Having been a soldier most my life I have walked along side many amazing people.
I have sat and talked to a Lancaster bomber tail gunner, I have stood and talked to a VC holder but the hardest thing I have done is talk to those who were never the same again
I have several friends who at this time of year lock themselves away
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diddy_dave_uk:
Thank you for your service!! I am a ' forces brat' as both my parents served in the RAF and met while both were stationed in Singapore in early 60's!! I suffer from PTSD , not military related but due to being raped, and find the fireworks really mess up my nerves!
Today I stood in uniform on a high street in a small town with a blue box with poppies in it and despite the cold and the rain I stood their.
Though as the weather was shit it wasn’t as productive as normal I still had many people of all backgrounds stop and put money in my little collection box many even stopped to talk,...
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user0616220901:
Everytime happily surprised when I find someone doing charity <3 thank you!
dragan3:
@medusaw it’s the least I can do as I know many they have helped and gods hoping I never need to but it is nice knowing they will be there if I need them
As some may have seen I have done this as a Halloween costume before but the phantom of the opera has always been one of my favourite musical and stage shows.
I have decided to reprise the costume and maybe do it as a photo shoot what are your thoughts and suggestions? Obviously I doubt you’ll want me stripping of 😂
user0616220901:
No ideas for now, but sounds amazing! Especially cause I love operas in general :)
dragan3:
Thank you @medusaw you partly inspired me with your story about the treasure that is your mind x
Samhain (pronounced /ˈsɑːwɪn/ SAH-win or /ˈsaʊ.ɪn/ SOW-in, Irish pronunciation: [sˠəuɪnʲ]) is a Gaelic festival marking the end of the harvestseason and the beginning of winter or the "darker half" of the year. Traditionally, it is celebrated from 31 October to 1 November, as the Celtic day began and ended at sunset. This is about halfway between the autumn...
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On November 7th 1920, in strictest secrecy four unidentified British bodies were exhumed from temporary battlefield cemeteries at Ypres, Arras, the Asine and the Somme. None of the soldiers who did the digging were told why. The bodies were taken by field ambulance to GHQ at St-Pol-Sur-Ter Noise. There the bodies were draped with the union flag. Sentries were posted and Brigadier-General Wyatt and a...
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IN FLANDERS FIELDS
In Flanders' fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place: and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders' fields.
Take up our quarrel with...
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hornyarm:
nice have a good weekend
During the First World War (1914–1918) much of the fighting took place in Western Europe. Previously beautiful countryside was blasted, bombed and fought over, again and again. The landscape swiftly turned to fields of mud: bleak and barren scenes where little or nothing could grow.
Bright red Flanders poppies (Papaver rhoeas) however, were delicate but resilient flowers and grew in their thousands, flourishing even in
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28 years ago today, at 6:55pm Corporal Maheshkumar "Mick" Islania, who had served in the RAF for 15 years, and his 6 month old daughter Nivruti were gunned down in cold blood at a filling station in Wildenrath.
The Provisional IRA expressed "profound regret" for the death of the daughter, who they didn't know was in the car. Mrs Smita Islania, driving the car, was...
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