Lest we forget

Good for you Jenny. I'll be watching the Remembrance day service, sadly there are no more veterans from WW1 to pay respect to in person, the last of the last was Henry Allingham.

 

If Jenny has a works pension as well as a State pension she is likely to be a tax payer.

Gift Aid is an excellent way of donating but just as a warning to anyone who isn't a tax payer, if you donate by Gift Aid you may get a bill from the Revenue for the tax that they have given to the charity in your name.

 

Lovely poppy Jenny

We got our poppies the other night, and had a few moments chat with the chap who was selling them - - and knowing me I will end up buying more when I am working this weekend, as I always forget to move my poppy onto my big 'rugby' jacket - - still, I don't mind one jot as its for a good cause.

 

There is apparently some sort of campaign running to have the ceramic poppies kept where they are - - - I think that would be a fitting, permanent reminder of all those fallen for the benefit of us all.

 

Yes for an extra year, which would be great, they have raised £11.2 Million so far. It would give more of us a chance to go and see them, we are not going to be able to get to London before Nov 11th so I'm hoping they do extend, it would raise even more money I'm sure.

 

It's a great memorial, despite the naysayers and that idiotic 'art critic', Jonathan Jones, from the Guardian.

We were going to go up there to see them on Saturday as we were supposed to go to the Lord Mayor's Show. Having seen the amount of people that have already been there and, we understand, it will be even more crowded this weekend, so we have decided not to go.

It's a pity that the poppies won't be there longer as I would like to have seen them and I also have an emotional tie to the Tower.

The debate on the amount of money raised will go on for ages but there's a lot of nonsense spoken about that, too! Whatever the outcome, the charities are happy for the money that has been raised and it has been a good stimulus for youngsters to have learnt something about a war that should never be forgotten.

 

Actually there is an online petition on the gov website for an extra year, it's been going for a while before Boris jumped on the bandwagon.

 

I can't see another year happening. They may be ceramic but they aren't that sturdy. They're going to have to be cleaned before being sent to the purchasers.