Remembrance Sunday 2018 by quietpurplehaze

Remembrance Sunday 2018

Ray told me that the flintstone wall which encloses the local churchyard was decorated with hand-knitted/crocheted poppies. So I took my camera down to have a look.

I found poppies on the wall, poppies cascading from one window and poppies on the grass among the gravestones.

More floral decorations inside and also footage from WW1 being played on a screen in front of the altar. I really liked this idea of making some attempt to imagine the unimaginable: what it must have been like for those soldiers.

I also think today of my dad spending four years away from home in WW2, three of those years in PoW camps in N Africa and Europe.

The diary he kept for the duration was very detailed and, interviewed about his wartime experiences by the Imperial War Museum when he was 61, he said:

"I haven't yet been able to get it published because it just contains the humdrum life in camp but maybe one day I'll be able to. I don't know."

If only he could know......

And thanks to Ian Douglas for his generosity of time and expertise in the publication, and to all my friends who have been interested to read it and have not found it 'humdrum':

'Till We Meet Again: Gunner Bert Martin': 1941 to 1945 (Amazon: paperback/kindle)
Beautiful words and photo Hazel. Your dad would have been very proud!
November 11th, 2018  
Wonderful collage and narrative Hazel
November 11th, 2018  
A wonderful collage and tribute. I am sure your Dad will be with you today and be so proud of your achievements in getting his book published.
November 11th, 2018  
Great words and photo’s, your dad would have loved them!
November 11th, 2018  
A lovely collage and tribute Hazel :)
November 11th, 2018  
Nice collage, you do these so well.
November 11th, 2018  
Lovely collage
November 11th, 2018  
That's a very poignant combination. And I love your book.
November 11th, 2018  
@laroque

That’s a very encouraging comment, thank you, Tim.
November 11th, 2018  
A wonderful collage and tribute Hazel
November 11th, 2018  
This is just wonderful - thx for amazon link
November 11th, 2018  
A fabulous collage and wonderful tribute.
November 11th, 2018  
Bep
A wonderful collage, Hazel, and a lovely tribute to your Dad.
November 11th, 2018  
I for one am so pleased you did, its a wonderful tribute beautifully captured and presented Hazel:)
November 11th, 2018  
Excellent collage of tribute shots
November 11th, 2018  
A beautiful remembrance.
November 11th, 2018  
Nice images in tribute.
November 11th, 2018  
Great collage :)
November 11th, 2018  
it is a beautiful and respectful montage haze
November 12th, 2018  
Cool collage.
November 12th, 2018  
Great tribute.
November 12th, 2018  
@samae

I hope you will enjoy the book!
November 15th, 2018  
@pcoulson

Peter, thank you for your lovely words.
November 15th, 2018  
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