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Old 20th Sep 2015, 21:12
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Nugget90
 
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I had the pleasure of attending this Service today, and there can be no doubt that it was one to remember for its content, the clarity of the singing of the choir, the diction from those who read and - at the end - the spontaneous and appreciative applause that accompanied the BoB veterans as they processed down the Nave.

This year, as those of you who have seen the excellent BBC recording "Battle of Britain 75: from Westminster Abbey" will have observed, the Service was followed by a Parade and then a Flypast by Spitfires and Hurricanes, all in the most benign weather that could ever have been hoped for.

A most proper way to remember those who in the summer of 1940 fought the enemy in the skies above the United Kingdom to preserve this nation's independence and freedom from invasion.

Lest we forget.
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