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[hrpearce]

The new principal at the state school the boys atend had a remberance assembly with a minutes silance, something the last two principals didn't do. Unfortunatly I was driving a semi on a narrow road so I couldn't stop.

[Howard]

In the minutes leading up to 11:00 at work things went bezerk and absolute chaos rained down. Much to my own embarrassment all of this activity caused me to forget what time of day it was.... Until my work colleague heard the bugles sounding the last post on the radio (which I could not hear from my position)...
We all immediately stopped our activity (six of us in the office) until the minute was over.
This sort of surprised me because the colleague who called for the silence has never outwardly expressed reverence for our servicemen/women.
As each Remberance Day & ANZAC day passes, there are fewer & fewer veterans within our small community. It is good to see that it is not only a select group who are determined to keep their memory alive. I have noticed an increasing number of people gain a deeper respect for those who serve compared to when I was a young bloke 20/30 years ago.
Lest we forget.
My son Sid has just told me their school paused for a minutes silence, too. Excellent.

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by Howard

In the minutes leading up to 11:00 at work things went bezerk and absolute chaos rained down. Much to my own embarrassment all of this activity caused me to forget what time of day it was.... Until my work colleague heard the bugles sounding the last post on the radio

Hi Howard,

I was in my workshop Friday morning and lost track of time, then heard Big Ben chiming on the radio from another unit in the yard. Stopped work and stood between two old WW2 warhorses to reflect, and thinking what scenes they might have been in.

There is definitely a raised interest in the Rememberance now, probably due to current conflict bringing it home to the younger ones who have friends out there.

regards, Richard

[Jon Skagfeld]

Here, in the small village of Chatsworth near Owen Sound Ontario, we had about 3" of snow overnight.

By morning, the roads were clear but whilst marching into the Cenotaph area, it was a bit difficult maintaining step. Since there's no words of command as to to "Mush while wearing mukluks and snowshoes", we slogged on anyway.

Looks like the whole village turned out. Like Jordan said, just toward the end of the ceremony, damned if a beam of sunlight shone down!

Good omen, good parade, good eats afterward.

[Little Jo]

Hi All

Some very interesting comments comming through and from what I read a few hiccups as well.

Here in South Australia Adelaide radio reported the day before 11-11-11 that the government hospitals, apart from the repatriation hospital, would not observe the 11 o'clock minutes silence and the hospitals could not use their internal speakers to commemorate the event as some people would get upset. This caused a huge backlash on talkback radio resulting in the government changing their instruction and allowing the hospitals to observe this historic moment. It appears they had recieved "One" complaint.


LEST WE FORGET

Cheers

Tony

[Richard Coutts-Smith]

Two of my kids were present for the wreath laying ceremony as airforce cadets, both found how difficult it is to stand still for a length of time, they had to stand down before they fell down.
Over the years Remberance Day seems to have dwindled, while ANZAC day grows ever bigger and I believe that it is the focus for most Aussies.
Twenty plus years ago any workplace I was in would shut down for 11.00, and the week before hand Poppy Sellers were allowed on site. In my experience this is now quite rare.
Just checked with the young generation trying to push me off the computer, they are not aware of the significance of the Poppy......Well I can rectify that much.
Rich.

[Bob McNeill]

Quite a large crowd attended, with several schools sending reps to lay wreaths. maybe 40 vets and 10 current servicemen. only drama, the council supplied mike and speakers didn,t work, but the message came thru, a good show.