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  1. A special day. I, amongst others, stood in silence for two minutes today. I recall my mother speaking about the war, when she was living at Hedsor Grove, which I recall from my childhood. She did recall a bombing raid and she went to a shelter with a cushion on her head. She fondly recalled the VE celebrations. My grandfather was a miner so did not go to war. Babbington pit as I recall. There was a street party in Hedsor Grove. My mother would have been 11 years old. She did recall that she was one of the older girls at the street party. It intrigues me that she was making bunting
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  2. Exactly. Social Media (I hate the term but I'll use it) is full of armchair experts who are telling us how the authorities got it wrong. If everyone had followed the advice now coming from those experts, none of this would have happened. They know - and apparently always knew - what no-one else could see either then or now. Never in the field of human conflict have so many been wise after the event.
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  3. Nottingham Old Market Square VE Day 1945. My Mum (arrowed) and her younger brother, celebrating.
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  4. Oz the point of my post was mainly to demonstrate that making judgements of complex situations purely by numbers can lead, or mislead, to inaccurate conclusions. Not even our opposition parties are drawing parallels based solely on the addition of spurious numbers. The UK government (of both flavours), thought we were prepared for an eventuality such as Covid through a contingency plan (the 2006 influenza pandemic plan). We had the infrastructure and necessary supplies with a scheme formulated by the NHS - It didn't work. I don't blame Labour nor do I blame Tories for the f
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  5. Nice photo RR and Yes I was there, quite early so when we saw the hugs & kisses the 'uniforms' were getting we dashed home to put our Army Cadet uniforms on and enjoyed the rewards! It was all very sociable and I don't recollect any drunkenness, probably due to the shortage of beer with lots of pubs closing mid evening. Back then there were two flag poles in front of the lions this Canadian Pilot officer climbed the right hand one and sat on the 'button' to a tremendous cheer and then climbed the council house wall onto the balcony to shake hands with the Lord Mayor to another cheer.Any
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  6. If the man with deep pockets 'aint moaning - why are you?
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  7. My father was in Brussels on that night, he told me it was the most incredible thing he would ever witness. All the lights were back on, plus searchlights, neon lights, fireworks , music, dancing , bonfires and wild parties. I got the impression he enjoyed it !
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  8. In the 80s and early 90s, Anne used to be on Central News (ITV) but is now on BBC Local News - and has been for several years. She still lives locally.
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  9. Congratulations to Boris Johnson on becoming a father for the sixth time. Of course these figures only apply to babies born in hospital.
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  10. The link is little more than a bald tabulation and actually tells us very little. There are many more factors to consider, as OldPhil points out, different countries use different methodologies when collating the data. Italian authorities (the Civil Protection Agency) had said that the true death toll in the country may be 10 times higher due to the way the figures are codified. The Italians (CPA), reported region by region and did not necessarily use the same measures across the country - we do. The German system is different again so again I say simply comparing numbers serves lit
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  11. I think the new Banksy is in the foyer of Southampton General Hospital https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/52561722
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  12. nonnaB, this virus is said to exclusively attack humans. As Trump appears to ignore all advice regarding all precautionary measures and protective gear, that might indicate that he is not of this planet.
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  13. One good thing is that governments should be better prepared for the next pandemic - there will be no excuse then for not having everything in place.
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  14. The reality may well turn out to be the different ways different countries record the deaths. Sadly, the real global death toll from this nasty little bug could be much higher than our current records show, especially in countries where the bureaucracy needed to accurately identify and record the deaths is patchy at best, and, at worst, politically suppressed. Rode round the Jubilee campus in wollaton yesterday morning. Several of the blocks - Aerospace Technology, Innovation Centre, GSK Carbon Neutral Laboratories and Romax - All of them working to find solutions to the situation.
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  15. Boy we can clap, clap for Boris
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  16. Yes Brew hindsight is a wonderful thing, however, at some point in time there should surely be an inquiry into why the UK has been hit harder than many other countries in Europe. In closing look at the data on this site and ask the obvious questions https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/cases-2019-ncov-eueea Particularly the data related to Germany, what did they do differently?
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  17. Cheers for the mention PP. Beekay will enjoy seeing it ! Hurry up and get the nails in. Bugger the chickens, I'm looking forward to B+B in it.
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  18. Work in progress. Got the flowers etc to go on now. In the middle is Wollaton Hall, "that's in Nottingham"! Bit different from the post above.
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  19. Churchill was our hero during the War years,,,and deservedly so.....but he was soon cast aside by the working man once the War was over,,,,Coming from a very Socialist background...council estate lad.....Grandad a Union leader for 30 years......i remember following a Labour loudspeaker Van with dozens of other lads chanting for the labour candidate in the 1950 or 51 general election along Leybourne drive Bestwood estate and we were passing a house with Pictures of Churchill in the window........and we all started Booing,,,,i was 5 or 6 and it was the first time i became aware of Politics....
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  20. Just finished this one.
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