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Post by bunkerfan on Jul 26, 2015 9:59:04 GMT
I went to Sunderland Airshow yesterday because I love planes and it was free. I took these 2 photo's of a Spitfire and a Hurricane. A stirring sight. "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few" ( Winston Churchill )
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Post by bunkerfan on Nov 11, 2015 9:23:04 GMT
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Post by Equus on Nov 11, 2015 9:29:35 GMT
The great war, as it was called, or the first world war ended in 1918, 11-11-11oclock... In Danish time that's in half an hour...
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Post by nonrabbit on May 12, 2016 19:54:41 GMT
A great friend of mine from the early days,wrote this song called The Pals about the people who fought in WW1. soundcloud.com/john-campbell-34/the-pals"..Marched down cobbled roads Smiling from ear to ear Singing songs about old kit bags,Lucifer's and beers Boarded train for France And the ships took them over the seas Laughing and joking, sharing and smoking It will be over by Xmas, you'll see." He's just sent me this beautiful video he made for the song and it has some great footage. The bloke doing the narration is also a friend that I haven't seen in years - in fact the last time he was playing the bongos in my hubbies band!
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Post by steelmonkey on May 13, 2016 18:46:33 GMT
Listened to his Who song this morning:
"I've Known No War"
I've known no war And if I ever do I won't know for sure Who'll be fighting whom For the soldiers lonely tomb Now opens as soon as the referee's gun starts to roar I'll know no war Galbraith took his pen To break down the men Of the German army defeated On the nineteenth day Of a spring day in May Albert Speer was deleted And as soon as the battle was over I was born in victorious clover And I've never been shot at or gassed Never tortured or stabbed And I'm sure - I'll never know war I know I'll never know war And if I ever do The glimpse will be short Fireball in the sky No front line battle cries Can be heard and the button is pushed By a soul that's been bought I'll know no war In and out of reach loft The medals are lost They belong to a lone broken sailor His provinces now Are the bars of the town His songs and his poems of failure For his grandchildren can't see the glory And his own kids are bored with the story But for him they'd have burned behind netting >From the brink they were grabbed And I'm sure I'll never know war War - I've known no war I'll never know war And if I ever know it The glimpse will be short Fireball in the sky No front line battle cries Can be heard as the button is pushed by a soul that's been bought And the armies remaining will judge without people or courts And there's no point pretending that knowing will help us abort I'll know no war
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Post by bunkerfan on May 13, 2016 18:55:05 GMT
A great friend of mine from the early days,wrote this song called The Pals about the people who fought in WW1. soundcloud.com/john-campbell-34/the-pals"..Marched down cobbled roads Smiling from ear to ear Singing songs about old kit bags,Lucifer's and beers Boarded train for France And the ships took them over the seas Laughing and joking, sharing and smoking It will be over by Xmas, you'll see." He's just sent me this beautiful video he made for the song and it has some great footage. The bloke doing the narration is also a friend that I haven't seen in years - in fact the last time he was playing the bongos in my hubbies band! I've just caught up with this post and I'm so pleased I did. This is an amazing song with some outstanding footage to accompany it. Thanks for posting Patti it's a gem.
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Post by nonrabbit on May 13, 2016 22:27:58 GMT
He's just sent me this beautiful video he made for the song and it has some great footage. The bloke doing the narration is also a friend that I haven't seen in years - in fact the last time he was playing the bongos in my hubbies band! I've just caught up with this post and I'm so pleased I did. This is an amazing song with some outstanding footage to accompany it. Thanks for posting Patti it's a gem. It's beautiful isn't it? John and his brother wrote it. John is a bassist and Paul is a keyboard player. I knew them at College and when they played in bands in Glasgow. Although they went into employment they never gave up on the old music and they're back writing and performing.
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Post by bunkerfan on Jul 1, 2016 6:09:29 GMT
1,300,000 - approximate number of casualties on both sides Battle of the Somme July 1916
Children of the Somme, men of mud and water killed by lead and steel, for them no last supper no last meal. Children of the Somme, consumed by mud and water, sent in there thousands to their slaughter. Nerves that were shattered,breath that was shallow felled in fields that were lifeless and fallow. Hearts that were pounding, bodies that trembled as in the trenches men assembled. like an order from god they awaited there place, to go over the top and stare death in the face. Men of all nations men of all ages; condemned to there death and the history books pages.
Lest we forget..................... Remember them.
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Post by maddogfagin on Jul 22, 2016 14:21:57 GMT
Found this article on the BBC web page - proves that there are some fine and honest people on this planet who do honour and respect others. www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-36834507The man with no-one to mourn himBy Claire Bates BBC News Magazine Who was Stewart Cooney?
Born in Dundee in 1921, he trained to be a jute weaver at 16
Enlisted in the Royal Artillery in 1943 and fought in Egypt and Sicily, before taking part in the Battle of Monte Cassino in 1944
Married Betty, a telephonist in the Royal Artillery, at Dalmeny Church in Midlothian in 1944
Adopted a son, Niall, in 1953
Worked as a loom tuner (looking after weaving machines) at a mill in Farsley, near Leeds
Died at Colton Lodges Nursing Home in June 2016
Dougie Eastwood decided to get in touch with the local military barracks to see if they could provide any soldiers for the service. He also appealed for people to attend via social media and through the local newspaper. He was amazed by the response, with 40 phone calls offering support and assistance. "Shops have rung up asking if they can send flowers. The Royal Legion, Royal Artillery among others have offered escorts. I'm humbled by how the army family and local community have come together."
Lynda Gomersall offered her services after seeing the appeal on Facebook. She spoke to Cooney's carers and looked through old records to write the eulogy.
"I don't think anybody should go without recognition, especially soldiers," she says.
At the funeral today, the coffin was piped into the crematorium by a Scottish piper, in homage to Cooney's Scottish roots. Soldiers from a number of regiments were present and the Last Post was played.
Instead of just three people hundreds attended the service. Those who couldn't get a seat watched on TV screens outside.
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Post by steelmonkey on Jul 22, 2016 15:22:21 GMT
When my time comes, make sure the trickle of mourners are forced to listen to 'A Passion Play' and see to it that the dog, cats and kid are fed.
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Post by bunkerfan on Jul 22, 2016 15:27:38 GMT
Found this article on the BBC web page - proves that there are some fine and honest people on this planet who do honour and respect others. www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-36834507The man with no-one to mourn himBy Claire Bates BBC News Magazine Who was Stewart Cooney?
Born in Dundee in 1921, he trained to be a jute weaver at 16
Enlisted in the Royal Artillery in 1943 and fought in Egypt and Sicily, before taking part in the Battle of Monte Cassino in 1944
Married Betty, a telephonist in the Royal Artillery, at Dalmeny Church in Midlothian in 1944
Adopted a son, Niall, in 1953
Worked as a loom tuner (looking after weaving machines) at a mill in Farsley, near Leeds
Died at Colton Lodges Nursing Home in June 2016
Dougie Eastwood decided to get in touch with the local military barracks to see if they could provide any soldiers for the service. He also appealed for people to attend via social media and through the local newspaper. He was amazed by the response, with 40 phone calls offering support and assistance. "Shops have rung up asking if they can send flowers. The Royal Legion, Royal Artillery among others have offered escorts. I'm humbled by how the army family and local community have come together."
Lynda Gomersall offered her services after seeing the appeal on Facebook. She spoke to Cooney's carers and looked through old records to write the eulogy.
"I don't think anybody should go without recognition, especially soldiers," she says.
At the funeral today, the coffin was piped into the crematorium by a Scottish piper, in homage to Cooney's Scottish roots. Soldiers from a number of regiments were present and the Last Post was played.
Instead of just three people hundreds attended the service. Those who couldn't get a seat watched on TV screens outside. It was standing room only at the funeral of a soldier who served in World War Two and outlived his family, after an appeal on social media. Stewart Cooney, 95, served with the Royal Artillery and died in a care home in Leeds last month. Hundreds attended his funeral earlier, including Royal British Legion standard bearers, a piper and soldiers from his old regiment. One organiser, Martyn Simpson, said: "We never let a brother go alone." www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-36859868
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Post by bunkerfan on Nov 11, 2016 7:16:33 GMT
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Post by nonrabbit on Nov 12, 2016 23:22:54 GMT
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Post by Equus on Nov 13, 2016 7:12:15 GMT
God bless America! The free world needs you to be your very best... Denmark have been free since American and English troops liberated Denmark from the Nazi occupation in 1945. Thanks to the British too... I don't say liberated from the German occupation, because I love the German people... Good Germans were victims of the Nazi regime too... Germans who supported Hitler in the beginning, but later came to regret their support of this murderous regime is in my heart too...
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Post by nonrabbit on Nov 13, 2016 10:20:51 GMT
God bless America! The free world needs you to be your very best... Denmark have been free since American and English troops liberated Denmark from the Nazi occupation in 1945. Thanks to the British too... I don't say liberated from the German occupation, because I love the German people... Good Germans were victims of the Nazi regime too... Germans who supported Hitler in the beginning, but later came to regret their support of this murderous regime is in my heart too... It was a thing for most of us babyboomers to have a collective criticism for anything army based back in the 60's/70's. I suppose it was not very long after the war when we were born. I well remember a friend going to join the army circa '73 and thinking - are you mad! Then I grew up and realised that we could not live in a peaceful world without protection. It really is that simple when you break humankind down. We are too far away from a peaceful existence. I was talking to my mother last night about WW1 and about my grandfather who joined the Seaforth Highlanders ( pictured below) she made a very good point as well about the thousands of young men who joined at that time. She said don't forget that the reason most of them joined was to get a regular income - the war offered them a security ( strong, sturdy boots) and an objective of sorts when they were living in abject poverty with a poor future. That in no way takes any bravery or patriotism away from that choice - they were fighting for a better future for all. My deepest gratitude to every soldier in every conflict. i63.images obliterated by tinypic/2z3xnh4.jpg[/IMG]
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Post by Equus on Nov 13, 2016 16:59:04 GMT
God bless America! The free world needs you to be your very best... Denmark have been free since American and English troops liberated Denmark from the Nazi occupation in 1945. Thanks to the British too... I don't say liberated from the German occupation, because I love the German people... Good Germans were victims of the Nazi regime too... Germans who supported Hitler in the beginning, but later came to regret their support of this murderous regime is in my heart too... It was a thing for most of us babyboomers to have a collective criticism for anything army based back in the 60's/70's. I suppose it was not very long after the war when we were born. I well remember a friend going to join the army circa '73 and thinking - are you mad! Then I grew up and realised that we could not live in a peaceful world without protection. It really is that simple when you break humankind down. We are too far away from a peaceful existence. I was talking to my mother last night about WW1 and about my grandfather who joined the Seaforth Highlanders ( pictured below) she made a very good point as well about the thousands of young men who joined at that time. She said don't forget that the reason most of them joined was to get a regular income - the war offered them a security ( strong, sturdy boots) and an objective of sorts when they were living in abject poverty with a poor future. That in no way takes any bravery or patriotism away from that choice - they were fighting for a better future for all. My deepest gratitude to every soldier in every conflict. I just hate to say that war is necessary sometimes... cause' I'd love to find another way... but sometimes the war is forced upon us... but why don't we send an army of doctors, an army of helpers too? Bridge builders etc. etc... There are so many possibilities to "fight" an enemy, and an enemy who is turned into a friend, is no longer an enemy... We can always send the army, if we fail to win the peace... In the case of ISIS... DEAL WITH THEM NOW!! Etcetera... etcetera... etcetera... Peace!!
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Post by bunkerfan on Nov 14, 2016 7:23:21 GMT
God bless America! The free world needs you to be your very best... Denmark have been free since American and English troops liberated Denmark from the Nazi occupation in 1945. Thanks to the British too... I don't say liberated from the German occupation, because I love the German people... Good Germans were victims of the Nazi regime too... Germans who supported Hitler in the beginning, but later came to regret their support of this murderous regime is in my heart too... It was a thing for most of us babyboomers to have a collective criticism for anything army based back in the 60's/70's. I suppose it was not very long after the war when we were born. I well remember a friend going to join the army circa '73 and thinking - are you mad! Then I grew up and realised that we could not live in a peaceful world without protection. It really is that simple when you break humankind down. We are too far away from a peaceful existence. I was talking to my mother last night about WW1 and about my grandfather who joined the Seaforth Highlanders ( pictured below) she made a very good point as well about the thousands of young men who joined at that time. She said don't forget that the reason most of them joined was to get a regular income - the war offered them a security ( strong, sturdy boots) and an objective of sorts when they were living in abject poverty with a poor future. That in no way takes any bravery or patriotism away from that choice - they were fighting for a better future for all. My deepest gratitude to every soldier in every conflict. Perhaps a good time to watch this again.
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Post by nonrabbit on Nov 14, 2016 9:33:09 GMT
Perfect
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Post by bunkerfan on Nov 11, 2017 7:56:52 GMT
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Post by maddogfagin on Nov 11, 2017 8:44:07 GMT
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Post by maddogfagin on Nov 11, 2018 7:31:55 GMT
What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? Only the monstrous anger of the guns. Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle Can patter out their hasty orisons. No mockeries now for them; no prayers nor bells; Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs, The shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells; And bugles calling for them from sad shires.
What candles may be held to speed them all? Not in the hands of boys, but in their eyes Shall shine the holy glimmers of goodbyes. The pallor of girls' brows shall be their pall; Their flowers the tenderness of patient minds, And each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds. Wilfred Owen, MC (18 March 1893 – 4 November 1918)
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Post by bunkerfan on Nov 11, 2018 8:22:47 GMT
Went the day well? We died and never knew. But, well or ill, Freedom, we died for you.
