tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210813585213368870.post7499042285747661446..comments2023-10-15T09:13:26.776+01:00Comments on The view from the hills: What does Remembrance Day mean for me?GHmltnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08420475365803049630noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210813585213368870.post-80934770307633566532013-12-16T04:27:06.102+00:002013-12-16T04:27:06.102+00:00Thanks for your great information, the contents ar...Thanks for your great information, the contents are quiet interesting.I will be waiting for your next post.<br /><a href="http://www.tutordoctorhometutoring.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">Physics tutor</a><br />Gurjender Singhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13173932996861367886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210813585213368870.post-86633024617738121972012-11-12T17:35:29.735+00:002012-11-12T17:35:29.735+00:00Indeed Gavin. I enjoyed reading your own observat...Indeed Gavin. I enjoyed reading your own observations too. So long as Remembrance events cultivate a spirit of tolerance and understanding I will continue to support them, even if I'm more than a little uncomfortable with some of the "baggage" that comes with them. We all take different things away from Remembrance Sunday in the same way that we all have different experiences and understandings of the role of the military.<br /><br />The thing about my Polish relatives is that I don't know any of them. My grandad died before I was born; the rest of his family remained in Poland as far as we know. Being Jews, we can only guess at what became of them - but clearly my grandad felt there was nothing to go home for. So for us, Remembrance is not so much about remembering facts about people we know, but reflecting on uncertainties that (oddly) are no less real. <br /><br />My mum never wears a poppy. I have to admit that I do, but prefer to wear a white one if possible. <br /><br />"I was making the plea that however you come to this and whatever it is that you care to remember, an act of remembrance of some description is worthy." Absolutely, and in spite of our very different perspectives, this is something we should all agree on.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02027368242570244912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210813585213368870.post-60690398840984238702012-11-12T10:11:39.474+00:002012-11-12T10:11:39.474+00:00Thanks Andrew. I absolutely agree with you. I fo...Thanks Andrew. I absolutely agree with you. I found your Polish perspective fascinating, as I did what you said about someone from Derry. I also thought you said something quite important about heroism and how the combatants themselves often feel about that word. <br /><br />I think it is important that people who wear the poppy respect and understand those who celebrate in different ways. Equally I think those who perhaps feel uncomfortable with our remembrance traditions respect and understand them. I picked out how laudable a tradition I think pacifism is for example.<br /><br />I think I was making the plea that however you come to this and whatever it is that you care to remember, an act of remembrance of some description is worthy. GHmltnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08420475365803049630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210813585213368870.post-74331578592066791202012-11-12T06:39:04.495+00:002012-11-12T06:39:04.495+00:00I don't think Gavin gets it wrong at all. As ...I don't think Gavin gets it wrong at all. As I stated in my own piece, I think Remembrance Day means different things to different people and that we should all respect that!Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02027368242570244912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210813585213368870.post-72704794716899346872012-11-12T01:29:45.622+00:002012-11-12T01:29:45.622+00:00My recollections of my Grandfather were as I remem...My recollections of my Grandfather were as I remembered them from my mum. My brother has been in touch because he recently looked into some family history and the WW1 records. My Grandfather was indeed in tanks but was not at the front until the year after the Somme (where tanks had indeed made their first appearance).<br />My Grandfather Hugh Young - from Darvel in Ayrshire, was posted to France in 1917. He joined the gunners, and then the machine gun corps. He transferred to the tank corps in January 1918 and was wounded at Villers-Bretonnex on April 1918. GHmltnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08420475365803049630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210813585213368870.post-47315718450924668672012-11-12T01:21:44.020+00:002012-11-12T01:21:44.020+00:00Thanks for your comments anyway. It is of course ...Thanks for your comments anyway. It is of course a piece about opinion and how I feel - so in that sense it is spot on. Andrew is saying something different - especially about his Polish relatives and their experience. GHmltnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08420475365803049630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210813585213368870.post-9880640392346339352012-11-11T23:21:57.914+00:002012-11-11T23:21:57.914+00:00Take a look at your fellow Liberal Andrew Page'...Take a look at your fellow Liberal Andrew Page's take on this. He gets it spot on - I'm afraid you don't,Fourfolksachehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12651190231842907126noreply@blogger.com