Rememberance....

[RedRobin]

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As we all know, it's Rememberance Day this Sunday and a time to remember all those who have lost their lives in wars both past and present. It's a very solemn occasion.

So, what are you doing (if anything) to remember?

I shan't be going to church (I'm not a Christian) nor joining anyone on the streets but I shall watch it on TV and stand up in my living room as a mark of respect. Personally, my heart goes out to all those who have lost relatives and friends and that includes those 'on the other side', even the enemies of the Western powers.

I permanently carry a silk red poppy on my GTI's dashboard as a sign of my respect and rememberance:



I particularly remember my father who was a front line serviceman in WW2 and who met my mother through war.

[stealthwolf]

I always try and remember those who've fallen. It's the least we can do to IMO. Unlike the politicians who seem to be hellbent on destroying Britain.

[rich83]

I will be working in the evening... but i shall observe the silence at 11am

[Tfsi_Mike]

My finger kills from polishing my shoes for the last 3 days for tr parade on Sunday.

They're starting to take shape  



Another day on them and hopefully be done

(Yes Rich, shiny shiny  )

[rich83]

Very nice mike.... Parade Gloss?

[Tfsi_Mike]

Very nice mike.... Parade Gloss?

Just black polish mate. Still trying to get rid of the grain / texture then I might try a few layers of parade gloss & then water bull (use the beading to polish with cotton wool to get rid of streaks)

[MC71]

^^^^ top that off with some Collinite 476S and your done!  

Although i have a dislike of religion (I'm being polite)i will be going to church to pay my respects along with my dad and will be taking the my whole tribe. My Dad and (dearly missed) Mum were both officers in the RAF and we have a lot to remember and also be thankful for.  

My car also wears a Poppy with pride...

[phil1975]

I personally steal a little time to myself and mark the moment in silence. I whole heartly approve of the way this country marks rememberance day and its one time I am proud of this country


They shall grow not old

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
 Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
 At the going down of the sun and in the morning
 We will remember them.

From Laurence Binyon's poem For the Fallen, written in September 1914

[Tortaruga]

I'll go to our local Cenotaph as I do every year. My Dad died the day after Remembrance last year so it's not a great time for my family. He was evacuated from London to King's Lynn during the blitz and then served in Palestine with a tank regiment just after the war. If he'd been born a few years earlier he would have seen active service.

I've gone to Remembrance services ever since I was a child and believe I owe an incalculable debt of gratitude to those men and women who served and continue to serve today.

In Flanders Fields
by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918)

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row
That mark our place, and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields

[RedRobin]

My finger kills from polishing my shoes for the last 3 days for tr parade on Sunday.

They're starting to take shape 

Another day on them and hopefully be done

....I bet you're glad you're not in a mounted regiment such as The Royal Horse Guards, Mike. You would then have rather more than the shoes to clean but all your horse tackle. When I worked with horses, one of the girls had been a groom at the stables with them. She said it was incredibly hard work but the result was that she could afterwards get any stables job she wanted, anywhere in the world.

I'm just remembering that I was with her when the September 11th Twin Towers NY news broke - We couldn't believe it.

You'll have to post a pic of your shiney shoes when finished, Mike. 

[RedRobin]

Although i have a dislike of religion (I'm being polite)i will be going to church to pay my respects along with my dad and will be taking the my whole tribe. My Dad and (dearly missed) Mum were both officers in the RAF and we have a lot to remember and also be thankful for. 

My car also wears a Poppy with pride...

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I'm like you - Not into church going but I don't refuse to if it's an event I feel I need to attend for the sake of others.

Standing and marking the minute of silence at home is just as meaningful when it is genuinely heartfelt.

[RedRobin]

I'll go to our local Cenotaph as I do every year. My Dad died the day after Remembrance last year so it's not a great time for my family. He was evacuated from London to King's Lynn during the blitz and then served in Palestine with a tank regiment just after the war. If he'd been born a few years earlier he would have seen active service.

I've gone to Remembrance services ever since I was a child and believe I owe an incalculable debt of gratitude to those men and women who served and continue to serve today.

....Although of course, the death of any close family member or friend is tragic and you feel deep sadness (you possibly know that my 4yo son died in my arms), I would think of your dad passing away so close to Remembrance Sunday as a combined opportunity to celebrate your love for him.

The Palestine vs 'Israel' conflict in the late 1940's was brutal and particularly difficult for the Brits. That conflict is still horrific. I've forgotten the TV drama series title but it was excellent and very objective - About a girl brought up in England and who went out there to learn about her grandfather. She stayed with a Jewish family but fell in love with a Palestinian. It was far more than just a love story. Wish I could remember the title! 

[phil1975]

I'll go to our local Cenotaph as I do every year. My Dad died the day after Remembrance last year so it's not a great time for my family. He was evacuated from London to King's Lynn during the blitz and then served in Palestine with a tank regiment just after the war. If he'd been born a few years earlier he would have seen active service.

I've gone to Remembrance services ever since I was a child and believe I owe an incalculable debt of gratitude to those men and women who served and continue to serve today.

....Although of course, the death of any close family member or friend is tragic and you feel deep sadness (you possibly know that my 4yo son died in my arms), I would think of your dad passing away so close to Remembrance Sunday as a combined opportunity to celebrate your love for him.

The Palestine vs 'Israel' conflict in the late 1940's was brutal and particularly difficult for the Brits. That conflict is still horrific. I've forgotten the TV drama series title but it was excellent and very objective - About a girl brought up in England and who went out there to learn about her grandfather. She stayed with a Jewish family but fell in love with a Palestinian. It was far more than just a love story. Wish I could remember the title! 

Was it this  http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Promise-DVD-Claire-Foy/dp/B004G5YVC8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1352481175&sr=8-1 ?

[MC71]

Lovely words Phil, PJ and Robin. It really does restore my faith in humanity (not meaning to sound pretentious) when I read such things. 

I genuinely do read War Poetry, I'm a bit of a philistine on the whole but after having my dad read it to us as kids I have done the same to ours aand I will (in time) be reading it to my granddaughter  and hopefully the sacrifices made, and unfortunately still being made, will not be forgotten.

[RedRobin]

Was it this  http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Promise-DVD-Claire-Foy/dp/B004G5YVC8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1352481175&sr=8-1 ?

....Yes! Thanks, Phil 

Did you watch it?