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My Christmas Wedding Anniversary-Thinking back to Mum and my Husband to be

Hubby and I married on 23rd December 1972. That means that last week, just before Christmas we celebrated our 37th wedding anniversary. That statement evokes such a mixture of feelings. Love, familiarity,...

17 comments    love life advice
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is freedom real

Freedom is banded around too much these days. We talk about the free world, freedom of speech etc. In reality that notion of freedom might actually be an illusion. Through out history people have always...

8 comments    freedom reality hunting
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Brothers in Arms chrarity

Brothers in Arms is a charity setup to raise funds to make a war memorial at Sunderland to remember the heros that have fallen since WWII from the North East. It is fitting that Sunderland should build a...

0 comments    family friends politics
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Rant

Why can I not get away with being an irrational, over sesitive, irritaitng tit who bursts into tears without reason every 28 days. why do people (really!!) look like their dogs. Why do pretentious...

0 comments    women men wear
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“I’ll Be Seeing You in All the Old Familiar Places”

11 November 2006 It is a full hour before the parade starts and I see trucks passing in front of me dropping saw dust onto the black empty streets that are usually thick with sound and metal. “Must be...

0 comments    world war ii united kingdom
Joseph Ambrose, an 86-year-old World War I veteran, attends the dedication day parade for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in 1982, holding the flag that covered the casket of his son, who had been killed in the Korean War.62

Thank you to all my soliders

Usually celebrated on November 11, Veterans Day is an annual American holiday honoring military veterans. It is also celebrated as Armistice Day or Remembrance Day in other parts of the world, the anniversary...

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Veterans Day-God Bless Our Troops

November 11th we will be observing Veterans Day and I for one am proud to honor all our Marines, Airmen, Army, Navy, and Coast guard men and women who are presently wearing or ever have worn an American...

4 comments    music holiday united states
Detail from one of many public scupltures celebrating Liverpool's colourful past.60

More Liverpool Photos

Detail from one of many public scupltures celebrating Liverpool's colourful past. Many of the places photographed by Richard no longer exist, having made way for new enterprise, luxury apartments, hotels and...

0 comments    photography africa liverpool
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Remnants

 This is a poem that was written by my daughter, Sarah, and we are thrilled to share this piece with fellow hubbers.  She is just turning 14 and has been reading various hubs on this site.  She has...

9 comments    poetry war peace
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A Poet of the Great War: Wilfred Owen

Wilfred Edward Salter Owen (1893-1918) was an English poet and soldier. He is regarded by many as the leading poet of "the Great War". His work is shocking and realistic with its focus upon the horrors of...

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