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Post by Timmo on Sept 5, 2021 9:56:31 GMT
Sunday 24th October sees the official dedication and unveiling of the O's Somme Memorial
at the National Memorial Aboretum, at Alrewas, Staffordshire.
This is the first memorial at the NMA to commemorate a football club.
Coaches leave LOSC at 8am. Flat fare is £35. If you would like to attend see
Steve Jenkins in the clubhouse at any home game or call him on 07971 146502.
Or email him at stevejenkins1881@btinternet.com.
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Post by harlowo on Sept 5, 2021 12:59:57 GMT
Is it ok if we drive up there ourselves?
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Post by Timmo on Sept 5, 2021 14:25:44 GMT
Is it ok if we drive up there ourselves? Hello harlowo, yes anyone can make their own way there. The ceremony starts at 2pm. If you are making your own way you need to inform the NMA direct as they need to monitor the numbers. Their website is www.thenma.org.uk |
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Post by harlowo on Sept 5, 2021 14:26:22 GMT
Is it ok if we drive up there ourselves? Hello harlowo, yes anyone can make their own way there. The ceremony starts at 2pm. If you making your own way you need to inform the NMA direct as they need to monitor the numbers. Their website is www.thenma.org.ukThanks Timmo |
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Post by disoriented on Sept 7, 2021 20:37:11 GMT
Excellent work by all concerned.
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Post by redshank on Sept 12, 2021 10:58:12 GMT
It will be in it's proper place.I was thinking a replica could be outside the stadium,or in Coronation Gardens.I will in the long term visit Alrewas and hopefully the Somme.I have watched it on you tube,also the memorial where George Butterworth the composer is remembered.A beautiful place,his own music is being played to the video.George composed the Land of green willows a beautiful piece of music,suitable for any views of our glorious dead.Hard to put into words the loss of our boys at the O's and all others.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them.
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Post by cobbled on Oct 4, 2021 21:43:24 GMT
Brilliant that you are making this happen.
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Post by dennisrofe on Oct 5, 2021 19:02:27 GMT
Brilliant that you are making this happen. You seem to be becoming quite a fan of this Leyton Orient forum, do you also place many comments on the Northampton football club fans forums ?
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Post by Fisch on Oct 5, 2021 23:13:56 GMT
Brilliant that you are making this happen. It's central to being Leyton Orient. Every one of us knows who were William Jonas, Richard McFadden and George Scott. It's how we relate to being a British football team, not just that but it is in our blood. |
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Post by cobbled on Oct 6, 2021 20:17:33 GMT
Brilliant that you are making this happen. You seem to be becoming quite a fan of this Leyton Orient forum, do you also place many comments on the Northampton football club fans forums ?
Sadly, I am not welcome on "The Hotel End". That forum does not welcome the type of open debate that you have here.
I started posting to help you guys understand what a star you have won with Harry Smith. And, now, I just can't help myself.
(I have always had a soft-spot for Orient. You have always played good football, and that is something which is important for me. Even though you beat NTFC every time I see the teams play).
No probs if I get banned from this site. It is yours, and I'm an interloper.
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But, to repeat, it is great that you guys are keeping the memory of players who sacrificed their lives.
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Post by disoriented on Oct 6, 2021 20:22:07 GMT
You seem to be becoming quite a fan of this Leyton Orient forum, do you also place many comments on the Northampton football club fans forums ?
Sadly, I am not welcome on "The Hotel End". That forum does not welcome the type of open debate that you have here.
I started posting to help you guys understand what a star you have won with Harry Smith. And, now, I just can't help myself.
(I have always had a soft-spot for Orient. You have always played good football, and that is something which is important for me. Even though you beat NTFC every time I see the teams play).
No probs if I get banned from this site. It is yours, and I'm an interloper.
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But, to repeat, it is great that you guys are keeping the memory of players who sacrificed their lives.
Well said fella. |
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Post by cobbled on Oct 6, 2021 20:30:27 GMT
Brilliant that you are making this happen. It's central to being Leyton Orient. Every one of us knows who were William Jonas, Richard McFadden and George Scott. It's how we relate to being a British football team, not just that but it is in our blood. That is first class!
NTFC have a great memorial to Walter Tull, just off the "Walter Tull" Roundabout, near the away end at Sixfields. (OK, it is a slab in a bit of rough ground - but, when it has been tended to, it tells a story). If you get to the ground early (when you come up), it is well worth a visit. Just for a moment of contemplation. His story should be a the subject of a Hollywood Movie.
