Archive for the tag 'Poppy'

Arundel took part in the ‘There but not there’ national commemorative  project by installing 93 silhouettes representing Arundel’s ‘Roll of Honour’.

The project’s aims were simple:
Commemorate those who died in the First World War through installations of silhouettes and Tommies wherever there is a Roll of Honour.
To Educate all generations, particularly today’s younger generation, born nearly 100 years after [...]

8 Comments CherryPie on Feb 21st 2019

15 Comments CherryPie on Nov 17th 2018

One of the books I am currently reading is ‘The Poppy; A history of conflict, loss, remembrance & redemption’ by Nicholas J. Saunders. The book presents aspects of the beauty, pain, pleasure and tragedy of the poppy throughout history. Nicholas takes us on a journey from Ancient Egypt right through to the current day and [...]

10 Comments CherryPie on Jan 26th 2015

There was a bit of a kerfuffle as we entered the breakfast room. The man in front of us was insisting his room was booked off on the breakfast sheet. When we were seated a man came and sat next to us and when asked his room number he used the same room number as [...]

21 Comments CherryPie on Aug 21st 2014

Nature, that universal and public manuscript.
Sir Thomas Browne (1605 – 1682)

10 Comments CherryPie on Jun 17th 2013

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PEACE

Syria is in turmoil, the starving in the world are doing just that, and yet the peace and harmony in which the spirit of the Olympic Games seems to override those whom the Games are meant for. Above all, PEACE: a breathing space for the world to step back from warfare and destitution, to breathe [...]

14 Comments CherryPie on Aug 3rd 2012

Be careful of your moods and feelings, for there is an unbroken connection between your feelings and your visible world.
Neville Goddard (1905 – 1972)

16 Comments CherryPie on Jul 22nd 2012

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