By: Radpoe Meteor - 19th July 2012 at 01:42
but this sight off the A303 inpressed me, saddened me and made me proud….
Thanks for sharing Tony, I like this:)
I have field next to my bungalow which has a couple of rows of poppies amongst the the crop growing there, only yesterday I mentioned to my wife that I should photgraph them. Now I’ve seen your picture I’m inspired to get the camera out asap.
regards Rad
By: Rocketeer - 18th July 2012 at 21:45
Great replies chaps…..good students….thanx
By: paul178 - 18th July 2012 at 21:42
DragonRapide, Everything to do with historic aviation Think of all the RFC who also died there and their opponants.
I also echo Andy in Beds words!
By: Andy in Beds - 18th July 2012 at 21:10
After a day walking in the footsteps of the Tommies, we reached the Menin Gate; and there, in front of hundreds of people, they showed their new-found respect by marching out and laying a wreath for the Fallen.
They are still talking about how good it felt to make that public demonstration of respect.
Please keep up the good work and pass my thanks on to your students.
By: DragonRapide - 18th July 2012 at 20:50
I have always tried to “spread the word” to young people, and I was in Ypres last Thursday for the day with three of my students (excluded from other schools, not very good at thinking about other people). They thought the day would be running around having fun in trenches; the first thing I showed them was the grave of a soldier just their age…
After a day walking in the footsteps of the Tommies, we reached the Menin Gate; and there, in front of hundreds of people, they showed their new-found respect by marching out and laying a wreath for the Fallen.
They are still talking about how good it felt to make that public demonstration of respect.
Nothing to do with historic aviation, but important nevertheless!
By: paul178 - 18th July 2012 at 20:14
Two of my relatives died in the mud in “wipers” and have no known grave. I have been their and had to leave as I was too choked up to stay. “The war to end all wars”
Will people ever learn?
By: DragonRapide - 18th July 2012 at 19:42
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
Last Thursday, I was standing on the spot where that poem was written!
The Advanced Dressing Station at Essex Farm Cemetery, just north of Ypres.
Very moving poem
By: Ant.H - 18th July 2012 at 16:15
Okay, I take it back. 🙂
By: AlanR - 18th July 2012 at 16:12
Just this once, I don’t think we can blame the Olympics.
I can 🙂
In this case, they spent some time clearing an area of weeds and poppies.
They also filled in a big pothole which had been there for months.
All this was two days before the torch-relay came through. It wasn’t in a fire
risk area.
It was a great shame, as the poppies brightened the area up.
By: Ant.H - 18th July 2012 at 15:32
They cut them all down a couple of weeks ago, when the Olympic flame came through 😡
Just this once, I don’t think we can blame the Olympics. It’s the policy of the powers that be to keep grasses and other vegetation down to reasonable levels during the summer months to prevent grass fires and so on. A bit laughable in the current climate really.
Anyway, getting firmly back on topic, thanks for the picture Rocketeer. As others have said, it’s difficult not to turn our thoughts toward remembrance when we see a sight like this.
By: AlanR - 18th July 2012 at 12:21
I always love the sight of Poppies.
We had some on a roundabout close to us.
They cut them all down a couple of weeks ago, when the Olympic flame came through 😡
By: Rocketeer - 18th July 2012 at 11:58
It is amazing how symbolic the poppy is. I posted the photo on the WW2aircraft.net forum…it has such significance in the UK and Commonwealth countries but I explained the significance for US forumites.
By: oldgit158 - 18th July 2012 at 11:02
That photo scene Tony is a sea of thoughts…thank you
By: Arm Waver - 17th July 2012 at 23:34
Oddly I took a photo of Poppies alongside Turweston’s runway on the 8th July and thought of those who trained there, or flew from there and never returned… Had a quite moment of reflection on seeing them.
By: paul178 - 17th July 2012 at 20:58
Thanyou for the picture of “Flanders Poppies”
Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
For all who died to give us freedom, I look at those flowers possibly with the same thoughts as you.
Paul
By: Bob - 17th July 2012 at 20:56
One poppy, or a sea of them, always has me reflecting on the sacrifice of others…
By: Trolly Aux - 17th July 2012 at 20:48
Makes you think does it not? same as the sound of a Merlin.
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