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Post by cobbled on Oct 6, 2021 20:50:04 GMT
It's central to being Leyton Orient. Every one of us knows who were William Jonas, Richard McFadden and George Scott. It's how we relate to being a British football team, not just that but it is in our blood. That is first class!
NTFC have a great memorial to Walter Tull, just off the "Walter Tull" Roundabout, near the away end at Sixfields. (OK, it is a slab in a bit of rough ground - but, when it has been tended to, it tells a story). If you get to the ground early (when you come up), it is well worth a visit. Just for a moment of contemplation. His story should be a the subject of a Hollywood Movie.
Correction..... It is just off the roundabout connecting Walter Tull Way & Edgar Mobbs Way. South of the stadium, over the Pelican Crossing, and in the long grass before you hit the random parking that leads to (what used to be the "South Carpark" and) the Nature Reserve Carpark. |
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Post by dennisrofe on Oct 6, 2021 23:30:25 GMT
You seem to be becoming quite a fan of this Leyton Orient forum, do you also place many comments on the Northampton football club fans forums ?
Sadly, I am not welcome on "The Hotel End". That forum does not welcome the type of open debate that you have here.
I started posting to help you guys understand what a star you have won with Harry Smith. And, now, I just can't help myself.
(I have always had a soft-spot for Orient. You have always played good football, and that is something which is important for me. Even though you beat NTFC every time I see the teams play).
No probs if I get banned from this site. It is yours, and I'm an interloper.
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But, to repeat, it is great that you guys are keeping the memory of players who sacrificed their lives.
You write good and informative comments and speaking for myself, I can think of no reason at all why you should not keep posting as much as you like on this forum. I am fairly sure that others on this Leyton Orient forum have a similar opinion as i do, you are very welcome fellow football supporter ! |
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Post by cobbled on Oct 6, 2021 23:57:35 GMT
Sadly, I am not welcome on "The Hotel End". That forum does not welcome the type of open debate that you have here.
I started posting to help you guys understand what a star you have won with Harry Smith. And, now, I just can't help myself.
(I have always had a soft-spot for Orient. You have always played good football, and that is something which is important for me. Even though you beat NTFC every time I see the teams play).
No probs if I get banned from this site. It is yours, and I'm an interloper.
......
But, to repeat, it is great that you guys are keeping the memory of players who sacrificed their lives.
You write good and informative comments and speaking for myself, I can think of no reason at all why you should not keep posting as much as you like on this forum. I am fairly sure that others on this Leyton Orient forum have a similar opinion as i do, you are very welcome fellow football supporter ! Thank you for your welcoming words.
You are all sound people. And I really wish you all the very best for this season.
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May it continue to be that, the folk who laid down their lives in wars past, did it so that we can all live in peace (aside from the odd ribbing amongst rivals).
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In War, the only winners are those who make money from tragedy. Millions of us plebs have died so that a few can get very rich.
So, us little guys.... why don't we just say "NO" to war, and let the rich guys find a way of making more money from something else? (I have a proposal... but, can you stomach it?)
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Post by dennisrofe on Oct 7, 2021 8:25:28 GMT
You write good and informative comments and speaking for myself, I can think of no reason at all why you should not keep posting as much as you like on this forum. I am fairly sure that others on this Leyton Orient forum have a similar opinion as i do, you are very welcome fellow football supporter ! Thank you for your welcoming words.
You are all sound people. And I really wish you all the very best for this season.
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May it continue to be that, the folk who laid down their lives in wars past, did it so that we can all live in peace (aside from the odd ribbing amongst rivals).
.........
In War, the only winners are those who make money from tragedy. Millions of us plebs have died so that a few can get very rich.
So, us little guys.... why don't we just say "NO" to war, and let the rich guys find a way of making more money from something else? (I have a proposal... but, can you stomach it?) A nice thought indeed. The insane military tactics that were employed in the First World War led to needless mass slaughter on all sides, as the saying goes ''Lions led by Donkeys'' |
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Post by osoldguy on Oct 21, 2021 13:37:49 GMT
Thank you for your welcoming words.
You are all sound people. And I really wish you all the very best for this season.
