harmston Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 I was at a parade on sunday in all that rain and over heard a man saying i am getting wet though My reply to him was a statement made by a old comrade a few years ago Think of all those lads and lasses that have given up there lives so that we could be here I bet they would not be complaining if they could be standing where you are today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidorry Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Yes it certainly rained but not many people left.I also posted this photo on another thread that is running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiz1979 Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 MY grandfather was a prisioner in Singapore during the second WW, I will remember Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nanrobbo Posted November 13, 2009 Author Share Posted November 13, 2009 Hi There ,which r.s.l.do you go to.I go to Currumbin.Are you any where near as we have a fogotten valley on the highway We used to go to the Earlwood RSL an outer suburb of Sydney. My Forgotten Valley is on the Hawkesbury River NSW- Wisemans Ferry . At the moment tho' I am staying at my daughters place in Coledale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crookesey Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 I just can't do it properly, the last one that I went to was in Bakewell where I cried my eyes out. My Grandfather, my Uncle Alf, my Uncle Ernest, my Uncle Albert, my Uncle George and my Uncle Ron would not have liked it. I now go to somewhere very quiet, somewhere where they would have have been comfortable, I now cry my eyes out with my family, God love you lads. And please don't call them heroes, they were just lads, they didn't all die in battle, but the carnage of the trenches sent my Uncle Alf insane, and my Uncle Ron ended up dying an alcoholic after his exploits of killing Germans for fun, when he was a young lad in the 1st Airbourne, he used his commando knife very professionally against many guys of his own age. Just don't let it happen again, please, please, please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazel Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 Never Forget Armistice a day of remembrance yet for our young who died, lest we forget or have we not known the face of war I hear you say ‘what is it for that Poppy, it’s old hat I’m not going to pay for that’ Never forget we are here to day Because young lives were there to pay the price of death among the fields of blood red poppies that fields do yield Were the poppies there before the dead Or are they for remembrance in bright bright red hazel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nanrobbo Posted November 14, 2009 Author Share Posted November 14, 2009 Never Forget Armistice a day of remembrance yet for our young who died, lest we forget or have we not known the face of war I hear you say ‘what is it for that Poppy, it’s old hat I’m not going to pay for that’ Never forget we are here to day Because young lives were there to pay the price of death among the fields of blood red poppies that fields do yield Were the poppies there before the dead Or are they for remembrance in bright bright red hazel Beautiful Hazel. Regards Nan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strix Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 That's lovely Hazel I don't often like 'poetry' written recently as I find the lack of understanding about 'scanning' makes for difficult reading, but that just flows beautifully, conveying exactly the right mood with its rhythm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazel Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 Thanks nanrobbo and Strix I sharpened my rhyming skills on the limerick thread before I took it more seriously, so I have the forum to thank for a new talent discovered rather late in life hazel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highnote Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 May I just weigh in with a comment?I was recently in hospital for an operation and during my shorts stay(5 days) was in a ward with a young ex-serviceman who had served his country with distinction, and this young man had terrible mental problems caused by having his best mate being shot dead next to him during their service together in Northern Ireland, his life is in tatters,marriage broken up,not being able to see his children, binge drinking, irrational behaviour all as a result of this trauma,his behaviour and conduct towards everyone despite all this made a very deep impression on on me as he struggles to come to terms with his life now.Thank you Paul. Oh yes by the way I am now in touch with "Help For Heroes" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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