Memorial at Oak Hill Park 13.11.11
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I went to the memorial at Oak Hill Park today, I must say I have never seen so many people as today and I have been going for a number of years. I noticed a gentleman & possibly a lady as well filming, does anyone know which tv stations they were from, as there was nothing shown on the local BBC or Granada news at tea time?
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Memorial at Oak Hill Park 13.11.11
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Wallop I can't give you the information you asked for.....but I think there has been much more interest in Remembrance Day this year because of the hoo-ha about the England team wearing poppies. There certainly seemed to be more people sporting poppies this year.....so I reckon Fifa did the British Legion a favour.
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I keep telling them that not only did 125 Pals from Greater Accrington die on July 1st, 96 Greater Accrington men, serving in other regiments were also killed that day There are 879 names on the WW1 Memorial, in Oak Hill Park. 11 of them are double entries, 13 have spelling mistakes, & there are 83 names missing. Retlaw. |
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i was there too i was supporting my grandson who has just joined the a.t.c. this year & it was his first march, i was wearing my dads medals too i had not worn them since the 50th anniversary of v.e. day, i was glad that the turn out was as it was & hopefully will attend next year. my daughter said that the the t. v. people are from channel 4 but there was nothing on their news last night unless its for a documentary i don't know.
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the last time i wore my dads medals as i said was the 50th anniversary of v.e. day & i was then on parade myself with the R.N.X'S. navy version of dads army it was disbanded in the 90's but i wore the medals with pride both times.
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have contacted me recently. Retlaw |
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Until quite recently, both BBC and ITV would have made these programmes in-house. Now, however, they are outsourced to various private companies of which Mayavision is but one. Like any other business, they are there to make a profit so as such you may well wish to consider insisting on a small donation (to such as the RBL) in return for your not inconsiderable assistance in their enterprise. |
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Bumped into the mayor whilst on my way into town & asked her if she knew who the tv crew were, she said the BritishLlegion had organised it & gave me the name of a gentleman at the legion to ask for. Also she said she didn't finish until 2130 last night with all the events at different towns that she attended, big pat on the back to our mayor.
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They have all been informed that the William Turner collection of WW1 photographs is copyrighted, as is mine. Retlaw. |
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This was announced on the local London news last week: Imperial War Museum commemorates Armistice Day by releasing photos of WWI dead on Flickr | Culture24 |
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Luckily Bill & I managed to save a lot. Retlaw. |
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Quite a lot of pictures of men in the collection were unidentified until I was able to put names & service numbers to them. How did Ancestry get copyright to WW1 documents, after all the originals are in the Public Record Office at Kew, answer that one. Retlaw |
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I was told the filming was done for a forthcoming series about Britain due to be shown on bbc2 sometime in April next year.
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She very kindly came to Hyndburn Green Spaces Forum on Tuesday evening to present certificates to Green Partnership Award winners. She'd come from another event to ours and then to another event i think after !! Dont know how she does it and she's always so lovely and smiling all the time. Respect
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I must admit that her being there did give it more of an official feeling and she was lovely, friendly and full of smiles. I might be changing my mind about my feelings towards the idea of having a Mayor after all. |
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Well thanks for the post kestrelx, after the event! It is repeated in BBC HD in a couple hrs (2.00am Saturday)
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