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May it continue to be that, the folk who laid down their lives in wars past, did it so that we can all live in peace (aside from the odd ribbing amongst rivals).
.........
In War, the only winners are those who make money from tragedy. Millions of us plebs have died so that a few can get very rich.
So, us little guys.... why don't we just say "NO" to war, and let the rich guys find a way of making more money from something else? (I have a proposal... but, can you stomach it?) A nice thought indeed. The insane military tactics that were employed in the First World War led to needless mass slaughter on all sides, as the saying goes ''Lions led by Donkeys'' The slaughter of troops in the various battles of WW1, "the war to end all wars they said" large areas of the UK villages sacrificed their cream of men to fight in honest belief they were fighting for an honourable cause against German and their allies, against German dominance and tyranny. Generals whose strategy mindset had'nt left the days of Waterloo and the Crimea to fight a war, the onset of mechanised warefare and, chemical warfare, with only cloth masks to prevent breathing in mustard gas. It must have been horrendous. We owe so much but people have short memories. The greed and consumerism of today's society. People melting like snowflakes at the thought of wearing a mask to enter public places, anti vaxers who think they are more knowledgeable than Biotech research fellows who have spent years studying various diseases. The mind boggles at their audacity to doubt Scientists who are trying to stem this another virus. |
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Post by disoriented on Oct 22, 2021 20:39:45 GMT
A nice thought indeed. The insane military tactics that were employed in the First World War led to needless mass slaughter on all sides, as the saying goes ''Lions led by Donkeys'' The slaughter of troops in the various battles of WW1, "the war to end all wars they said" large areas of the UK villages sacrificed their cream of men to fight in honest belief they were fighting for an honourable cause against German and their allies, against German dominance and tyranny. Generals whose strategy mindset had'nt left the days of Waterloo and the Crimea to fight a war, the onset of mechanised warefare and, chemical warfare, with only cloth masks to prevent breathing in mustard gas. It must have been horrendous. We owe so much but people have short memories. The greed and consumerism of today's society. People melting like snowflakes at the thought of wearing a mask to enter public places, anti vaxers who think they are more knowledgeable than Biotech research fellows who have spent years studying various diseases. The mind boggles at their audacity to doubt Scientists who are trying to stem this another virus. Excellent post fella. |
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Post by cobbled on Oct 22, 2021 22:09:59 GMT
A nice thought indeed. The insane military tactics that were employed in the First World War led to needless mass slaughter on all sides, as the saying goes ''Lions led by Donkeys'' The slaughter of troops in the various battles of WW1, "the war to end all wars they said" large areas of the UK villages sacrificed their cream of men to fight in honest belief they were fighting for an honourable cause against German and their allies, against German dominance and tyranny. Generals whose strategy mindset had'nt left the days of Waterloo and the Crimea to fight a war, the onset of mechanised warefare and, chemical warfare, with only cloth masks to prevent breathing in mustard gas. It must have been horrendous. We owe so much but people have short memories. The greed and consumerism of today's society. People melting like snowflakes at the thought of wearing a mask to enter public places, anti vaxers who think they are more knowledgeable than Biotech research fellows who have spent years studying various diseases. The mind boggles at their audacity to doubt Scientists who are trying to stem this another virus. The thing to remember is..... It was Austria, not Germany...... Germany got dragged in to a conflict that they did not start. |
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Post by dennisrofe on Oct 23, 2021 10:53:14 GMT
A nice thought indeed. The insane military tactics that were employed in the First World War led to needless mass slaughter on all sides, as the saying goes ''Lions led by Donkeys'' The slaughter of troops in the various battles of WW1, "the war to end all wars they said" large areas of the UK villages sacrificed their cream of men to fight in honest belief they were fighting for an honourable cause against German and their allies, against German dominance and tyranny. Generals whose strategy mindset had'nt left the days of Waterloo and the Crimea to fight a war, the onset of mechanised warefare and, chemical warfare, with only cloth masks to prevent breathing in mustard gas. It must have been horrendous. We owe so much but people have short memories. The greed and consumerism of today's society. People melting like snowflakes at the thought of wearing a mask to enter public places, anti vaxers who think they are more knowledgeable than Biotech research fellows who have spent years studying various diseases. The mind boggles at their audacity to doubt Scientists who are trying to stem this another virus. Great comment and on all the points you raised, you mirror my thoughts as well. |
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