VE Day ?

We forced my sister to play the last post and revallie this morning, quite emotional
 
Fish said:
Today of all days we should remember that our ancestors faced bombs, machine guns, mines and shells to save lives. They spent years away from home in battle situations to save lives. They faced uncertainty, fear and horror every day for over 5 years to save lives.

We’ve been asked to stay home and watch TV, to not have a social life for a while and to stay 2 metres apart to save lives, and people are complaining about losing their freedom. Really?!?! Not really a sacrifice when you think about it.

They put their lives at risk so they could save many more. We’re being asked NOT to put our lives at risk to save many more.

Take the time to sit and think of the sacrifices they made so we have the lives we do.

So as we sit safe at home, don’t be be complaining of the hardship and the suffering of watching repeats, and queueing at the supermarket that has all the food you want, be thankful that while you’re in your home you won’t be bombed, and that you’re safe on your sofa, not being shelled in a trench or machine gunned on a beach.
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Some posts, a "like " is not enough.

And as hard as not seeing family members is, I often think at this time, of those London children, sent to the West Country to avoid the blitz.
Destination not certain till they got there, no phones, Skype etc to communicate . Parents had to be strong. It must have been hard.
 
Swinglowandslow said:
Some posts, a "like " is not enough.

And as hard as not seeing family members is, I often think at this time, of those London children, sent to the West Country to avoid the blitz.
Destination not certain till they got there, no phones, Skype etc to communicate . Parents had to be strong. It must have been hard.
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That's the bit that got me watching the footage during the silence on BBC this morning, the thought of sending my young children off to be with a stranger for an unknown amount of time, knowing there is no contact to be had at all made me well up a bit.

I think a great thing about today is also that not only do we remember folks like my granddad & all his comrades fighting in WW2 but also the fact its something that we can think of as a uniting factor because of all the men & women that fought alongside us from all nations, races & religions. For me there is a lesson to all of us in these modern times.
 
Wolf said:
That's the bit that got me watching the footage during the silence on BBC this morning, the thought of sending my young children off to be with a stranger for an unknown amount of time, knowing there is no contact to be had at all made me well up a bit.

I think a great thing about today is also that not only do we remember folks like my granddad & all his comrades fighting in WW2 but also the fact its something that we can think of as a uniting factor because of all the men & women that fought alongside us from all nations, races & religions. For me there is a lesson to all of us in these modern times.
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There is a very important lesson, but sadly it often gets overlooked, in favour of patriotism and jingoistic rhetoric.
 
Swinglowandslow said:
And as hard as not seeing family members is, I often think at this time, of those London children, sent to the West Country to avoid the blitz.
Destination not certain till they got there, no phones, Skype etc to communicate . Parents had to be strong. It must have been hard.
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My old Mum was sent from West Ham to rural Kent... Think she found it a bit of a culture shock...
 
drive4show said:
I'm not the one being an arse. My SCOTTISH and WELSH grandfathers both lost their lives fighting in WW2.
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So why not just add them rather than making a comment, which, you knew would get a reaction, never was there such a blatant bit of trolling which should have been punished!

Not sure why I’d have Scottish, Welsh, Irish and all the other nations anthems or relative tunes to hand, but the ones I posted, I did.

Talk about picking a fight in a thread on a day like today, you should be embarrassed.

I’m glad others have added to the thread in a positive manner ?
 
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JamesR said:
There is a very important lesson, but sadly it often gets overlooked, in favour of patriotism and jingoistic rhetoric.
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I may be unusual but I really hope that is not the case.

On a day like today and Armistice Day each year I have to stop and remember that there were victims of war on all sides of all conflicts.
 
Fish said:

You won’t see better than this ?
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Well that's awkward.... Considering that's not the red arrows or typhoon display teams but is in fact somewhere in Russia.. That video has been doing the rounds on Facebook all day made all the the more awkward that the time at which it was filmed they were somewhere over Aylesbury flying in their normal arrowhead formation on way back from London ?
 
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