Rembrance Day - Poppies
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Bakers2 replied on 05/11/2017 18:00
Posted on 05/11/2017 18:00
Bought for us 3 and wearing with pride.
Son and I having a discussion about poppies, he has bought a poppy pin for his suit. I gave him a good grilling to check it was an RBL one and that he needs to put in every year 😉. I do fear for the fund raising when you see the knitted, jewelled etc ones coming out. I think those look nice but easy to wear and not give.
We (he OH & self) all walked out to restaurant for OH birthday wearing ours, 'proper' poppies for us all 😉
I think the need for support is as great now as it has been since it was introduced.
ValDa replied on 05/11/2017 21:09
replied on 05/11/2017 23:05
Posted on 05/11/2017 17:44 by N1805I guess we all have charities we support for different reasons but I hope many will choose to buy a poppy leading up to Remembrance Day to show support for The Royal British Legion & those who died in war.
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brue replied on 06/11/2017 08:33
Oneputt replied on 06/11/2017 10:05
MJ730 replied on 06/11/2017 13:56
cyberyacht replied on 06/11/2017 20:17
Posted on 06/11/2017 20:17
I was born at close of war
Was spared the sights that others saw
I was spared the whistling boom
of bombs that turned homes into tombs
I have not faced machine guns clatter
Nor artillery’s endless batter
Driving poor men to the brink
Of madness or escape in drink
I have not kept lookout in fright
upon a dark and moonless night
Fearful for comrades to warn
Praying that I’ll live till dawn
I have not sailed upon the sea
Wondering if this time it’s me
to sink below the ocean’s face
Where only flotsam marks my place
I have not scoured the azure dome
Which only really birds call home
To search for foes up in the sky
Harbingers of time to die
I have not thought of what it cost
For things I have that others lost
If I look back and think, I see
A sacrifice and love for me.
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