Two Minutes Silence
Nov. 11th, 2014 12:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
poliphiloWe took my mother to the hairdresser's today, which meant we found ourselves in Paddock Wood for the 2 minutes silence.
We joined the little crowd around the war memorial.
Ailz: "I thought you hated Remembrance."
Me: "This is different. There aren't any kings and queens..."
Ailz: "Or politicians...
Me: Yes.
As it turned out there weren't any parsons either- just members of the British Legion, shoppers and school children with their teachers.
The bugle calls came from over the road. I think they were using the PA system at the railway station.
We joined the little crowd around the war memorial.
Ailz: "I thought you hated Remembrance."
Me: "This is different. There aren't any kings and queens..."
Ailz: "Or politicians...
Me: Yes.
As it turned out there weren't any parsons either- just members of the British Legion, shoppers and school children with their teachers.
The bugle calls came from over the road. I think they were using the PA system at the railway station.
