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Posted Nov 8, 2009 by Galaxy Babe
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I'm taking Mum to church today to lay her poppy wreath at the Remembrance Service. This time I'll have to stand in line with her, and walk her to the Cenotaph when they call the name of the ladies' branch.
It's always tough seeing the Normandy Veterans, and there will be a lot there today, some of them still march in the parade... but less than last year 
 thoughts and prayers with my Dad,  never forgotten, and all those who never came home
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Posted Nov 8, 2009 by AlsoRan80
Dear GB,
Our thoughts and prayers will be with you and your family today.
WAs your father one of those who landed on the beaches in Normandy, I had a cousin who had joined the French underground during the war, He had done a lot of work behind the lines before the landings, preparing for them. He was caught by the Axis just after the landings - was tortured and then shot.There is a memorial to him both where he is shot and in our family hometown in Aix-eb-Provence. I knew him well, and I always think of him at this time. There are a lot of unsung heros/heroines everywhere.
With much affection
Christiane
AR80
Sunday, November 2009 3.10 GMT
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Posted Nov 8, 2009 by Galaxy Babe
Good morning Christiane 
Yes, he was, but not on D-Day itself, I wrote up his life for The Post: A20980956
I am sorry about what happened to your brave cousin
I will think of him during the minute's silence today
 and 
GB
 
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Posted Nov 8, 2009 by AlsoRan80
Thank you my dear sweet thoughtful friend,
Gosh - war is futile. I watched a very thoughtprovoking film last night called Nagasaki I think it was...
Do dress up warmly and also encourage your Mum to do so as well.
with much ing affection
Christiane.
sunday 8.40
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Posted Nov 8, 2009 by AlsoRan80
Very dear GM,
What a wonderful tribute to an outstanding man.
Thank you so much for directing me to it.No doubt about whose daughter you are. !!
With much affectionate
Christiane
AR80
sunday 8.50
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Posted Nov 8, 2009 by h5ringer - The Maestro Cat - Gone to Cambridge until New Year
The Hash  will be observing the two minute silence this morning 
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Posted Nov 8, 2009 by Elentari
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Posted Nov 8, 2009 by Websailor
Christiane, I watched that too, and as you say very thought provoking, and no hype or loud music as so often backs even serious subjects these days. Watched the memorial service at the Albert Hall too.
Galaxy Babe, what do we have to do to get a poppy smiley? i really think it is a serious omission don't you?
Websailor 
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Posted Nov 8, 2009 by Galaxy Babe
It has been requested: F47997?thread=7017205
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The morning was sunny and solemn, made all the more poignant with the family of Jimmy Major, who died this week, being there. It's always a moving ceremony but it was much more so this year. The BBC were there, but they kept a respectful distance. I escorted Mum to the Cenotaph to lay her wreath, not sure if you can make us out, my sister took this: http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/galax...be/PoppyDay2008#5401735990590496002 we're practically in the centre.
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Posted Nov 8, 2009 by Icy North
I observed a minute's silence at the football yesterday.
There was something even more poignant when two sets of supporters had been chanting and hurling foul-mouthed abuse at each other, then suddenly everyone to a man fell silent. You could have heard a pin drop a mile away. It was perfectly observed.
At the end, there was a respectful round of applause, before normal service was resumed.
"The referee's a  "
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Posted Nov 8, 2009 by Pierce The Pirate (visit my ship at A579684), thingite key bearer
and tomorrow marks the 20th anniversary of 'die wende' = the fall of the berlin wall
earlier today i talked to a citizen in rostock/east germany about it. both he and i still have a hard time believing that it happened in our lifetime
in spite of all the darkness that surrounds us there are also light moments to remember and cherish
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Posted Nov 8, 2009 by Marķa del Mar
"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 For the Fallen, by Binyon.
Those verses can well be applied to anyone who fought wars.
I attended a homage held in Madrid last May in honour of the British Brigadists who fought fascism during the Spanish Civil War.
I find very touching these kind of ceremonies. I feel it“s a sort of moral duty to remember those people.
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