Rembrance Day - Poppies

N1805 replied on 05/11/2017 17:44

N1805

Posted on 05/11/2017 17:44

I 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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JVB66 replied on 08/11/2017 08:22

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Campervanner from Hertfordshire

Posted on 05/11/2017 23:05 by

Given that members of our family are buried over there, we do not need a homily, thank you.

We visit the graves in Normandy - most recently in August this year - and attend the nightly service at the Menin Gate at Ypres when we pass that way. We have booked a place at Ypres for November 11th 2018.

Posted on 08/11/2017 08:22

Homily? just a reminder for us all , as very few will not have some family that have been touched by the horrors of wars

ABM replied on 09/11/2017 22:24

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Motorhomer

Posted on 09/11/2017 22:24

I'll have to get another Poppy tomorrow.

Took elderly Sister to a local antiques site ( Dagfields nr Nantwich ) and dropping her off at home discovered I'm the proud owner of two pins and a y shaped piece of green plastic !

ABM replied on 09/11/2017 22:28

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Posted on 06/11/2017 13:56 by MJ730

I have a poppy pin a Somme 100 pin and a Passchendaele 100 pin but I always buy at least 1 normal poppy each year and wear it with pride in remembrance of my Grandfather who was killed in action in 1914.

Mike

Posted on 09/11/2017 22:28

I have the Somme & Passchendale pins too MJ730, but they stay permanently on my camera strap.

Traficlady replied on 10/11/2017 21:08

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Posted on 10/11/2017 21:08

My husband managed to get a couple of the standard cheap poppies last night but I haven’t seen a poppy seller this year. They’re normally in the entrances to Asda and Tesco etc. but not this year.

ABM replied on 10/11/2017 22:51

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Posted on 10/11/2017 22:51

In Crewe they are in all the s/markets and in many other places too, Traficlady and it was in ASDA where I got my replacement this afternoon . It was good to see that there were Men & Women sellers after the kerfuffle about the women being deemed second class members of the R B L. despite their membership of the Armed Forces growing ever greater and more involved.