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General => Announcements and forum stuff => Events and Conventions => Topic started by: joroas on 22 October 2014, 02:34:06 PM
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Off to the Tower of London in the morning. 8)
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Mines is there, so be careful!
;)
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Off to the Tower of London in the morning. 8)
Traitors' Gate? :D
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Whoever had the idea, for doing it, it was a good one.
They have nearly finished and its really impressive display.
Brilliant idea
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Will be there 8th Nov, tell ours we will see it then :D
Have a nice trip.
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have fun
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Stunning
Missed the boat on this, how much were they?
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They were £25.
The effect is stunning, but you can only see them from the wall above, it was packed with people.
We also went to the Cenotaph in Westminster to see the RBL standing guard.
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(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i27/Shaz4/P1050006_zpse27edbdf.jpg) (http://s68.photobucket.com/user/Shaz4/media/P1050006_zpse27edbdf.jpg.html)
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i27/Shaz4/P1050012_zps22890691.jpg) (http://s68.photobucket.com/user/Shaz4/media/P1050012_zps22890691.jpg.html)
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i27/Shaz4/P1050035_zpsc064dcfd.jpg) (http://s68.photobucket.com/user/Shaz4/media/P1050035_zpsc064dcfd.jpg.html)
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i27/Shaz4/P1050044_zps4a54d090.jpg) (http://s68.photobucket.com/user/Shaz4/media/P1050044_zps4a54d090.jpg.html)
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i27/Shaz4/P1050077_zps383704d6.jpg) (http://s68.photobucket.com/user/Shaz4/media/P1050077_zps383704d6.jpg.html)
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i27/Shaz4/P1050080_zps7d1850b8.jpg) (http://s68.photobucket.com/user/Shaz4/media/P1050080_zps7d1850b8.jpg.html)
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It was nice to see Britain commemmorating this.
Last month I felt privileged to see this:
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i27/Shaz4/USA5072_zpsabeaf117.jpg) (http://s68.photobucket.com/user/Shaz4/media/USA5072_zpsabeaf117.jpg.html)
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i27/Shaz4/USA5039_zps07a09c7d.jpg) (http://s68.photobucket.com/user/Shaz4/media/USA5039_zps07a09c7d.jpg.html)
and last year I was here:
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i27/Shaz4/USA1542_zpsb318ff9a.jpg) (http://s68.photobucket.com/user/Shaz4/media/USA1542_zpsb318ff9a.jpg.html)
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i27/Shaz4/USA1514_zps1b04cc43.jpg) (http://s68.photobucket.com/user/Shaz4/media/USA1514_zps1b04cc43.jpg.html)
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i27/Shaz4/USA1515_zpse6865aa7.jpg) (http://s68.photobucket.com/user/Shaz4/media/USA1515_zpse6865aa7.jpg.html)
With gratitude for all of your service.
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Thanks for sharing your pics, especially of the poppies at the tower. I hope you don't mind but I've saved copies to put with mine when it arrives. Eventually I'd like to take mine to Flanders and leave it there at a graveside.
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Wow, what a great idea.
I knew that my step-paternal grandfather had been in the Black Watch and lost an eye on the Western Front.
Unknown to me, my paternal grandmother had lost her twin brother in Gallipolli, this was never mentioned in the family until a couple of months ago.
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Thank you for the pictures they are very much appreciated.
LB
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Thanks for the pics John, looks like you had a jolly good day weather wise too.
PS. could not see ours though :)
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The weather was very mild for this time of year, no rain and no wind, hardly needed the coat I took.
As for the poppy, I thought yours was the red one?
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The weather was very mild for this time of year, no rain and no wind, hardly needed the coat I took.
As for the poppy, I thought yours was the red one?
Very droll lol
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I went yesterday. It was breathtaking, well worth the trip even though there were engineering works on the District and Circles lines meaning we had to take a detour and walk. ::)
The travel chaos didn't seem to deter people as the crowds were enormous. It took a while to move to the front of the queue to see the view. But it was well worth it. :)
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It is quite a sight, isn't it. Someone had a wonderful brainwave there, and made nearly £20,000,000 for the RBL.
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This is what they did in GCHQ, on the other side of my town. Britain's version of the NSA.
(http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/78485000/jpg/_78485890_78481497.jpg)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-29745303
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc5ijfpXwK0
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we went on Saturday but the crowds were stupid...and you know what not a single poppy vender in site !
loads of piccies on the blog
http://shedwars.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/poppies-popguns-and-publications.html (http://shedwars.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/poppies-popguns-and-publications.html)
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No poppy sellers last week, either.
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(https://mail.virgin.net/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=ddd6008afd&view=fimg&th=1498c5be12dca197&attid=0.1&disp=inline&safe=1&attbid=ANGjdJ_3wh79KNTaENkJHA7BQduJrb1gs2m0fhZOBaj-3iHLKIpOATYaROrjsYQrxqZoqmwLplME-juV9QJseNuh--2cH5or40PtZ9y7KKrZN1FoT0oSOUV8JWOnbOQ&ats=1415439936349&rm=1498c5be12dca197&zw&sz=w1886-h802)
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My wife went up with the kids just after it was started, and we took them week before last.
A truly impressive sight.