Remebrance Service

[chesh100]

Just watched the Festival of Remembrance. What happened to the Last Post? :blink:

 

As an ex-serviceman I found it's ommision to be most upsetting. I have always felt it to be one of the most important parts of the service.

[Guest gooner52]

will be watching on tv later on today as i do every year

 

:blink: :10: ^_^

[Cathy]

Just watched the Festival of Remembrance. What happened to the Last Post? :)

 

As an ex-serviceman I found it's ommision to be most upsetting. I have always felt it to be one of the most important parts of the service.

 

Yes, quite an ommision! :)

[JohnR]

Just watched the Festival of Remembrance. What happened to the Last Post? :)

 

As an ex-serviceman I found it's ommision to be most upsetting. I have always felt it to be one of the most important parts of the service.

 

Yes, quite an ommision! :)

 

I was also a bit put of by straight-laced regimental bands playing latin jazz and also trying to play Birdland (Jazz-fusion piece, Weather Report, 1970's) Just didn't seem right to me, and as a jazz musician I can tell you that it didn't really come off either.

 

Why is there always an urge to do something "different"??

[familyman]

Just watched the Festival of Remembrance. What happened to the Last Post? :angry:

 

As an ex-serviceman I found it's ommision to be most upsetting. I have always felt it to be one of the most important parts of the service.

 

Yes, quite an ommision! :(

 

I was also a bit put of by straight-laced regimental bands playing latin jazz and also trying to play Birdland (Jazz-fusion piece, Weather Report, 1970's) Just didn't seem right to me, and as a jazz musician I can tell you that it didn't really come off either.

 

Why is there always an urge to do something "different"??

Because things have to "appeal"to a younger generation and to make it more "inclusive" to halfwits who haven't got a clue about our history -dumbing down at its worst :angry:

[NikpV]

the youngsters don't have a clue - we usually do two minutes silence at school for remembrance - I've got a video which shows two minutes of the war graves in france - rows upon rows of them which I show during the silence - they are completely flabbergasted at the numbers = results in them being very subdued for the next hour :) :)

 

I know this sounds like a 'grumpy old man's' post but I suppose I got stories about the war from my grandparents and we always went to the remembrance service with my parents, I still go to a local one because one of the names on the memorial is that of a student I taught 8 years ago - kiilled in kabul by a suicide bomber :blink: - I don't take my kids though :)