight hundred folks have looked through this thread although only forty three have posted.

About forty people attended a short ceremony at the British War Memorial here in Hungary. The Hungarian army supplied an honour guard and a bugler.

 

[SimonM]

There is a 2 minute montage of our local parade on the local rags website...some nice images of a community together.

http://www.clitheroeadvertiser.co.u...nce-day-ribble-valley-photo-gallery-1-5120280

Simon

 

[Welshwizard]

I went to the local service in abergavenny .