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16th November 2023, 05:07 AM
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Re: London Cenotaph 2023 onwards
As a younger man I too enjoyed dancing.
Lot of the lads did, particularly the horizontal dancing style.
Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
John Strange R737787
World Traveller
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17th November 2023, 12:10 PM
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Re: London Cenotaph 2023 onwards
This Remembrance Sunday also commemorated the 100th Anniversary of the first pardade and wreath laying at Stockton-on-Tees Cenotaph unveiled in 1923, where I have been laying a Merchant Navy wreath for about 30 years, as the only representative of the Forgotten Fourth Service. After laying my own wreath I was asked to help lay another large one by the Royal British Legion, depicting the Army, Navy, Airforce and Merchant Navy combined, the first time this has ever occured. Four of us representing each of the services held our respective corner of this wreath and laid at the end of the service. Proud moment for me.
Stockton-Cenotaph4.jpg.
"Across the seas where the great waves grow, there are no fields for the poppies to grow, but its a place where Seamen sleep, died for their country, for you and for peace" (Billy McGee 2011)
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17th November 2023, 03:26 PM
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Re: London Cenotaph 2023 onwards
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17th November 2023, 08:15 PM
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Re: London Cenotaph 2023 onwards
Hello Billy
You have every reason to be proud. Well done
Brenda
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