Remembrance...

[FrenchieBoy]

I'm not getting involved in this (Somewhat pointless and argumentative) "debate" except for repeating what I posted earlier on this thread:-
Remembrance Day is Remembrance day no matter what colour of poppy you wear. I wear the "traditional" red one but it would matter not if the person stood next to me wore a white one. Surely it's all about remembering and respect - And not just for the fallen in the Two World Wars, but all of the wars and conflicts since then!

Edit: Wear your poppy with pride, and no matter what colour it is wear it with RESPECT!

 

[finnbear270]

 

[Donkey Basher]

 

[Klenchblaize]

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[David.evans]

Nobody planted them. They just appeared the first year I was Church Warden in that place and nowhere else. A very ethereal time for me.

That photo RATEL should be made in to a post card, with any family members permission it’s very fitting for this special day , and would raise thousands for the BL , and all ex servicemen
Thank you for sharing, I lost a couple of good mates in NI , and this really bought a tear to my eyes
Respect

 

[Ratel]

That photo RATEL should be made in to a post card, with any family members permission it’s very fitting for this special day , and would raise thousands for the BL , and all ex servicemen
Thank you for sharing, I lost a couple of good mates in NI , and this really bought a tear to my eyes
Respect

Thanks for that David. Will talk to local branch ref that idea.

 

[basil]

I've always worn a red poppy, put a 'Lest we forget' flag in my garden plus quite a few of those little wooden crosses go in the garden as well.
I also wear a purple enamel badge for all of the creatures that played their part but didn't come home.

 

[Stalker62]

Just a final thought on this really.

My wife - a tough woman, not given to displays of emotion - came home on Monday (11th November).

She had just done another shift, at a NHS hospital, and she was (to put it mildly) really quite upset..

"They did not have a two-minute silence today. I am furious."

Furious? Well this is a rare thing.

"Even the patients were asking - why we did not stop and observe the two-minutes?".

Not often I see my wife with tears of frustration. Odd really when you think that I am her husband.


Anyhoo.


My wife decides she is going email the Trust and bangs out a paragraph.

This morning, having received a response (at least she received a response), she wanted to acknowledge that response - whilst not fully accepting the reasons given, for a failure to 'formally' mark the two-minutes.

It is a fine line. Keep your cool. Play the long game. You have made the point, (and that of your patients), just give them 'space' to correct it for next year.


"I am at work. Can you bang out a paragraph that I can send?"

I hope I have got the tone right...




I hope there is no need of such 'conversations' next year - really rather sad that there was this year.