Remembering the fallen

[madness]

How will you be remembering, if at all, the fallen from the two world wars and all the conflicts since.

Do you wear a poppy?, do you go to church on Rememberance Sunday? do you go to the local Rememerance Day parade, or do you just Keithd?

[Philbo]

Poppy, don't really do any churchy stuff being an athiest...

[stepheng]

hoping to make a tribute film so will be right in amongst the lads and lasses on parade...

I remember all those that have fallen in all wars...

[Milky Bar Kid]

I will probably go to the parade. Not marching in it this year.

[Bri w]

I wear a poppy. I do the Cenotaph on the Sunday. And I try an watch BBC's Rememberance prog from the Albert Hall on the Sunday evening. I also set the alarm on my phone to go off at 10:59am on the 11th.

I think of the fallen, the injured and the families left behind.

What other people do is their choice, and what ever it is I don't think any more or less of them for it.

[madness]

Until last year I always wore a poppy but hadn't been to a parade. I went to the one on the Embankment in Nottingham last year mainly because Ibby was parading with her squadron. It was freezing cold and everyone had to stand around for ages at the memorial. I'll admit that I cried when they played the last post, it was a very emotional experience. I remember a few Cadets being escourted away by St John's Ambulance, perhaps suffering from the cold or perhaps overcome by the emotion. I'll be going again this year to show my humble support and respect for our brave lads and lasses, both those alive and those sadly gone.

[madness]

What other people do is their choice, and what ever it is I don't think any more or less of them for it.

I totally agree with that statement, but find it a little disappointing that our society in general doesn't do more.

[Sally]

I have/wear a poppy.

Worthy cause and more importantly, show that we can't forget those who have fallen, and that events such as the WW's should never happen again.

Lack of respect in my generation.

[madness]

Lack of respect in my generation.

It's not just your generation, I know plenty of people my age who couldn't give a t*ss. Considering that most of our families will have lost someone in either of the two world wars, I find the lack of interest suprising

[davepreston]

i'll be hitting the bar (i think ive earned the right) and setting a few extra untouched ones up on the bar saying a wee prayer about pint number 9

[5hort5]

i'll be hitting the bar (i think ive earned the right) and setting a few extra untouched ones up on the bar saying a wee prayer about pint number 9

Poppy ....

Or find a service women i.e. wren and pay my interment respects as you would, cough cough :drink:

Nah tbh just in my own mind ... I know we all know and if we don't we should

[Lissa]

I wear a poppy, and I down tools at work for the two minute silence. Everyone now does the same, although not all of them did when I first started working there. I was really glad to see when our foreman walked round with the poppies on Monday that everyone bought one.

[Nick_69]

I will wear a poppy, march a long side a parade to a service, were i will think about what those serviceman and women have none for our country

[Owenski]

I always used to get poppy's but now I work out of town I never seem to come across any. But I will insist that before kick off on Sunday we do a minutes silence (but we usually do one anyway).
Then its a drink for the fallen after the game, got a few friends out in Afgan/Iraq at the moment its really brought the remembrance thing home to me.

[Holdup]

I normaly wear a poppy, havent got one this year, but i always do the 2 minutes silence

[Alpinestarhero]

Poppy, and general heightend respect of anyone wearing a medal and looking like they have a story to tell far greater than anything anyone could imagine.

I'll shut up at 2pm on the 11'th. I'll watch rememberance sunday on the beeb for a bit.

and just be thankfull that there are people who were (and are) brave enough to give their life so we can have our freedom

[Owenski]

Poppy, and general heightend respect of anyone wearing a medal and looking like they have a story to tell far greater than anything anyone could imagine.

I'll shut up at 2pm on the 11'th. I'll watch rememberance sunday on the beeb for a bit.

and just be thankfull that there are people who were (and are) brave enough to give their life so we can have our freedom

not forgetting those that are fighting and loosing their lives so that other people in forign countrys can have their freedom too.

[Tara]

Poppy - haven't been to church or on parade since I was a girl guide, thats not to say I wouldn't tho

[Jabba]

I'll shut up at 2pm on the 11'th. I'll watch rememberance sunday on the beeb for a bit.

Then you'll be three hours late :rolleyes:

11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month............

I will be chiming 11 times on the tenor bell at Llandaff Cathedral on Sunday, immediately after the last post has sounded. Proud to do so.

[Alpinestarhero]

Then you'll be three hours late :rolleyes:

11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month............

I will be chiming 11 times on the tenor bell at Llandaff Cathedral on Sunday, immediately after the last post has sounded. Proud to do so.

yea, sorry, dunno why i said 2pm :confused:

at 11 am, i will shut up for 2 mins :viking:

[Spiderman]

Keithd for me.

[Warthog]

Poppy for a few days up to the 11th. I don't agree with wearing them for 3 months prior to the event, it seems to devalue the actual day.

[PsychoCannon]

The rubber duck on the back of my bike is wearing a poppy.
Amazing how tough those poppies are! it's been on there for weeks on 100mile a day commute with 52miles of M1 in wind and rain and it's still as good as the day I donated 20p for it!