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18 minutes ago, Jacksgranda said:

All the more reason for them to commemorate Remembrance Day, then.

I remember the late, great Gerry Anderson, apropos absolutely nothing as was his wont, informing listeners that his uncle in Donegal had been a prisoner of war of the Japanese. There were a lot of men (and women) from the Free State who fought for the Allies in the Second World War. And were treated appallingly on their return, but that's another story.

Best not mention James Joseph McGennis VC from Belfast.

The Belfast Regime treated SOME VC winners with champaign and chocolates.

Except JJ McGennis for some reason.

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1 minute ago, Tutankhamen said:

Best not mention James Joseph McGennis VC from Belfast.

The Belfast Regime treated SOME VC winners with champaign and chocolates.

Except JJ McGennis for some reason.

Yes I know.

You're going to have to try better than that to get a bite from me.

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11 minutes ago, eez-eh said:

When did Poppy Day become so synonymous with football? I can’t think of any other industry where there’s such uproar if every club/business doesn’t doesn’t try their best to out-remember one another.

No idea. Post 25 years after the Falklands War? It certainly seems to have got completely out of hand these last few years.

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Why would you think that?


Because many sensible people are so hacked off by the circus, well documented on this thread, that they stop participating.
I'd hesitate to call myself sensible but I stopped wearing a poppy years ago...


Or more sensibly

Because last year was the centenary of 1918 so one would have expected a lot more fuss than the previous or following year
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When did Poppy Day become so synonymous with football? I can’t think of any other industry where there’s such uproar if every club/business doesn’t doesn’t try their best to out-remember one another.

Some clubs having poppies as the centre circle is a new level of cringe.
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27 minutes ago, YassinMoutaouakil said:

Guy infront of me in Sainsbury's the other day asked the cashier why she didn't have a Poppy on. Had no idea mentalists like that actually roamed the wild.

None of his f****** business, imho.

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Bottom right is my wife's gramps in a German POW camp 1944,it was a propaganda picture and what you cannot see was a German guard pointing a machine gun at them telling them to smile.Gramps was captured outside Dunkirk 1940 covering the retreat of the BEF.He had 2 rounds of .303 ammo left in his Bren gun when he was captured.

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