Hampstead Pals (2024)

10/10/2022

A clue in a crossword this morning - ‘Exaggerated where troops at Ypres had to go.’ (4,3,3). Answers on a post card to ….

07/09/2022

A good mention of our book in London Police Pensioner magazine - stuck between ‘Time for us wrinklies to fight back’ and ‘On yer bike..’ but still okay 👍😀

21/08/2022

we remember Sgt Jimmy Speirs MM 🌺

Sing For The Boys (Jimmy's Song)

Down at the drill hall the boys all wait to sign
Each one determined to join the Western line
They swear their allegiance to country and to King,
Proud as the football songs they sing

Boy sees his hero, says "Hey, that's Jimmy Speirs,
He should be playing football, he's no need to be here,"
But Jimmy smiles politely, "It's my duty, nothing more;
Boys, we've a bigger goal to score."

Sing for the boys, sing for them all,
All sent to fight till the last soldier falls,
Sing for the boys who go up the road
Destined to lie where the red poppies grow

Boys land in Flanders, their journey's just begun,
Jimmy swapped his football for a bayonet and a gun,
Songs the crowds were singing still ringing in his ear,
As he fought as a loyal Volunteer,

When the army marches homeward singing songs along their way,
Jimmy won't be with them; where he fell is where he'll stay,
The Great War is over, it's no ninety-minute game:
Four years, three months and thirteen days.

Sing for the boys, sing for them all,
All sent to fight till the last soldier falls,
Sing for the boys who go up the road
Destined to lie where the red poppies grow

By Alan Brydon Alan Brydon Music

https://youtu.be/BDthFz_U7Zc

John 15:13

“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends”

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19/10/2021

Mixed Feelings at Bushey … anyone thinking of going? They’re the only ‘real’ band in the list, or have they been cloned! 😂

16/10/2021

On a trip to Norfolk we stopped off at my home town of March, Cambridgeshire. My Grandfather’s name, E Woodcock, can clearly be seen on the War Memorial. We will remember them.

06/03/2021

An interesting double delivery from Amazon just now .....

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