Important reminder.....
 

Its the time of year to remember those who gave their tomorrow for our today

Poppies, get them on guys & girls

chop :)

Meanwhile, British troops are dying in Helmand.

It's a funny old world.

i'll be sure to pass your gratitude onto my grandfather.

Quite right Chopper!

Les

Interesting point, thats made me think quite a bit but not sure what to say.

Apart from the thought of even more soilders dying makes me sad :(

chop

Just a shame that most of the youth these days don't give a sh1t that our grandfathers died so they could get p1ssed on the street robbing OAP's, and stealing cars. :mad:

It's hard to imagine what young men went through all those years ago, but watching the opening sequence to `Saving Private Ryan` makes me very thankfull I wasn't born back then.

Chopper, Sting's song "Children's Crusade" made the parallel in 1984. I then updated it. Glad you got the reference.

Young men, soldiers, nineteen fourteen
Marching through countries they'd never seen
Virgins with rifles, a game of charades
All for a children's crusade

Pawns in the game are not victims of chance
Strewn on the fields of Belgium and France
Poppies for young men, death's bitter trade
All of those young lives betrayed

The children of England would never be slaves
They're trapped on the wire and dying in waves
The flower of England face down in the mud
And stained in the blood of a whole generation

Corpulent generals safe behind lines
History's lessons drowned in red wine
Poppies for young men, death's bitter trade
All of those young lives betrayed
All for a children's crusade

The children of England would never be slaves
They're trapped on the wire and dying in waves
The flower of England face down in the mud
And stained in the blood of a whole generation

Midnight in Soho nineteen eighty four
Fixing in doorways, opium slaves
Poppies for young men, such bitter trade
All of those young lives betrayed
All for a children's crusade

For anyone interested in selling them here is the link to contact your local Royal British Legion Rep

The Royal British Legion - misc - Poppy People wanted

Anyone goes selling them near buckingham palace will be in for a turf war with me :D

chop