Remembrance Day

[Dave Stones]

we had 2 minutes at 11am today. meant we opened at 1102 instead of 1100, ignorant customers were still banging on the door and ringing the bell.... all for 2 minutes

[Paul K]

Originally Posted by Dave Stones

we had 2 minutes at 11am today. meant we opened at 1102 instead of 1100, ignorant customers were still banging on the door and ringing the bell.... all for 2 minutes

To be honest it saddens me every year when it becomes apparent just how many people are ignorant of the relevance of the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month and the following sunday We seem to forget too easily the efforts and sacrifices of those that gave so much for people they never even knew.

Originally Posted by Paul

To be honest it saddens me every year when it becomes apparent just how many people are ignorant of the relevance of the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month and the following sunday We seem to forget too easily the efforts and sacrifices of those that gave so much for people they never even knew.

But you must remember that this is the freedom that so many did go to fight for.The freedom to choose to observe or not the two minute silence.

I didn't do it on Thursday but I did it today at the cenotaph service in my village.There were those that didn't but that is their right in a country that does hopefully revere freedom and democracy.

I thought I'd remind you why we wear the poppy as a symbol of Remembrance.

In Flanders' Fields
John McCrae, 1915


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.

To read more about the poppy appeal and it's history look here

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