poppy's

[HomerJSimpson]

Looks like the guys raising money today broke their record from last year for one day - over £1mil from the streets of London

Fantastic generosity

Without being provocative, I wonder how much that has come about from the poppies at the Tower. It has been so much in the public perception along with the huge media attention throughout the year on the hundred years from the start of the first world war that people are far more aware of the poppy appeal this year. Indeed going around Reading there seems far more poppy's available to buy from various outlets

 

[Deleted member 15344]

They had over a million in one day last year also without the display

When collecting in the past years around the country the poppy appeal has always been very much in forefront of people's minds

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I'm just saying that the media coverage for the centenary and the Tower display has made it even more visible and the public seem much more aware this year. I know the fantastic job the collectors do and I'm not knocking the selfless work the collectors do each and every year. My point is that the appeal seems to have been given a boost (rightly) thanks to the poppies and the centenary.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

http://www.itv.com/news/granada/upd...uffers-burns-in-attack-after-selling-poppies/

 

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[HomerJSimpson]

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And I say again, it's pictures like this that is doing so much to make the public aware of the poppy appeal and remembering fallen victims, not just of WW1. Sometimes, it takes an event like this to prick consciousness again. I contribute annually but there are many more that don't. If this display has led to youngsters and others to start thinking and contributing next year and onwards it's done the job

 

[SocketRocket]

My Dad has his leg blown to pieces in Burma during WW2, he was a Professional Soldier at the start of the war but was thrown on the scrap heap at the end, unable to work and with next to nothing in assistance from the state my parents lived in abject poverty. I remember the help he received at times from the British Legion and SSAFA, they helped him get a job with Remploy which gave him back a means of supporting his family and some self respect.

Supporting these organisations can help make a great difference to peoples lives.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

My Dad has his leg blown to pieces in Burma during WW2, he was a Professional Soldier at the start of the war but was thrown on the scrap heap at the end, unable to work and with next to nothing in assistance from the state my parents lived in abject poverty. I remember the help he received at times from the British Legion and SSAFA, they helped him get a job with Remploy which gave him back a means of supporting his family and some self respect.

Supporting these organisations can help make a great difference to peoples lives.

Thanks for posting and sharing. Shows what the appeal can do and why we need to ensure that the enhanced popularity and publicity is gendered into a prolonged increase in sales and that younger people continue to get involved

 

[Piece]

At Watford on Sat:

http://youtu.be/G-TvE-4YrBA

 

[Rooter]

At Watford on Sat:

http://youtu.be/G-TvE-4YrBA

we so need a 'like' button!

 

[HomerJSimpson]

At Watford on Sat:

http://youtu.be/G-TvE-4YrBA

we so need a 'like' button!

:thup:

 

[Old Skier]

And more dosh is raised from auctions held selling of the shirts. It's the only way they can compete with the more celeb charities like H4H.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Just got mine out of the drawer,15 years old now:lol:

 

[North Mimms]

At Watford on Sat:

http://youtu.be/G-TvE-4YrBA

Better than the pre-match stabbing that took place in Market Street just before the match.
Note to self- do not go into Watford on match days. Got stuck in my parking space, blocked off by police cars and ambulances.
Hope victim is ok

 

[North Mimms]

Just got mine out of the drawer,15 years old now:lol:

You might need to freshen it up with a felt tip and a bit of spray starch!

 

[Old Skier]

Just got mine out of the drawer,15 years old now:lol:

Gone fishing :clap:

 

[Deleted member 15344]

With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children,
England mourns for her dead across the sea.
Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit,
Fallen in the cause of the free.

Solemn the drums thrill: Death august and royal
Sings sorrow up into immortal spheres.
There is music in the midst of desolation
And a glory that shines upon our tears.

They went with songs to the battle, they were young,
Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted,
They fell with their faces to the foe.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

They mingle not with their laughing comrades again;
They sit no more at familiar tables of home;
They have no lot in our labour of the day-time;
They sleep beyond England's foam.

But where our desires are and our hopes profound,
Felt as a well-spring that is hidden from sight,
To the innermost heart of their own land they are known
As the stars are known to the Night;

As the stars that shall be bright when we are dust,
Moving in marches upon the heavenly plain,
As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness,
To the end, to the end, they remain.

 

[c1973]

https://metro.co.uk/2014/11/08/glas...-against-falkirk-for-remembrance-day-4940434/

Lest we forget.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

:thup: