Ceremony at school followed by the usually minute of silence at 11:00 where some people were rude enough to talk and laugh while the trumpet playedand supporting the Legion by entering an art contest and buying a poppy. All which is really quite ordinary.
"One Ring to rule them all, one Ring to find them -"
"Hey dude! Wrong place! This isn't The Lord of the Rings."
"Really? Are you sure . . . I mean . . ."
"I'm sure now go! Yeah now get out of the spotlight. I have some Deepground soldiers to shoot."
It's known as Rememberance Day or Armistice Day in Europe, and is also marked on the Sunday after the 11th.
There was a mini-service at St Benedict's church war memorial in the high street; pretty much everyone about at the time stopped there to pay their respects. I was passing through on the way back from the council office, so stopped for a while. There was a veteran from every section of the British Armed Forces raising a standard to the Last Post.
It was all very emotional. It always brings a lump to my throat.
"...For the stronger we our houses do build,
The less chance we have of being killed." ~ William Topaz McGonagall (1830-1902)
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