God Bless The Fallen 1914-1918

shakennstirred · 11th November 2008, 11:46

God Bless all that fell in the great war
today at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month
the great war ended

majedm75 · 11th November 2008, 11:51

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Originally Posted by shakennstirred

God Bless all that fell in the great war
today at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month
the great war ended

Is it a holiday like here in France today?

JohnDotCom · 11th November 2008, 12:10

I take it that was after they re floated it this Morning?

Yes at the Airport we Stopped work for 2 Minutes silence (except in Control Tower).

desperado · 11th November 2008, 13:35

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Originally Posted by majedm75

Is it a holiday like here in France today?

no but it should be .

windrush · 11th November 2008, 13:46

I was in the hospital out patients today at 11 am and we stood for the 2 minutes silence

stocktake · 11th November 2008, 14:37

I pulled up in a layby at the side of the road. Amazing what you see when you look around, many people just carrying on with the day to day chores but also some that had obvoiusly made a deliberate action to stop what they were doing.

majedm75 · 11th November 2008, 15:46

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Originally Posted by desperado

no but it should be .

Totally agree. This is why we have a day off today

podge · 11th November 2008, 22:10

Whats two minutes when you think what the Fallen, old and new have given.Seeing the three old boys from The Great War was very touching.P.

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JohnDotCom * Rover 75 FaceLift Tourer CDTi 170BHP Auto ConnSE 2005 Model Starlight Silver Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Abergele Posts: 28,735 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	I take it that was after they re floated it this Morning? Yes at the Airport we Stopped work for 2 Minutes silence (except in Control Tower).