Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 6,025
This event will take place outside of the DTC offices .10 .15 am .
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,895
What have I missed?
What is so special about today?
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I try to be neutral and polite but it is hard and getting even more difficult at times.
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Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 6,025
Oh dear senior moment .Monday 20th Thanks Jan .I see I posted twice now can't find the delete button.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
What is the mysterious event the flag is being flown for?
Reginald Barrington
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 17 Dec 2014
- Posts: 3,259
Armed forces day.
Arte et Marte
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 6,025
It takes place every year.They alternate between the towns .I have been to Sandwich twice ,Dover once and Deal.Last year it was at Deal.Mr Mayor will be there with the District Chairman.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
I wonder how they will get it to fly freely without sending someone up a ladder with a hair dryer.
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 6,025
In the past it has flewn from the Town Hall One reason unlike some I think we only use that flag pole on special days Now no one know why the nation flag is flying .Bit like wreaths that if left too long loose their meaning.
Guest 1735- Registered: 26 Apr 2016
- Posts: 90
I cant & will not agree to that .Thats the most disgraceful comment going ,The nations flag should always fly in all Cities Towns & Villages 24/7 and no wreath ever loses its meaning to the memorial its been laid and the person who has laid it .In Belgium France the Netherlands and all over Europe the National flag flies never ever does it lose its meaning so why would the Union Jack lose its meaning here i find that very offensive and un patriotic .
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Guest 1338- Registered: 9 Sep 2014
- Posts: 79
The nations flag should always fly, do you really think Sue Nicholas it should only fly on special occasions ? If so why was it not flying on Sunday for the Queens celebrations ? It seems to me that it only flies when someone remembers to raise it. As for wreaths losing their meaning - that really is a disgraceful statement - to the people that lay them it means everything, it means remembering a loved one lost in tragic circumstances, a life cut short some of them teenagers. Try explaining your statement to someone like Caroline Aldridge who lost her son in Afghanistan & mourns for him every day of her life. He fought & died under that flag you think should only fly on special occasions. His wreath thrown away after a couple of weeks - his Mother remembers him every day of her life - the flag should fly to honour him & all the other brave men who died so that you can make shameful statements like that.
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Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 6,025
The national flag was flying from the Dover Town Hall.To Lynn and Suzie you have your views and I have mine .I shall place flowers to remember my Children's Father on Sunday maybe he died 33Yeas ago but we do not forget.
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Bob Whysman
- Registered: 23 Aug 2013
- Posts: 1,938
Ladies, ladies , LADIES!,
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Do nothing and nothing happens.
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 6,025
Can't be me hat is missing.It made me chuckle.
Guest 1735- Registered: 26 Apr 2016
- Posts: 90
And im not old enough to be a Granny The flowers you will lay on sunday mean everything to you as they should ,but you d be hurt if someone said they lose their meaning ,every yr i lay flowers to my relatives that laid down their lives in WW2 those flowers never ever lose their meaning i also on behalf of a lot of ppl in Dover laid flowers last year at the Shoreham air crash scene those flowers too will never lose their meaning from what i can gather all the flowers were going to be made into a compost for a memorial garden ,To say that wreaths & flowers lose all meaning is hurtful ,no one can take memories away laying flowers wreaths candles or whatever is a tribute to the person/persons concerned Forever Young
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Terry Nunn
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 4,316
I noticed that the union flag was flying half mast on the DTC's flag pole yesterday.
Terry
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 6,025
I assume it was in respect of the Death of MP Jo Cox.I recall many years ago at a planning site meeting an objector walking around with a gun.We were all pleased when the meeting ended.We were out in the remote country side.You never know.
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Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 6,025
Not a good day for this weather wise.Always think when it rains our armed forces have no choice,so standing in the rain for a few minutes is no problem.
Guest 1735- Registered: 26 Apr 2016
- Posts: 90
Having been in a few bomb blasts ,riots & shooting s in NI ,We would have thought it was Christmas with just a lone man walking around with a gun My other half has slept in a wet muddy ditch so a few minutes in the rain isnt going to hurt you, daresay most had brollies as not to spoil the hairdos
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 6,025
Yes we did have brollies .I wore a coat so did not get too wet ,only walking from the bus to my home.
Were you there ?
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Guest 1735- Registered: 26 Apr 2016
- Posts: 90
No i have to work for a living unlike some
