tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2410063836503200299.post5970257566437819009..comments2024-03-28T15:22:51.223-07:00Comments on The Games We Play: VE Day specialMartin Rapierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16788664847205341619noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2410063836503200299.post-19407356576449813232020-05-10T23:40:00.575-07:002020-05-10T23:40:00.575-07:00Mum and Dad said it was all fairly sombre. My moth...Mum and Dad said it was all fairly sombre. My mother's neighbour had lost both sons in the RAF and her husband in WW1, while my grandmother had recently received official notification of my grandfather's death after a year posted as missing. They said the only people celebrating were the young people in Trafalgar Square. Amazingly Dad's house had been repaired after it was damaged by a V1. I'd imagined him being bombed out. Martin Rapierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16788664847205341619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2410063836503200299.post-14785102006496160792020-05-10T02:31:30.392-07:002020-05-10T02:31:30.392-07:00Well said Martin! I think the current jingoistic f...Well said Martin! I think the current jingoistic flag wavers have lost sight of what and who it's commemorating. Sadly I have no knowledge of my parents VE day; Dad would have been somewhere in the vicinity of Bremen or Hamburg with 52 Lowland (6 Cameronians) with my mother in Northumberland with the Land Army.Neil Pattersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13565511145163341782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2410063836503200299.post-79394830366379814172020-05-09T10:34:15.581-07:002020-05-09T10:34:15.581-07:00It was very nice thanks. Mum said back in 1945 the...It was very nice thanks. Mum said back in 1945 the only drink options were very strong tea so some rather strange reconstituted orange juice (made from powder I guess).<br /> Martin Rapierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16788664847205341619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2410063836503200299.post-13325290751056657322020-05-09T10:29:19.972-07:002020-05-09T10:29:19.972-07:00I haven't got quite as many cap badges as Mont...I haven't got quite as many cap badges as Monty!Martin Rapierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16788664847205341619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2410063836503200299.post-24650488919220045052020-05-09T10:28:50.369-07:002020-05-09T10:28:50.369-07:00That sounds great Kev.That sounds great Kev.Martin Rapierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16788664847205341619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2410063836503200299.post-63384187688235370562020-05-09T03:16:22.062-07:002020-05-09T03:16:22.062-07:00"I don't have much time for the appropria..."I don't have much time for the appropriation of VE Day by little englanders and the current incumbent of 10 Downing Street, but the defeat of Nazi Germany end the end of the Second World War in Europe in 1945 is certainly something to celebrate" - 100% approve of this! Hope you enjoyed your tea.Maudlin Jack Tarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02812453753286494021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2410063836503200299.post-70192622967690763802020-05-09T02:18:12.068-07:002020-05-09T02:18:12.068-07:00Now that's a tasteful and meaningful commemora...Now that's a tasteful and meaningful commemoration. Thanks.<br /><br />Sitting, drinking tea, you reminded me a lot of Montgomery. Perhaps anyone in BD and tank beret would.<br /><br />Cheers<br />AndrewRumblestriphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15458538310473447360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2410063836503200299.post-25391416027911802952020-05-09T00:19:30.864-07:002020-05-09T00:19:30.864-07:00Hello Martin- Recently we remembered ANZAC Day- he...Hello Martin- Recently we remembered ANZAC Day- here in Sydney- this consisted of going to the end of the driveway of our Homes at 6:00am with a hand held candle in the dark...in the distance people could hear the Last Post being played. This gesture was so successful that it may take on in forthcoming years. Regards. KEV.KEV. Robertson.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03057624752614080866noreply@blogger.com