Lest We Forget
- Thread starter Fish
- Start date
D
Deleted member 16999
Guest
Cheers for sharing Robin :thup:
bigslice
Tour Winner
Ive never forgot. From secondary school when taught about world wars etc it hit home. Our future cud have been so different. My papa was in burma i never asked him loads just let him talk over 30years. Never forget
HankMarvin
Tour Rookie
thanks for the link
Old Skier
Tour Winner
Cheers
Wow what an amazing song.
Thanks for for the link Robin
Thanks for for the link Robin
Rooter
Money List Winner
Cheers robin! Gonna show my oldest 2 now. They are in the parade next Sunday for brownies and cubs and will proudly be wearing their poppies.
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
Gonna be at church on Sunday morning - my 'home' church in Glasgow. After the service I will stand outside with the rest of the congregation plus mums and dads to see the march (or as best they can these days 
) past of all the Scout and Guide organisations.
Probably the proudest memories of my childhood were the couple of times I carried one of the flags on Remembrance Sunday (one the Union Jack - the other the Saltire with the Scout Troop Badge - 171st Glasgow 1st Whitecraigs). The church was always crammed in the early 70s and there were obviously many in the congregation who saw action in the world wars.
At the start of the service the flag party would 'slow march' the flags up the centre aisle and we'd stand with them at the front of the church (we practiced the slow march for weeks in advance for it to be perfect as we knew there would be any critical eyes on us ). Just before 11am the congregation would start to sing Oh God Our Help in Ages Past and as 11am approached the two flag bearers would face each other and as the congregation sang 'A thousand ages...' we'd very slowly lower our flags to touch the ground. We'd hold them there during the minute silence, and then when the organ struck up and congregation started to sing the remainder of the hymn we'd slowly bring them up again.
It was very moving, and reflecting on it now I sense tears coming to my eyes remembering those now gone....
And this will probably be the last time I do this as my mums house is sold and so 'home' of 50+ yrs will be gone and it will be a very rare occasion in future that I will go to that church - my home church. And it will almost certainly be my last Remembrance Sunday service at that church.
This Sunday will be very emotional for many reasons.
) past of all the Scout and Guide organisations. Probably the proudest memories of my childhood were the couple of times I carried one of the flags on Remembrance Sunday (one the Union Jack - the other the Saltire with the Scout Troop Badge - 171st Glasgow 1st Whitecraigs). The church was always crammed in the early 70s and there were obviously many in the congregation who saw action in the world wars.
At the start of the service the flag party would 'slow march' the flags up the centre aisle and we'd stand with them at the front of the church (we practiced the slow march for weeks in advance for it to be perfect as we knew there would be any critical eyes on us
). Just before 11am the congregation would start to sing Oh God Our Help in Ages Past and as 11am approached the two flag bearers would face each other and as the congregation sang 'A thousand ages...' we'd very slowly lower our flags to touch the ground. We'd hold them there during the minute silence, and then when the organ struck up and congregation started to sing the remainder of the hymn we'd slowly bring them up again. It was very moving, and reflecting on it now I sense tears coming to my eyes remembering those now gone....
And this will probably be the last time I do this as my mums house is sold and so 'home' of 50+ yrs will be gone and it will be a very rare occasion in future that I will go to that church - my home church. And it will almost certainly be my last Remembrance Sunday service at that church.
This Sunday will be very emotional for many reasons.
Last edited:
