FabSwingers.com forum: poppy

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

what a lovely gesture FAB

lest we forget

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By *ig badMan
over a year ago

Up North :-)

"what a lovely gesture FAB

lest we forget"

Its an appreciated gesture for many who are not here now.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

yep

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's a wonderful gesture- I still miss both of my grandfathers....

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By *ive it to usCouple
over a year ago

cheshire

Here Here. Us swingers are mostly good people

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them.

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By *HAGADELICCouple
over a year ago

south london

great - thoroughly approve

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Love the poppy I think every body should show support for them past and present, with out them this would be a different world.

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By *ouple1234Couple
over a year ago

BELFAST UK

loos great the poppy

lest we forget

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

thats spooky i just sent admin a message saying same thing. lovely thought xx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Thumbs up fabswingers thats a noble gesture

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Its nice to see the gesture. Thinks like that bring people together over a common thought.

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By *ertnbeckyCouple
over a year ago

oldham

god bless our heroes both alive and past

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By *iewMan
Forum Mod
over a year ago

Angus & Findhorn

Respect for that. Very appropriate

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By *entscotscplCouple
over a year ago

falkirk ish

lest we forget

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

'The Soldier'

If I should die, think only this of me:

That there's some corner of a foreign field

That is for ever England. There shall be

In that rich earth a richer dust concealed;

A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware,

Gave, once, her flowers to love, her ways to roam,

A body of England's, breathing English air,

Washed by the rivers, blest by suns of home.

And think, this heart, all evil shed away,

A pulse in the eternal mind, no less

Gives somewhere back the thoughts by England given;

Her sights and sounds; dreams happy as her day;

And laughter, learnt of friends; and gentleness,

In hearts at peace, under an English heaven

Rupert Brookes

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By *urreynudistMan
over a year ago

staines

nicce gesture, well done admin

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Thanks admin.

(Thanks Wishy...)

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By *nvictusMan
over a year ago

Beeston

Nicely done admin.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

WEAR YOUR POPPY WITH PRIDE ,,,ENGLAND WILL BE FOREVER FREE ,WITH OUR GALLANT SOLDIERS PROTECTING US

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By *nvictusMan
over a year ago

Beeston

Just thought this might be appropriate for Remembrance. It's from Ukraine's version of Britain's Got Talent but PLEASE don't let that put you off.

The lady, Kseniya Simonova, draws amazing sand pictures to show the effect of WWI on the Ukraine, it's very moving and had me in tears. Worth watching to just remember what people really went through then.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yYcEX5O5a4

Ne obliviscamur.

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By *ugby 123Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

O o O oo

Nicely done Admin x

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By *etillanteWoman
over a year ago

I echo all the above, may all our brave lads abroad come home safe to their loved ones.

For those not able from conflicts past and present, may the love of all surround them and keep your loved ones safe

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Very apt and appreciated by us all

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By (user no longer on site)
Forum Mod
over a year ago

Very nice and very respectful xxx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Thanks Admin .. we all remember Helen x

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By *aravancoupleMan
over a year ago

A Secret Hideaway In the caravan of love

It's a Fantastic gesture.

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By *oddyWoman
over a year ago

between havant and chichester

They joined for many reasons

to march to sail to fly

they went where they were posted

but nobody joins to die

their leaders talk on tv

what else could we have done

but those leaders lost no daughters

and none has lost a son

so heres to all our soldiers

wherever they may be

and heres to all the families

i raise a glass to thee

wear your poppy with pride

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By *ashful BazMan
over a year ago

poole dorset

Lovely gesture Admin, well done, Thanks.

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By *iewMan
Forum Mod
over a year ago

Angus & Findhorn

on This Morning a group of veteran soldiers singing... very moving indeed

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By *etillanteWoman
over a year ago

"on This Morning a group of veteran soldiers singing... very moving indeed

I can now see this after wiping away tears

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By *iewMan
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over a year ago

Angus & Findhorn

"on This Morning a group of veteran soldiers singing... very moving indeed

I can now see this after wiping away tears"

they were lovely.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

DULCE ET DECORUM EST by WILFRED OWEN

Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,

Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,

Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs

And towards our distant rest began to trudge.

Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots

But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind;

D*unk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots

Of tired, outstripped Five-Nines that dropped behind.

Gas! Gas! Quick, boys!---An ecstasy of fumbling,

Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time;

But someone still was yelling out and stumbling,

And flound'ring like a man in fire or lime...

Dim, through the misty panes and thick green light,

As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.

In all my dreams, before my helpless sight,

He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.

If in some smothering dreams you too could pace

Behind the wagon that we flung him in,

And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,

His hanging face, like a devil's sick of sin;

If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood

Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,

Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud

Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,---

My friend, you would not tell with such high zest

To children ardent for some desperate glory,

The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est

Pro patria mori.

This was written about WW1 but still as poignant now. Any war anywhere is awful.

God bless all our servicemen and women everywhere.

Thank you admin for the reminder. xxxx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

the poppy is a great touch.

thanks admin... well done

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"WEAR YOUR POPPY WITH PRIDE ,,,ENGLAND WILL BE FOREVER FREE ,WITH OUR GALLANT SOLDIERS PROTECTING US"

Inc the Welsh, Scottish and Irish servicemen & women who are fighting for Britains freedom

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By *heekychezzaWoman
over a year ago

warrington

Brilliant...well done admin.

Was shopping in Asda this morning and at 11am the whole store became completely silent as they put the "We shall not grow old" mantra over the tannoy. It brought a huge lump to my throat...

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By *ouple1234Couple
over a year ago

BELFAST UK

you would be shocked how many people dont know the history of the poppy, do you think they should learn about in it schools and not about other countrys history first..

sorry to the OP for hi-jacking the topic

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Just thought this might be appropriate for Remembrance. It's from Ukraine's version of Britain's Got Talent but PLEASE don't let that put you off.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yYcEX5O5a4

Ne obliviscamur."

I've seen that before. She's amazing with her vivid imagery.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Fantastic touch ........utmost respect.

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By *ruitWoman
over a year ago

near kings lynn

The Inquisitive Mind of a child.

Why are they selling poppies mummy?

Selling poppies in town today

The poppies child are flowers of love

For the men who marched away

But why have they chosen a poppy mummy

Why not a beautiful rose

Because my child men fought and died

In the fields where poppies grow

But why are the poppies red,mummy

Why are the poppies so red

Red is the colour of blood my child

The blood that our soldiers shed

The heart of the poppy mummy is black mummy

Why does it have to be black

Black my child is the symbol of grief

For the men who never came back

But why are you crying mummy are you crying so

Your tears are giving me pain

My tears are my fears for you my child

For the world is forgetting again.

I read this to my group of young kids today and they loved it as I do.

Fruit xx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Good to see as the concept of rememberance affects all people, permeates all aspects of life and is valid across national borders, worldwide. Thanks to Admin

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By *iewMan
Forum Mod
over a year ago

Angus & Findhorn

Bumped to the top....

It is fitting we end the day remembering the fallen and their families.

And ignore the protestors for a while.... It is the attention they crave

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

remembering once more

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A shame not everyone in this country can support our troops

If you cannot get behind them .... please feel free to get in front off them

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By *ruitWoman
over a year ago

near kings lynn

Jed, here here x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

i do apologise ,in my comment i do include the scots the welsh and the irish

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By *lare GTV/TS
over a year ago

South of Sleaford

Thanks for the poppy.

Remembrance Day is not the 11th of the 11th of the 11th but is most days for me.

I still cannot do any sort of public Rememberance Service or the announcement in the supermarket mentioned above. Brings tears to my eyes just thinking about it.

My particular personna on here been a great help to me and has meant that I no longer need any treatment.

Thank you all for your support for those who made the ultimate sacrifice and those still living.

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By *y_funcoupleCouple
over a year ago

SHEFFIELD

Always wear our Popy with pride for those who have paid the ultimate sacrafice for others.

Lest we forget.

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