[Misc] Royal British Legion Festival Of Remembrance

[dsr-burnley]

On that theme, brilliant from Alexandra Burke and accompanying players - beautifully done….

She was quite awesome in the SAS celebrity thing as well. Think she gets it.

I wasn't impressed at all. By putting in all those extraneous twiddly bits, she seemed to be trying to make it more about herself than about the hymn. (And she got out of time with the band on one line.)

I agree with the earlier post that it was better when it was a military memorial rather than a pop concert. (I miss the sailors dressing the mast, too, but they stopped doing that years ago.)

 

[dazzer6666]

I wasn't impressed at all. By putting in all those extraneous twiddly bits, she seemed to be trying to make it more about herself than about the hymn. (And she got out of time with the band on one line.)

I agree with the earlier post that it was better when it was a military memorial rather than a pop concert. (I miss the sailors dressing the mast, too, but they stopped doing that years ago.)

Fair enough. Compared with the traditionally screechy versions we get at sports events, I thought she was much, much better though

 

[Charlies Shinpad]

Just need to bring back The Royal Tournament now.

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[LamieRobertson]

Great playing of The Last Post at The Remembrance Service

 

[Bry Nylon]

Just need to bring back The Royal Tournament now.

My initial reaction would to be say ‘yes’ - my parents, both ex- forces, used to take me to the Royal Tournament at Earls Court every year when I was a kid and it was a fantastic and inspiring occasion.

However, you just know that if they brought it back they would feel compelled to ‘re-imagine’ it for the twenty first century and it would be awful. It would end up like a cross between Countryfile and Blue Peter.

Sadly, probably best to leave it as we remember it.

 

[Charlies Shinpad]

My initial reaction would to be say ‘yes’ - my parents, both ex- forces, used to take me to the Royal Tournament at Earls Court every year when I was a kid and it was a fantastic and inspiring occasion.

However, you just know that if they brought it back they would feel compelled to ‘re-imagine’ it for the twenty first century and it would be awful. It would end up like a cross between Countryfile and Blue Peter.

Sadly, probably best to leave it as we remember it.

Sadly your probably right.

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[dazzer6666]

My initial reaction would to be say ‘yes’ - my parents, both ex- forces, used to take me to the Royal Tournament at Earls Court every year when I was a kid and it was a fantastic and inspiring occasion.

However, you just know that if they brought it back they would feel compelled to ‘re-imagine’ it for the twenty first century and it would be awful. It would end up like a cross between Countryfile and Blue Peter.

Sadly, probably best to leave it as we remember it.

…..plus the Health and Safety lot would ruin it. Seem to recall injuries were quite normal. Great spectacle though

 

[Algernon]

I know it's a sombre occasion but thought that all the Royals with the exception of William looked particularly down, drawn, and in very deep thought this morning. Even Camilla seemed to have a catch in her throat when singing the last line of the National Anthem.
I hope HM The Queen recovers soon.

 

[Moshe Gariani]

I know it's a sombre occasion but thought that all the Royals with the exception of William looked particularly down, drawn, and in very deep thought this morning. Even Camilla seemed to have a catch in her throat when singing the last line of the National Anthem.
I hope HM The Queen recovers soon.

Good spot. Charles looked close to tears in front of the cenotaph. Could be a couple of days off work coming up.

 

[Dick Swiveller]

I know it's a sombre occasion but thought that all the Royals with the exception of William looked particularly down, drawn, and in very deep thought this morning. Even Camilla seemed to have a catch in her throat when singing the last line of the National Anthem.
I hope HM The Queen recovers soon.

Twitter has London Bridge trending with people thinking the same. If and when it does happen, why don't they just say? Why the long drawn out procedure where the public are last to know?

 

[West Hoathly Seagull]

My initial reaction would to be say ‘yes’ - my parents, both ex- forces, used to take me to the Royal Tournament at Earls Court every year when I was a kid and it was a fantastic and inspiring occasion.

However, you just know that if they brought it back they would feel compelled to ‘re-imagine’ it for the twenty first century and it would be awful. It would end up like a cross between Countryfile and Blue Peter.

Sadly, probably best to leave it as we remember it.

They did bring back a private version a few years ago, called the British Military Tournament, organised by the Army Benevolent Fund (ABF). My folks and I went for a few years, and took some Albion friends one year (one of whom is ex-RN). The best one was in 2010, where they reenacted an ambush on a Taliban post, using a garden shed, which they actually blew up in the arena. This was so realistic it was frightening. They also did a scene from War Horse, and the Joey model was brilliantly authentic too. However, I felt in later years that they tried too hard to be clever, and eventually they couldn't get the necessary sponsorship (the MoD didn't give it any funding), and Earls Court was closing to be redeveloped into housing, so it packed up.

The feature that really melted me today was one on a young soldier from Montserrat who was killed in action (in Afghanistan, I think). His family had moved over here following the volcanic eruption, and he was the main male figure in his family. It ripped them apart, and his mother died recently, having never really recovered from losing her son, leaving a younger sister and brother behind. I know most military loss stories are deeply moving, but this one particularly got to me.

 

[beorhthelm]

Twitter has London Bridge trending with people thinking the same. If and when it does happen, why don't they just say? Why the long drawn out procedure where the public are last to know?

dont know why buy in to the twitter "we're not being told something" rumour mill? there is zero reason to withhold such news, when it happens they'll say so.

 

[Dick Swiveller]

dont know why buy in to the twitter "we're not being told something" rumour mill? there is zero reason to withhold such news, when it happens they'll say so.

I'm not "buying in" to anything - hence I said if and when she dies. I am querying Operation London Bridge and why it has to work its way through government channels with x telling y before they tell her actual subjects.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_London_Bridge

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Good spot. Charles looked close to tears in front of the cenotaph. Could be a couple of days off work coming up.

He did and they all appeared somewhat distracted

 

[KZNSeagull]

Mrs KZN and I both noticed that the national anthem seemed to be belted out with much more gusto than normal at the Cenotaph. Sounded like a rugby crowd. Hopefully Mrs Queen really has just got a bad back.

 

[Southern Scouse]

I’m not sure Britain will ever be the same when she goes.
Considering this was the only event she really wanted to do this year, a small back sprain would seem an unlikely cause.

 

[BrianB]

Twitter has London Bridge trending with people thinking the same. If and when it does happen, why don't they just say? Why the long drawn out procedure where the public are last to know?

Could be that ' the powers that be ' want to bury a particularly controversial alteration to the Northern Ireland Agreement ?.
I guess we'll just have to wait and see .

 

[Dick Swiveller]

He did and they all appeared somewhat distracted

Probably just because it was the first one since his father died.

 

[jakarta]

Could be that ' the powers that be ' want to bury a particularly controversial alteration to the Northern Ireland Agreement ?.
I guess we'll just have to wait and see .

The 'powers that be' - would they be the Illuminati?

Pathetic post...

 

[Charlies Shinpad]

…..plus the Health and Safety lot would ruin it. Seem to recall injuries were quite normal. Great spectacle though

I used to watch the Field Gun Crew training at Whale Island when I based there back in the day.
Nothing out of the ordinary to see a broken arm or leg every day or two, plus a dislocation of a finger or fingers were common practice back then.

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