New Posts For Thread: Yet again the BBC make a special dayhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31595639/yet-again-the-bbc-make-a-special-dayFor feminism . ReallySome young girl about 13 movingly read out an anonymous but well known poem:Why do you march old man,With medals on your chest,Why do you grieve old man,For those men you laid to rest,Why do your eyes gleam old man,When you hear the pupils blow,Why dhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31595639/yet-again-the-bbc-make-a-special-day?post_id=558301803#558301803Some young girl about 13 movingly read out an anonymous but well known poem:Why do you march old man,With medals on your chest,Why do you grieve old man,For those men you laid to rest,Why do your eyes gleam old man,When you hear the pupils blow,Why dSun, 10 Nov 2019 11:56:08 -0600Went to the local (West Brom) Memorial Day this morning. Quite a good turn out of, I'd estimate, 4,000. Quite noticeable that virtually everyone was white. That may have been down to another similar event at Smethwick (about three miles away) which hhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31595639/yet-again-the-bbc-make-a-special-day?post_id=558301737#558301737Went to the local (West Brom) Memorial Day this morning. Quite a good turn out of, I'd estimate, 4,000. Quite noticeable that virtually everyone was white. That may have been down to another similar event at Smethwick (about three miles away) which hSun, 10 Nov 2019 11:41:12 -0600they have form remember Vichy ho ho hohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31595639/yet-again-the-bbc-make-a-special-day?post_id=558301071#558301071they have form remember Vichy ho ho hoSun, 10 Nov 2019 10:01:27 -0600One of the nastiest campaigns of WW2 involving non-British forces was that in Syria and Lebanon in 1941. A British-led force of Indians, Australians, Free French, Jordanians, Czechs and Jewish Palestinians fought a bloody conflict against ... the Frehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31595639/yet-again-the-bbc-make-a-special-day?post_id=558300895#558300895One of the nastiest campaigns of WW2 involving non-British forces was that in Syria and Lebanon in 1941. A British-led force of Indians, Australians, Free French, Jordanians, Czechs and Jewish Palestinians fought a bloody conflict against ... the FreSun, 10 Nov 2019 09:27:41 -0600They are ALL remeberedhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31595639/yet-again-the-bbc-make-a-special-day?post_id=558300787#558300787They are ALL remeberedSun, 10 Nov 2019 09:09:41 -0600I remember that alunIt amazed me at the time...if Ghurkhas had not earnt their place in this country I do not know who had?They were in the Falkland as well..well done Joanna LumleyA lot of commonwealth troops died for us in both wars and not all whihttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31595639/yet-again-the-bbc-make-a-special-day?post_id=558300783#558300783I remember that alunIt amazed me at the time...if Ghurkhas had not earnt their place in this country I do not know who had?They were in the Falkland as well..well done Joanna LumleyA lot of commonwealth troops died for us in both wars and not all whiSun, 10 Nov 2019 09:08:53 -0600The Gurkhas have been magnificent servants to this country, for the best part of two centuries. Loyal to the Crown. During the last dark days of the Brown Government, some of the Gurkhas wanted the right to settle in Britain. They would have lost thahttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31595639/yet-again-the-bbc-make-a-special-day?post_id=558300673#558300673The Gurkhas have been magnificent servants to this country, for the best part of two centuries. Loyal to the Crown. During the last dark days of the Brown Government, some of the Gurkhas wanted the right to settle in Britain. They would have lost thaSun, 10 Nov 2019 08:54:01 -0600It still makes me wonder why they would fight for us but then who would want to be further in the mire re japan - better the devil you known than that lot of maniacs.We were lucky to have them.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31595639/yet-again-the-bbc-make-a-special-day?post_id=558300635#558300635It still makes me wonder why they would fight for us but then who would want to be further in the mire re japan - better the devil you known than that lot of maniacs.We were lucky to have them.Sun, 10 Nov 2019 08:47:27 -0600I remember reading 40 years ago about 'foreigners' fighting for good old blighty - particularly in the desert.Large numbers of commonwealth troops. Huge numbers of Indians there and against Japan.I have always been amazed at South Africans fighting thttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31595639/yet-again-the-bbc-make-a-special-day?post_id=558300617#558300617I remember reading 40 years ago about 'foreigners' fighting for good old blighty - particularly in the desert.Large numbers of commonwealth troops. Huge numbers of Indians there and against Japan.I have always been amazed at South Africans fighting tSun, 10 Nov 2019 08:45:31 -0600I think it's mentioning it at all that gets up people's noses. Certainly the type that posts here anyway.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31595639/yet-again-the-bbc-make-a-special-day?post_id=558300579#558300579I think it's mentioning it at all that gets up people's noses. Certainly the type that posts here anyway.Sun, 10 Nov 2019 08:36:11 -0600