At the going down of the sun and in the morning.
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One of my mates, in Kelso is a folk singer/songwriter. He penned this in memory of his late father - a WW11 bomber pilot & POW.
www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=2395&songID=717467
www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=2395&songID=717467
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Except for some of the disgusting coments under the youtube clip. Wish I hadnt started to read them.
Many, if not all of those who we remembered today fought and died so that such people are free to make such comments. It's a sad fact that they never see it that way.
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I did so too, but note that they are immediately disowned by other posters. The act of Remembrance each year seems to me to be more, not less, well observed than in my day (60's/70's). It was also more of a ritual then I believe, compared to the quiet and sincere form that it takes today. The Armed Forces (what remains of them) are more revered by the Nation, if not by the Government, and for good reason of course. Time to translate such regard into solid form in the shape of decent housing for their families and proper treatment of the maimed and wounded. Only then can we truly "remember them" without laying ourselves open to the charge "hypocrite", as a Nation.
Except for some of the disgusting coments under the youtube clip. Wish I hadnt started to read them.
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disgusting coments under the youtube clip
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It's been said in years gone by on this very forum when we've discussed this same subject that perhaps the greatest legacy the men we all honoured today was that they left arseholes (sorry, but the only appropriate word in the circumstances) who made such inappropriate comments with a society that gives them the freedom to make such comments.
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From a civvy...
God bless.
(After watching the three veterans today in London and what's happened over the years I can't say anything more....sorry,
watching the box at the mo, letters from WW1 soldiers to loved ones, most who didn't make it....thinking of my 11 year old son tucked up in bed and my long dead grandad who was a Wipers and won the Military Medal....I can still see the scar on his arm, 10 inches long.........Too much Merlot and dust in my eyes, better go.)
(After watching the three veterans today in London and what's happened over the years I can't say anything more....sorry,
watching the box at the mo, letters from WW1 soldiers to loved ones, most who didn't make it....thinking of my 11 year old son tucked up in bed and my long dead grandad who was a Wipers and won the Military Medal....I can still see the scar on his arm, 10 inches long.........Too much Merlot and dust in my eyes, better go.)
