tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6307704515809716636.post2607675878369954965..comments2024-03-14T08:01:40.216+00:00Comments on Odd Socks and Pretty Frocks: Lest We ForgetAlexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11337968500120821387noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6307704515809716636.post-71707092070673315982010-11-13T07:16:14.211+00:002010-11-13T07:16:14.211+00:00Thank you so much for sharing this post and pics. ...Thank you so much for sharing this post and pics. The trench pix are horrendous - every young adult should be made to visit these sites of massacre. Thank you for touching on the NZ and Aussie graves - it's a relief to know they're kept in pristine condition. xoPull Your Socks Up!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14147274267016718793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6307704515809716636.post-44433942187905570212010-11-12T19:15:06.167+00:002010-11-12T19:15:06.167+00:00Really brings it home, doesn't it? Some people...Really brings it home, doesn't it? Some people are so brave, I sometimes wonder if I could have done it...MJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15408669052101275922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6307704515809716636.post-20370120347720868092010-11-12T08:02:51.179+00:002010-11-12T08:02:51.179+00:00YES! I love the regeneration trilogy, I've los...YES! I love the regeneration trilogy, I've lost count of how many times I've read it. Amazing.daisychainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13868046557771529750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6307704515809716636.post-88908048688260518652010-11-12T05:06:51.158+00:002010-11-12T05:06:51.158+00:00Im definitely on the same level as you when it com...Im definitely on the same level as you when it comes to tough emotional stuff like wars. Such a wonderful post xLucie - A Taste Of Voguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10488988426819266661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6307704515809716636.post-61893706635104656092010-11-11T22:14:46.798+00:002010-11-11T22:14:46.798+00:00Dear Alex, what a brilliant post. I am rubbish an...Dear Alex, what a brilliant post. I am rubbish and anything to do with war. I find it all far too sad. I still can't watch Schindler's list.<br /><br />The Actor on the other hand is an expert on wars and will watch every war film. We call it war porn.<br /><br />I wish I could deal with it better but I find it all so pointless and tragic. I bought him Letters of a Lost Generation at Christmas last year and it's wonderful. Of course the few I read made me cry. Hope you're good, I've been off radar, I will email you xxChristina @ Fashion's Most Wantedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06583201549332262341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6307704515809716636.post-89188045822951842472010-11-11T18:47:16.342+00:002010-11-11T18:47:16.342+00:00Oh Alex this post is amazing.
Band of Brothers an...Oh Alex this post is amazing.<br /><br />Band of Brothers and Black Adder go forth get me every time.<br /><br />I saw the most amazing WW1 play in London once, it was incredible, my English class slept most of the way through but I was hooked, and in tears.<br /><br />xdaisychainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13868046557771529750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6307704515809716636.post-80071238492496826272010-11-11T17:43:56.232+00:002010-11-11T17:43:56.232+00:00i went to the WW1 trenches in ypres, and i remembe...i went to the WW1 trenches in ypres, and i remember being so shocked that people spend days on end down there fighting. great post xdaniela kate morosinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10547632107855624142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6307704515809716636.post-41037537793475874932010-11-11T17:07:10.579+00:002010-11-11T17:07:10.579+00:00That's a really moving post, Alex. I remember ...That's a really moving post, Alex. I remember studying the war poets at school and being really emotional about what they were communicating. xx<br />http://www.weshopthereforeweare.co.uk/WeShophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07338048565610118057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6307704515809716636.post-68852665576865308852010-11-11T15:59:21.195+00:002010-11-11T15:59:21.195+00:00I've been to Sanctuary Wood and Tyne Cot Cemet...I've been to Sanctuary Wood and Tyne Cot Cemetery too! We went there on our A level history field trip many years ago. We visited several cemeteries, including a German one which was really dark and depressing. Just being over there was very moving and humbling.topchelseagirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03184553018734994467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6307704515809716636.post-61995451365126330272010-11-11T14:25:46.448+00:002010-11-11T14:25:46.448+00:00That poem is so sad, thanks for putting it up. I w...That poem is so sad, thanks for putting it up. I was annoyed today at how few people came downstairs for the 2 minute silence at my work : (<br /><br />I'll have a look at that book, another that's very good is Nella Last's war - observations of housewife 49. She was part of the mass observation project but wrote in loads of detail. Very moving look at the side of the people at the Home Front.