This is why I will always buy a poppy... - Page 5

**Hugh** · 06-06-2009, 10:59

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Originally Posted by DocDutch

okay should've said COMMONWEALTH really....who cares bout the Welsh

Ooooooooooh! Get her!

There were a few Jocks there as well, you know.

Russ · 06-06-2009, 12:08

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Originally Posted by DocDutch

okay should've said COMMONWEALTH really....who cares bout the Welsh

Yeah well I hope my Welsh great grandfather who fought in that war cared enough about you.

**Hugh** · 06-06-2009, 12:19

And my dad.

DocDutch · 06-06-2009, 14:39

hey I know Russ

just pulling ya leg

if it wasnt for the Welsh Guards, Scots Guards etc then I dont think I would:

1. be here
2. speak English or Dutch
3. anything else really

Derek · 08-06-2009, 14:32

And for all the people who know and respect the veterans there will always be some half-wit who thinks the world wants to see their 'tag'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/...st/8089526.stm

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A teenager has been arrested after graffiti was painted on the cenotaph in Glasgow's George Square - hours after the D-Day landings were commemorated.

Hopefully he had a fun couple of nights prior to his court apearance today.

Hom3r · 30-10-2009, 18:48

Dos and don'ts of poppy etiquette

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8333733.stm

Peter_ · 30-10-2009, 19:22

I have 2 official British Legion poppy pins that I wear each year but I still put money into any collecting tin whenever I see one as the funds are needed.

**Hugh** · 30-10-2009, 21:16

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Originally Posted by Moldova

I have 2 official British Legion poppy pins that I wear each year but I still put money into any collecting tin whenever I see one as the funds are needed.

Ditto.

Osem · 31-10-2009, 14:53

Bought 4 poppy pins today and made my usual donation. It was good to see the veterans out and about and they were doing very good business. Hats off to them!!!

SMG · 31-10-2009, 19:43

On Remembrance day, we will be on holiday, as we were last year at this time, when the hour approaches, all activity stops dead, even the Spanish receptionist & staff freeze for those fateful moments.

Virtually all the guests are "Old uns", & nearly all have served. When the silence ends, you can still hear a pin drop. The feelings just flood back as most remember lost friends. It feels like hours before normal conversation starts again.

Respect. Not only for the fallen, but for those left with terrible injuries, & horrible memories.

dilli-theclaw · 01-11-2009, 11:14

Wish I could get one here.

Hopefully I can find one in Bedford when I'm out during the week.

lauzjp · 03-11-2009, 13:06

Hello all, yet again this year the local RBL appealed for volunteers through the local papers. Nothing wrong in that, no.. *cough* (see previous posts in this thread) Anyway to cut a long story short, I got a taxi to the other side of Luton and went and got a box of poppies for each shop I work in (2) and it has been really nice to see even kids asking if they can use the change from their sweeties to get a poppy. I say you can put in whatever you want, it's the thought that counts, and all pennies will be put to good use, I've no doubt.

I wish we had a car, then I would offer to ferry trays of poppies to shops / businesses that would take them.

**Maggy** · 07-11-2009, 11:45

Now I hope that some of you will perhaps take a walk,trip to the local service tomorrow if you can, if only to support the dwindling numbers of veterans who will be marching with pride.

I will be going down early to have breakfast with the local Sally Army band in the Penguin Cafe opposite the Remembrance Gardens on the sea front.A tradition every year..I'll need something to keep me warm..

Osem · 07-11-2009, 22:21

Today we went shopping locally and were pleased to see a large number of veterans and other volunteers out collecting along the length of our local high street.

The one blot on the landscape came in the form of a BNP stand bedecked with the Union Flag and manned by 3 or 4 people. Just a few yards away a woman of obvious afro-caribbean descent was collecting on behalf of the Salvation Army. To say it made me feel awkward is an understatement but all credit to her for not being intimidated into moving away.

I was also delighted to observe that virtually nobody was paying the BNP the slightest interest!

Osem · 09-11-2009, 15:29

Well we went to see the parade and visit the war memorial yesterday morning and were pleased to see how many people had taken the time to do so. Looking at all the wreaths, poppies and heartfelt messages to those lost in both the recent and distant past was a very moving experience.