Are we ignoring the fact the whole remembrance thing was a total ****-up with a lot of people not even able to understand what a minutes silence is ?
I do partly agree, but I don’t think most of them meant to be dickheads. I think they thought they were doing the right thing I think they heard that the announcer say that the minutes silence would finish “after Reveille is played” and because they had no idea what that was they thought the minutes silence has finished after the Last Post had been played instead I wish everyone did know how to properly conduct themselves, but I also think the sequence of events could have been better explained by the announcer to leave no one in any doubt.
I'm a dumb brunette but even I know the difference between the last post and reveille . The last post must be the most iconic piece for the bugle . It was explained by the man with the microphone . It happens once a year. Why can't people bloody listen and then respect the poor souls who gave the ultimate sacrifice .
I agree 100% with your sentiment and was internally raging while a trying to maintain a respectful silence (shout-out to whoever it was who yelled to “shut the **** up”, that was classy). HOWEVER, many folk these days just aren’t brought up to experience any kind of ceremony or ritual. We weren’t a big church going family, but we did enough Christmas, Easter, hatch match and despatch that I know when to sit and when to stand and how to wing it if not sure. We had school assemblys, scouts & guides & boys brigade, all occasions that thought you the right etiquette for public occasions like remembrance. I’ve been to family weddings recently where the kids (say 9-13 yrs) just had no idea how to behave. Not to say they were badly behaved, just that they’d never been in a church or knew the basics of what went on, beyond what they see on the telly. They were intimidated and uncomfortable. Didn’t know the hymns. Didn’t know the Lords Prayer. Unless you grow up in a religious family these days, don’t know when you’ll learn how to do public ceremony.
Perceptive post, brown-baggie; a damning, and I think accurate, indictment of modern family life - I blame Marshall.
-> I’ve been to family weddings recently where the kids (say 9-13 yrs) just had no idea how to behave. Not to say they were badly behaved, just that they’d never been in a church or knew the basics of what went on, beyond what they see on the telly. They were intimidated and uncomfortable. Didn’t know the hymns. Didn’t know the Lords Prayer. Unless you grow up in a religious family these days, don’t know when you’ll learn how to do public ceremony That's a good thing. It really is.
I quite like going to Church, maybe 5 times a year including Christmas and Easter. I'm not religious but I like the community feeling, singing the hymns and often the sermon's are pretty thought provoking. Even though it's in my own head I do feel like my spirit has been given a good scrub once I leave Church, like I've had an MOT and my soul-oil has been topped up.
And, very thoughtfully, that's usually just before opening time. Having said that I'm a once or twice a year churchgoer (weddings/funerals aside) and they are usually very calming places to be in, and I do like a good sing.
