Yesterday was Remembrance Sunday which for me always started the day before polishing up ones shoes and then getting permission to stay up to watch the Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance on the Saturday seeing the different arms of the Services and hearing inspiring stories and poignant reminders of the sacrifice given.
It was also something to see them all in full highly polished uniform.
Parades on Remembrance Sunday are etched into my memories, marching with the local Scout Group from the community hall to the church for the afternoon service.
Having laid it and stood back, you are stuck with the sobering realization of the loss not least as minutes before you heard the Post and the Roll Call of those who lost their lives.
"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We Will remember them"
From the poem "For The Fallen" by Laurence Binyon.
Interesting to see that the two tallest boys are the only ones wearing shorts.
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