Guest 658- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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13 November 2010
23:4879971Just watched it humbling to say the least it puts it all into perspective. WE WILL REMEMBER/
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Sue Nicholas- Location: river
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14 November 2010
09:1379986Yes Tom ,very simple and wonderful .I always being a widow myself cry when those who have lost their husbands enter the arena .That little gilrl Isobel?was sheer magic .Do you remember when our own little stars from White Cliffs College presented the poppies.
Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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14 November 2010
09:5379987here here
Jan Higgins
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14 November 2010
10:2179989I always watch the programme and am going to sound a real old fuddy duddy now.
I much preferred the old style of Festival, as much as I like Brian May's guitar playing (Queen
) for me it just sounded wrong and out of place last night.
Nice recognition for the now 'Royal' Army Physical Training Corps I had not realised they were so active in the rehabilitation process.
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Guest 699- Registered: 3 Jun 2010
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14 November 2010
17:4980039i watched and for me , the tears were shred when the young chorister sang -- you are not alone
for me it must be released at christmas for a no 1 hit -- brillant version
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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14 November 2010
20:0780051just caught the second half of a documentary about the final day of world war 1, most disturbing.
commanders on both sides were sending troops into action even though they knew that the armisitice was being signed that morning.
america suffered the worst casualties with an estimated 3000 deaths that day, france lost 75 although their gravestones show that they died on the 10th november, probably due to possible compensation or pension demands.
there were many personal tragedies, the most noteworthy was the soldier assigned with telling everybody the war was over(shot by a sniper) and a german general that held half of a village in belgium. he got the news and went out to tell his american foes that it was all over, unfortunately the americans had not been told and shot him dead.
Guest 641- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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14 November 2010
20:2380053I caught the tail end of the show, it is always a sad and poignant moment for me when poppies are released from the ceiling of The Royal Albert Hall
14 November 2010
20:2980054There are times when it would appear that all of life is a tragedy. To look on that for a moment is sobering.
Guest 672- Registered: 3 Jun 2008
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14 November 2010
23:4280084I've watched, once again and I don't admiting, it was tissue time.
grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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15 November 2010
08:2280099Is it more emotional watching these programmes when you've actually been through the fighting and come out O.K. ?
No one should be embarrassed when a tear falls for those who died.
Roger
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
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15 November 2010
10:1980110I do wonder how many of you posting on here lived through the War ?My Uncle was a Prisoner of War for four years he had to march right through Poland .I gather they were sometimes able to eat a few turnips .My Father in Law was in the Burma Jungel .That just about finished his lungs off as before the war he was a Tin Minor /He returned home to find his wife had died leaving two young sons .
I can recall the air raids my Mother always had a look of terror on her face ,..We used to lie under the kitchen table for protection .Windows blacked out .Too scared to go outside to make our way to the toilet .
Guest 662- Registered: 18 Mar 2008
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15 November 2010
11:0880112Quote "I do wonder how many of you posting on here lived through the War ?"
Which War are you referring to Sue? There have been many wars with many casualties and indeed there still are. Even in my generation we have seen and/or been touched by the ravages of war. My father served in The Falklands and The Gulf, Royal Engineers are still clearing mine fields in the Gulf to this day. It is not over and we remember them all.
Sheli x
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
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15 November 2010
11:2580115Good posting Sheli and quite right too .There have been many wars and sadly still today ,however some do dwell on the 1st and 2nd world war .Have lessons not been learnt .To see some of the injuries our troops receive clearing mine fields is truly awfull .
Keith Sansum1
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15 November 2010
12:1180119Well done Sheli good posting
many are affected by all the wars that take place
no one has any more a monopoly on it.
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15 November 2010
13:568013215 November 2010
15:4680138Any death is a tragedy; any death caused by needless violence is a deeper tragedy. None of us has a monopoly on the moral high ground or grief here. Let us simply grieve in peace and empathy.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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15 November 2010
16:0280143Agreed bern
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Guest 699- Registered: 3 Jun 2010
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15 November 2010
18:2780149lets get back to what i posted
on bbci player , type in remembrance service and it is 28 mins --- young chorister called isabel
Guest 667- Registered: 6 Apr 2008
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15 November 2010
18:4380151I was at the Festival of Remembrance and when the relatives of those killed in action walked down the steps, I can tell you a good number were in tears, it was hard to hold back. There were people trying to clap and wipe their eyes at the same time. A very emotional night and a night I will remember for a long time.
The right and wrongs of war can be debated, the fact is our forces are out there and we should support them even if we disagree with the war it's self.. Since the last world war there has only been one year in which a member of our armed forces have not dies in action and it can only be right that we remember them and support their families.
Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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15 November 2010
19:0580157Any death is a tragedy, Bern?
Was Hitler's a tragedy? or Stalin's or Pol Pot'? Their deaths and that of other more minor despots, murderers and so on are to be welcomed. It is their victim's deaths that are a tragedy and the deaths of those who die fighting to stop the wrongs of the Hitlers/Galtieris/Bin Ladens' of this world.
