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Category: Remembrance
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A short spell of time out of the natural day to recall those fallen
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#remembrance #memorial #armistice #war They gathered in the square about the stone pillar their number there to remember those who sleep on foreign battlegrounds names etched with care – on pillars while keeping watch – a soldier or lion and as time hits the hour the silence fills the air as respect to the fallen…
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Salford 10th November 2019 Carved into hewn stone each name mentioned someone who never came home now remembered for their actions on those fateful campaigns the list of names shines in the sun as the sun shines on each of their names poppies resting at the foot of the memorial as held silence is observed,…
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IWM North, Trafford, Manchester , 5th October 2018 #octpowrimo A year to remember else everyone forgets the sacrifice of those who joined up fighting for king and country each one now a memory flowing down from the earth a century later
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Red poppies are flowing down the top of the earth shard of IWM North Each poppy was created to remember those who fell in the war to end all wars Memorial to the host of soldiers who went to the front Expecting to be home by Christmas Men not only from the home nations, But…
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11th November 2017 As the accord was signed Regiments over the battlefields of europe Made safe their weaponry, as commanding officers Instructed their men to stop shooting So they stayed at their post Till the time was declared by those in charge It’s time for the firing to stop , lads – Come back home,…
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11th November 2016 Imperial War Museum North, Trafford, Manchester It was Armistice Day today I was attending Imperial war museum north, in preparation for their Volunteer Celebration Choir with the Museum of Science and Industry and The Manchester Museum But for Two minutes today – we stood in silence to remember those who fought and were lost…
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Candle Sat in solemnity the light brightens the dark of midnight Prayer for a loved one the young old, the sick, the traveller, kept in a moment of action The light travels far directing the thoughts of those who’s thinking about their own And the wax melts tears of sadness or joy…
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It was Remembrance Sunday today. I went to church this morning at Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St Josephs RC in Ordsall, Salford, where we remembered all those who fell in conflict. The church Belfry was rebuilt in 1924 as a Memorial to those who died in the first world war and the Altar Windows…
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A poem commemorating the anniversary of world war I, The shells were stopped and Rifles were dropped on a place , of a Belgian field war was ceased, and peace revealed on a field in Flanders. A Silence fell, on this muddy hell Release and Relief showed on the face of every Brit and German…
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