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Lest we forget
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Lest we forget
At 11 o clock on the 11th day of the 11th month.
That’s when we all remember Armistice day.
When we all fall silent and remember the young men who lost their lives or returned maimed and injured from the world wars.
We remember they sacrificed an awful lot for us to have a better life.
We also remember the many young men who have safeguarded our country and kept watch on our behalf in many conflicts since and still are today.
Very brave young men and women.
REMEMBER
11 November 2021
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A memory
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I remember first day going to dining room and being given our dinner I thought that's strange battered cod with custard on what they done that for looking to the next boy eating his I realised it was a battered jam sandwich never seen it before in my life
Henry Johnson early 50s
11 November 2021
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The Goldonian1950s
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CORPS OF DRUMS NOTES
The Corps of Drums had a busy day on Remembrance Sunday last year. In the morning they led the British Legion parade at Puckeridge and Drum-Major Stocking and L/Cpl. Bryant sounded the Last Post and Reveille at the laying on of wreaths in the church. In the afternoon they led the parade to Roydon Church and after the service the Last Post and Reveille were played by the whole Corps of Drums and was very impressive; they were congratulated by the Parade Marshal and all present.
Many buglers did duty at the various Remembrance Services in the county and I was very pleased to receive letters of thanks and appreciation from all the churches where the lads were sent in the morning and afternoon.
A. p" CULVER, Captain. O.I.C.
10 November 2021
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Mal
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Well its been a long time since I've been on the guestbook so just thought I would say hello.
Lets hope we are all still keeping safe and well.
We are still having problems with the updating of the site but Dave is still working on it, no one seems interested in old technology I'm afraid, I'm sure there is someone out there.
Xmas is creeping up and is just around the corner, (Messages are always important at Christmas)
Take Care
10 November 2021
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The Goldonian Winter 1956
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HALLOWE'EN
As I watched the children's faces shining in the bonfire's blaze on 5th November, I thought back on my own childhood in Scotland. But at this time of year (31st October actually), we used to celebrate, not Gunpowder Plot, but Hallowe'en, or the eve All Hallow.
Naturally we looked forward to the occasion and prepared well in advance. We made false faces and fancy dresses, and lanterns from hollowed-out turnips. We brushed up our "party pieces" Which we would sing or recite to our friends and parents to earn the traditional apple or penny.
But the climax was our Hallowe'en party, and what a time we had. Our large kitchen was cleared, a big tin bath was produced and filled with water, and lots of red, juicy apples were dropped in. They were given a good "swirl" and then the age-old "dookin for apples" began. We each tried in turn to fork an apple or to lift one out of the bath by biting it and holding it between our teeth. Then we jumped to bite the "treacle scone" suspended almost out of reach, or dug our spoons into the tub of mashed potatoes, hoping that we should be lucky enough to find a silver coin. The party ended, as always, with our turning off the lights, lighting our home-made lanterns and drawing up our chairs to listen to eerie ghost stories in the flickering firelight—always a little bit afraid of the shadows outside our half-circle.
After Hallowe'en we began to think of Christmas, and, as I became older, of New Year's Eve, or Hogmany as we call it. I have always regretted that few people seem to keep Hogmany in the south, and as December draws on I always long to be back with my "ain folk".
MARY HASWELL (Staffs wife)
28 October 2021
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