We went to breakfast earlier than usual so that we could catch a train to London. When we arrived at Windsor and Eton Riverside station, we had to wait several minutes whilst the ticket office assistant was on the telephone. When she had finished her call she informed that there was a reduced service during [...]
Archive for the tag 'Poppies'
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Norwich & Windsor 2025
Norwich & Windsor – Day Five
8 Comments CherryPie on Aug 28th 2025
Filed under Out & About
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Through the dancing poppies stole A breeze, most softly lulling to my soul.
John Keats
12 Comments CherryPie on Nov 10th 2024
Filed under This & That
At the Going Down of the Sun…
…and in the morning, we will remember them.
In Flanders Fields
In Flanders Fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Nov 11th 2019
Filed under Out & About, This & That
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Through the dancing poppies stole A breeze, most softly lulling to my soul.
John Keats
8 Comments CherryPie on Dec 2nd 2018
Filed under Ely 2018, Heritage, Holidays
St Mary’s Church – Ely
15 Comments CherryPie on Nov 17th 2018
Filed under Heritage
At the Going Down of the Sun…
…and in the morning, we will remember them.
The poppy fields as described by the ‘War Poets’ are a poignant reminder to me of the lives that were lost in both World War One and World War Two and also the lives lost in more recent wars.
Poppies to me are a simile of the lives that [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Nov 11th 2017
Filed under Art, Heritage, Holidays, Lincoln 2016
Poppies Wave
Wave opened at Lincoln Castle on Thursday 26 May, specially presented by 14-18 NOW to mark the centenary of the First World War.
A sweeping arch of bright red poppy heads suspended on towering stalks, the sculpture is from the extraordinary installation Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red by artist Paul Cummins and designer Tom [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Jul 2nd 2016
