Is there a minute of silence today???

[West Acton]

If there is lets not show ourselves up gents like Chelsea have done on many an occasion during the observation

[Hubble]

What for?

[WeAreQPR12]

If there is lets not show ourselves up gents like Chelsea have done on many an occasion during the observation

Hmm this is like give us a clue, ok can't think what for carry on

[WeAreQPR12]

Oh snap

[West Acton]

Well they done one last night for Poppy Day and were wearing poppies on today's kit

[jfish]

Hmm this is like give us a clue, ok can't think what for carry on

Surely you're joking ??

[NW_Hoopz]

Well they done one last night for Poppy Day and were wearing poppies on
today's kit

Remembrance Sunday is a week tomorrow , 9th November.

Don't get me started on why the BBC forces people to wear them from the middle of October every year.

Dilutes the meaning when it becomes compulsory. IMO

Take a trip to your local war memorial a week tomorrow and donate 2 minutes of your time to contemplate what those young men went through in both conflicts.
Professional soldiers nowadays sign up knowing what to expect, those young men marched off blindly into the jaws of hell .............. chokes me up every year.

(Cue history lesson from Kirill )

[Hubble]

But Remembrance day is 11/11, why would they have it today?

[Hubble]

Or Sunday, as Ndubz says..

[West Acton]

Think cause sides that play home this week won't get chance pay respects. Begs same question why are we playing with poppies on top today

[NW_Hoopz]

Think cause sides that play home this week won't get chance pay respects. Begs
same question why are we playing with poppies on top today

Back to my BBC rant ........

The Poppy has become 'commercialised' and now Poppy day is nearly a month long !

Bit like the supermarkets loading out their Chrimbo tut out in the middle of October .......... Arggggggggggh !

[WeAreQPR12]

Surely you're joking ??

Oh dear, anyway agree with most that it should be next wkend. Dragging it on takes away the real reason to take time out and respect those brave men.

[alanfullerqpr]

If there is lets not show ourselves up gents like Chelsea have done on many an occasion during the observation

next week buddy

[QPRDave]

Back to my BBC rant ........

The Poppy has become 'commercialised' and now Poppy day is nearly a month long !

Bit like the supermarkets loading out their Chrimbo tut out in the middle of October .......... Arggggggggggh !

Good cause though, don't you think?

[jmelanie]

This year is special being the 100th anniversary since the beginning of the First World War. Don't know if any of you have visited the ceramic poppies at the Tower of London. It is very impressive if you can see them for all the crowds. They are getting about 100,000 visitors a day. We went to the Imperial War Museum yesterday and it was packed. We could not get into the First World War exhibit because they was not further allocation for that day. I know it is half term but it seems most people have not forgotten.

We visited Ypres (Wipers) earlier this year and until you go there you cannot appreciate the sacrifice that so many people made.

They still have a ceremony every evening at the Menin Gate, where all the fallen who have never been found.

There are dozens and dozens of cemetaries, each with their own story. The German cemetaries were the most dour and depressing.