<br /><br />Danni xxdannithegirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05140229345350588925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6307704515809716636.post-65432345969468428372010-11-11T12:14:46.385+00:002010-11-11T12:14:46.385+00:00Beautiful Alex, I have been filling up all day. I...Beautiful Alex, I have been filling up all day. It is so important that we go to these places and learn about what happened and make sure that we pass this down through the generations.<br />Kandi xKandihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05765946096687063480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6307704515809716636.post-84509955289342278652010-11-11T09:59:07.818+00:002010-11-11T09:59:07.818+00:00Very emotional and beautiful post, thank you xVery emotional and beautiful post, thank you x**https://www.blogger.com/profile/03089458335448729225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6307704515809716636.post-58815688241659215812010-11-11T09:38:40.053+00:002010-11-11T09:38:40.053+00:00Mr D and I have long been discussing doing a simil...Mr D and I have long been discussing doing a similar trip. That last poem is so sad, it got me quite teary xPenny Dreadful Vintagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00658769790784076024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6307704515809716636.post-27824095604031962082010-11-11T09:19:56.894+00:002010-11-11T09:19:56.894+00:00I'm surprised and pleased at how many blogs th...I'm surprised and pleased at how many blogs this morning have mentioned Armistice Day. I visited Ypres a few years back and it really touched me - although we were only there a day and arrived too late for the trip to the cemeteries, we went to the War museum and visited some of the graves and went to the Menin Gate for the Last Post. And I agree, it's the graves of 'A Soldier of the Great War' which are th most upsetting. <br /><br />Lest we forget. <br /><br />And my phone at work had better not ring at five to eleven like it did last year either!Lucy in the Cloudshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12950976124841220605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6307704515809716636.post-33306698140958434852010-11-11T08:51:17.474+00:002010-11-11T08:51:17.474+00:00What an inspiring post, Alex!
I have to admit, I ...What an inspiring post, Alex! <br />I have to admit, I haven't really ever learnt much about either war, so I guess I go along in a kind of blissful ignorance about it..A couple of friends have fought in Iraq and Afghan, and my great-granfather lied about his age so he could fight in WW2, but wouldn't speak about it when he came home, apparently. <br />But I'll be partaking in the silence anyway.charhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01424341312136077664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6307704515809716636.post-3901633661553258532010-11-11T07:48:56.891+00:002010-11-11T07:48:56.891+00:00Oh, that muddy trench is heartbreaking. Very apt p...Oh, that muddy trench is heartbreaking. Very apt post for today.<br />There's the fascinating German Cemetery over on Cannock Chase which always brings home the futility of war, hundreds of pristine plots sometimes bearing only the words, German Solider.<br />Give Birdsong another try. xxxVixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05263970600699632661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6307704515809716636.post-23559401211290154002010-11-11T05:20:51.848+00:002010-11-11T05:20:51.848+00:00Crikey,that's a bit maudlin.Sorry!!!
Touched a...Crikey,that's a bit maudlin.Sorry!!!<br />Touched a nerve,that did! xxxxxxHelgahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06746988714522496958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6307704515809716636.post-11995028269537189632010-11-11T05:20:13.332+00:002010-11-11T05:20:13.332+00:00O,jeez,you're gonna get me going now.....I'...O,jeez,you're gonna get me going now.....I'm tremendously fascinated by the two wars,particularly the second,as my father fought in Tarakan,somewhere off Borneo,against the Japanese,and he never got over it.Nor did he ever talk about it.G's father was with the forces that occupied Japan just after the end. G and I visited Gallipoli some years ago,as many Kiwis & Aussies do,and it just ripped us to bits.<br />This is a beautiful post,darling,about a gut wrenching reality that just doesn't seem to end.<br />Anzac Day is massive in our parts;I must go to the dawn parade and wear my Daddy's medals one of these days.<br />I'll check out Letters from a Lost Generation,as I don't mind a good weep.I actually have a book on Tarakan-Daddy was once looking at it in a bookshop,and a youngish man noticed,and asked him if he had been in the war.Daddy said yes,he had,and the man bought him the book.How amazing and respectful is that?! I haven't been able to face reading it yet,though,as Daddy has marked bits in it,and I think I'm scared to face what HE faced.I will read it one day.He ended up with dementia;the doctors think it was because he was traumatised by the war,and eventually his mind just gave up.So sad.<br />Bless,darling,I've said it before,and I'll say it again-you're a treasure!<br />xxxHelgahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06746988714522496958noreply@blogger.com