We Will Remember Them…

Church newsletter article, 13.11.11 These are words that will have been or will be spoken many times either on Friday or today as the country remembers those killed or wounded in military service for Britain over the years. It is good and right that we don’t forget – a central pattern in the Old Testament …

The end…

The end to the final series of Blackadder, Blackadder Goes Forth. Possibly the best commentary on war.

Lest We Forget

This morning I joined a class of Primary School children on a wild, wet and windy walk to the War Memorial in Broxbourne to mark Armistice Day. Poppies were worn, Laurence Binyon’s ‘For The Fallen’ was read, followed by a prayer and two minutes silence before our damp and thoughtful chain returned. Remembering has always …