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Could I ask that we observe a virtual 2 minutes silence at 11 and no-one post anything in respect of all those who have died to give us the freedom we enjoy today.

Many Thanks

Ian

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Observed it as I always do and will be at the Rememberance Sunday service at the local memorial. We do owe are freedom and the life we have today to those who died protecting are way of life and values. This has to be remembered always with nothing allowed to stop it. Those men and women died for us and our children to forget them is to dishonour the sacrifice they made.

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Ive mentioned lots of times on here before that my Mum was born five months after her Dad was killed in Normandy aged twenty two.

To us Oswaldtwistle War memorial is his grave. Long after Mum and myself aren't here to do so, I hope my brother's children will still lay a wreath there for him. and for the other 1.3 million other service men and women who gave their lives for us.

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i had sky news on .and i swear they said the 2 minuets was up before it realy was ,,everybody was still stood with their heads bowed.. i thought it was a bit insensitive

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All the terestial channels obseved the two minutes silence except for Channel 4.

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Just typical of them. :mad:

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We all did it at work, we dimmed the lights and stopped serving and for the whole 2 minutes would you beleive that what must have been the oldest lady in the shop would not shut up!! Some people are just so insensitive.

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hm,mm maybe you just don't know these days do you!!!

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At least an effort was made but there will always be one.

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BBC Breakfast News this morning were asking whether the young knew what the poppy signified. They spoke to one gormless black woman in her twenties who thought that it might have something to do with the Labour Party. There were other examples of ignorance but that was the most glaringly ludicrous and, somehow, insulting.

The other question which seemed to take up quite a bit of air time was which side should women wear their poppy on. I also noticed that one Blackpool School, St. George's of all places, had a very poorly secured Union Flag flying at Half Mast.

I am probably getting old and crotchety but once of a day nobody would have thought to ask how these things were done correctly, everybody knew. What is the matter with people these days? It is all very well expecting new citizens to sit Britishness examinations, I rather fancy that a large proportion of the indigenous population could also do with a refresher course.

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On Sunday morning my daughter will be leading her Brownies on the Remembrance Sunday church parade. They march with the other organizations, guides, scouts etc. and all the old (and not so old) men from the British Legion. After the service they stand at the War Memorial in the churchyard and The Last Post is played. Every year the brownies look at my daughter and say, "Why are you crying, Brown Owl?"

I'll be at home watching the wreath-laying on TV and I'll shed a tear too. We owe them so much and 2 minutes, today and on Sunday, is so little to ask.

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Traditonally men should wear poppies/buttonholes/medals on the left side, and for women it should be the right.

All a bit daft, but it goes back to when a man had to defend himself, and most people being right handed, the sword was kept on the left side for eswiftness of movement. Centuries later that's why men's and women's clothes still fasten the opposite way from each other.

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Dare I ask if our local representatives got out and honoured those lost in an appropriate manner?

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They do Doug, I'll give them that.

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saw the old guy on tele tonight 109years old and laying a wreath across the water in france,all those years later from ww1 and he was still crying,and i just thought we will never REALLY know, was nearly slobbering meself was very moving.

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We had the 2 minutes silence in our department at work today, it was observed by most, it really irritates me when the younger members of staff just continue with their duties, I dont think its a total lack of respect just that they dont know why its done, anyway a few got an education today.

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glad to hear a few got an education grego, would hope your right about total lack of respect! i'm not too sure,but then i'm a cynical sod.

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Maybe it needs drilled into them more at school and home. My daughter understands why we have it and she is 9. What chance would there be if she and others like her didnt know or couldnt be bothered with it. They should pride themselves on knowing why we have this day and what would have been if the selfless ones had not stood up to be counted.

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I was getting ready for work at 11am and even stopped shaving.

On Sunday I'll be at the front of St John Anbulance, even though I'm working till 02:00 Sunday morning. I hope that there is a good turn out both in town and in Oak Hill for the wreath laying after the Church Service at St James.

Think that some people are being taught about what has happen in the two world wars with the events that are happening around the world now, let us hope that they will give the respect a bit more thought next year.

Cant quite recall at mo who started thread and commented about an old dear (not sure now who replied either now) butr maybe she "in her own world" and not knowingly making a noise in the 2 minute silence.

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I observed the silence, being at home today it was easy. What is not easy is seeing these incredibly brave old men on TV, talking about their experiences and the loss of their friends and comrades. No names are forgotten and tears are still shed. In the not too recent future there will be none of these men left. I believe that our duty lies in making sure that they are not forgotten by ourselves and the younger members of our families.

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I know what you mean, Lettie. The Burma Star Association always marches through Warrington on Remembrance Sunday and on VJ Day. I always get a lump in my throat when I see those old boys in their blazers and berets, especially as an old family friend of ours (now dead) fought with the "forgotten army" for nearly 5 years, but every year there are less and less of them.

I can't remember much about WW2 but it did impact on me. I grew up with kids whose dads were killed in the war and I used to be very good friends with a Jewish girl whose German relatives were all murdered by the Nazis. You and I might not be here today but for those old men.

Lest we forget........

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I always observe the two mins silence. And i always go to the cenotaph where i place a small cross for my friend who died in kosovo. He was a gurkka engineer called Balaham Rai and was a sergent. He was a remarkable man and i wish i could have seen him before he died just to be in his company. It's always the good people who seem to loose out. God rest his soul!

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You remember him and honour him the best way there is and he would be proud no dout.

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I was standing near the clock on the bus station observing the silence.I found it very hard to though because no one seemed to give a damn.I found myself looking around to see if other people had the decency to stop for a couple of minutes.I counted about 5 people.

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Looks like all respect fr what it stands for has gone.

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Last year on Rememberance Sunday at eleven o'clock, I was in the Ossy Co-op, buying the papers. It was announced there would be a two minutes scilence, everyone observed it except three old women.

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makes you wonder if it was worth it! no sense of community anymore.

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to me its always worth it- sod em you can't put sense were there is none. its how you feel yourself that counts.

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No doubt these are the same 'old dears' who carry on their conversations at volume in the library. As I have noted before, there are some who seem to view the acquisition of a pension book as a licence to be as obnoxious, self indulgent and downright rude as they please. They should be challenged on every possible occaision, just as you would an errant two year old. And what is more, I think that it is permissable to be every bit as rude as they are when you do it.

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Rememberance day is a national holiday here. I was at the cenotaph at 11:00 this morning with about 1000 other people, afterwards we went to the army base for soup and sandwiches, the mess was full to the doors. We finished up at the legion which was also crammed. So I would say patriotism is alive and well.

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The "virtual" silence wasn't even observed on this site. See post 4 on the "God Member" thread.

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i remember in my own way.....i do observe the silence & at the 50th anniversary of "V E " day i marched in parade in my navy uniform wearing my fathers medals "the dunkirk one included" i was the proudest women on earth that day i can tell you......these young men went to war to save US from evil...... some came back broken & old some where never quite right we will never know the extent of their pain.... or fear.......... . look at the state the world is in now............ was it worth it?

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i will get the usual lump in my throat tomorrow when all the old soldiers march past the cenotath ,especialy the blind men and women ,when someone calls eyes right ,,.