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Post by bunkerfan on Nov 11, 2018 14:57:01 GMT
On 32 beaches around Great Britain the faces of those who served during World War One are being created in the sand. A picture of the British army's first black officer Walter Tull is seen on Ayr Beach. He enlisted in the Army in 1914, rose to become a 2nd Lieutenant and died in the Second Battle of the Somme at the age of 29.
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Post by nonrabbit on Nov 11, 2018 16:10:27 GMT
On 32 beaches around Great Britain the faces of those who served during World War One are being created in the sand. A picture of the British army's first black officer Walter Tull is seen on Ayr Beach. He enlisted in the Army in 1914, rose to become a 2nd Lieutenant and died in the Second Battle of the Somme at the age of 29. Beautiful and incredibly clever and skilled.
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Post by nonrabbit on Nov 11, 2018 16:17:38 GMT
i65.images obliterated by tinypic/2znoo0l.jpg[/IMG] The Wire (Ghost) Soldiers at Slimbridge Church, Gloucestershire. Each sculpture by artist Jackie Lantelli stands at the foot of a grave where a serviceman from this parish is buried or commemorated. i68.images obliterated by tinypic/2emmxpd.jpg[/IMG] i64.images obliterated by tinypic/344a4ip.jpg[/IMG]
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Post by nonrabbit on Nov 12, 2018 1:01:54 GMT
Dòmhnall Ruadh Chorùna was a Scottish poet and WW1 veteran from North Uist.
He wrote this poem when he was in the trenches at Somme for his girlfriend back home.
I reckon I'm in a pretty sorry state with my heart being seized by sadness from the time when I left the high mist-shrouded hills, the little valleys filled with love songs, with their lochs, bays, and streams. and the white swan who stays there every day when I am hunting. Magaidh, don't be unhappy my dear, even if I should die. What man amongst all people can live eternally, for ever? We are all just visiting, like daisies in an empty fold, the year's wind and rain will bring them down and the sun won't pick them up. Kneeling in the trenches my mind's on you, love. When I sleep I dream of you, and I don't expect to survive. My thoughts are filled with overwhelming sorrow, and my hair that was so red, now it's almost white. If it is fated for me to return living from the battlefield, and I see again the place where I was brought up, we'll have ourselves and clasping hands and warm lips giving kisses, and my promise will be fulfilled for you by placing a ring on your finger. But if the time comes and I die in France, and I'm placed in a grave where there are thousands of others, my blessings will be with the maid, the fair noble girl, let each day pass without troubles for her and let her have no contact with shame. Good night, my love, in your warm fragrant bed, may you have a peaceful sleep, and then awaken in health and happiness. I'm here in the cold trench, in my ears the racket of death, with no expectation of getting out victorious, the sea takes so long to swim.
Sung beautifully by Julie Fowlis also from North Uist
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Post by maddogfagin on Nov 10, 2019 7:41:10 GMT
Remembrance Day 2019An artist has created a graffiti tribute on a pub wall in Cornwall to mark Remembrance Day. It was commissioned by the owners of the pub in St Minver. It's expected the mural will remain for about a month. Sketch, who created the artwork, said: "There are many things for remembrance and each one needs to be unique. This one with the sun going down and the poppy is unique to this pub."
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Post by bunkerfan on Nov 10, 2019 8:25:24 GMT
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
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Post by bunkerfan on Nov 11, 2019 6:46:27 GMT
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. “When you go home Tell them of us, and say For your tomorrow, We gave our today.”
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Post by bunkerfan on Dec 10, 2019 10:52:39 GMT
As a young boy I remember my dad telling me stories of World War 2 and also remember watching 'The World at War' on television showing the horror of war and particularly the dreadful and shocking footage of what took place in the concentration camps. I was very lucky to be born 4 years after the war ended and I've always wanted to go to Auschwitz and Birkenau to see for myself and to pay my respects. So I went this year on a cold misty day on November 23rd.
I've made this short slideshow of my photographs. I'll never forget that visit and the horror of what happened there which will stay with me forever.
I hope I've managed to capture the atmosphere from my visit while paying tribute to all those who died and suffered in Auschwitz and Birkenau.
"I want to say to all people around the world - this should not happen again. I saw the faces of the people we liberated - they went through hell."
Anatoly Shapiro, Jewish Red Army commander whose troops liberated the camp
"It's here, where absolute evil was perpetrated, that the will must resurface for a fraternal world, a world based on respect of man and his dignity."
Simone Veil, Auschwitz survivor and former French Health Minister
"I have mixed feelings. Some can forgive, and some cannot. I can forgive, but with a cold heart."
Greek Holocaust survivor Benjamin Capon
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