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why is today so important ?

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landraver:
Although I do think you're quite right. At that time Britain was worth defending, so many people in this country have forgotten what its all about. The majority of people nowadays have no idea about the sacrifices these people made. Was it worth it? I don't want to be flippant but could things get much worse?

Jeff

Rich_P:
Society wise, probably not much worse.  Government/ruling wise, yes it could be far worse.  But I am not denying that it is still bad as it is now.  :wink:

landraver:
Yes we could have less "freedom" but although the standard of living is supposedly better now, I'd like to see the crime figures for murders, stabbings, rapes, shootings, robbery, gurglary, etc at the beginning of the last century!!

Jeff

Dirty Gertie:
Too right, Kickball? PAH!!
The men commemorated here Are the REAL heroes; the Thiepval Memorial The commemorates almost 73,000 soldiers who died on the Somme battlefields between July 1915 and 20th March 1918 who have no known grave. Included in their number is my Great Uncle Fred Chesterfield of the South Staffordshire Rgt. RIP and thanks.

yer auld aunt nelly:
It still totally awes me just stepping to the fire step,then the jump over the top and in some cases going say FIVE yards before kissing the big one.And doing so having watch your mates go the same way! But it does stun me to think from whistle of at 5.30 in the morning to 1.00 in the afternoon is all it took to wipe out the cream of england.Im sorry but to me an english man that has more reverberation than the WTC  ! Just look at any village hall, memorial and church the length and breth of this country and you will Find HEROES you and i could only hope to be................



  Sorry rant over but this kinda stuff does make me weep at times im not to proud to admit

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