Remembering

Hayley and Tilly at the Lychgate of St. Cuthbert’s in Allendale ...

A day of remembering was brought to an end with communal singing in the Church Hall (including Pack up Your Troubles and Keep the Home Fires Burning) and a beacon bonfire was lit on Lonkley Head above the village to symbolise the ‘light of peace’ ...


On a more political note ...

I do find it bizarre that The Daily Mail, The Express And The Sun are outraged about the Leader of Her Majesty’s Opposition’s coat and the size of the poppy he was wearing at the Cenotaph today but remain silent when it comes to the number of ex-servicemen who are homeless and living rough on our streets and those ex-service personnel who are caught up in the Universal Credit fiasco and are having to use foodbanks regularly and those ex-servicemen and women who are suffering from PTSD without support and the rising concerns about suicide rates amongst military veterans.

And as for the politicians and ex-politicians who were laying wreaths at the Cenotaph with him, including Blair ...