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Spiderman Horsham 05 May 21 7.12am
How easy was that! [Link]

Spiderman

Horsham 05 May 21 7.12am

How easy was that!

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Palace Old Geezer Midhurst 05 May 21 9.55am
I hear the distant rumbling of French farmers and their tractors. Dad and I watched games standing on the muddy slope of the Holmesdale Road end. He cheered and I rattled.

Palace Old Geezer

Midhurst 05 May 21 9.55am

I hear the distant rumbling of French farmers and their tractors.

Dad and I watched games standing on the muddy slope of the Holmesdale Road end. He cheered and I rattled.

becky over the moon 05 May 21 10.04am
Followed by the sound of English bowmen stringing their bows and fletching their arrows. They'll be good too, as they all took part in a re-enactment of Agincourt for the 600th anniversary. A stairway to Heaven and a Highway to Hell give some indication of expected traffic numbers

becky

over the moon 05 May 21 10.04am

Followed by the sound of English bowmen stringing their bows and fletching their arrows.

They'll be good too, as they all took part in a re-enactment of Agincourt for the 600th anniversary.

A stairway to Heaven and a Highway to Hell give some indication of expected traffic numbers

Spiderman Horsham 05 May 21 10.30am
Originally posted by becky Followed by the sound of English bowmen stringing their bows and fletching their arrows. They'll be good too, as they all took part in a re-enactment of Agincourt for the 600th anniversary. Be careful Becky, are we allowed to mention this?

Spiderman

Horsham 05 May 21 10.30am

Originally posted by becky

Followed by the sound of English bowmen stringing their bows and fletching their arrows.

They'll be good too, as they all took part in a re-enactment of Agincourt for the 600th anniversary.

Be careful Becky, are we allowed to mention this?

ASCPFC Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 05 May 21 11.04am
Who hasn't? Red and Blue Army!

ASCPFC

Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 05 May 21 11.04am

Who hasn't?

Red and Blue Army!

ASCPFC Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 05 May 21 11.18am
For a bit of balance for everyone, I always thought Agincourt a great story. Backs against the wall (trousers literally full of sh1t), with dysentery, against the cream of France. I've never particularly studied it, but we usually miss out the bit where the prisoners were massacred. A bit of a shame. I'm not woke or saying everyone should feel guilty etc. But the French might well have a different version of the battle in their history. I'm sure you can imagine. Red and Blue Army!

ASCPFC

Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 05 May 21 11.18am

For a bit of balance for everyone, I always thought Agincourt a great story. Backs against the wall (trousers literally full of sh1t), with dysentery, against the cream of France.
I've never particularly studied it, but we usually miss out the bit where the prisoners were massacred. A bit of a shame. I'm not woke or saying everyone should feel guilty etc. But the French might well have a different version of the battle in their history. I'm sure you can imagine.

Red and Blue Army!

Jimenez SELHURSTPARKCHESTER,DA BRONX 05 May 21 2.30pm
Originally posted by ASCPFC For a bit of balance for everyone, I always thought Agincourt a great story. Backs against the wall (trousers literally full of sh1t), with dysentery, against the cream of France. I've never particularly studied it, but we usually miss out the bit where the prisoners were massacred. A bit of a shame. I'm not woke or saying everyone should feel guilty etc. But the French might well have a different version of the battle in their history. I'm sure you can imagine. I'm sure Orange 1290 (Pussay Patrol) will be along shortly!! Pro USA & Israel

Jimenez

SELHURSTPARKCHESTER,DA BRONX 05 May 21 2.30pm

Originally posted by ASCPFC

For a bit of balance for everyone, I always thought Agincourt a great story. Backs against the wall (trousers literally full of sh1t), with dysentery, against the cream of France.
I've never particularly studied it, but we usually miss out the bit where the prisoners were massacred. A bit of a shame. I'm not woke or saying everyone should feel guilty etc. But the French might well have a different version of the battle in their history. I'm sure you can imagine.

I'm sure Orange 1290 (Pussay Patrol) will be along shortly!!

Pro USA & Israel

BlueJay UK 05 May 21 4.27pm
This event is the straw that broke the camels back!

BlueJay

UK 05 May 21 4.27pm

This event is the straw that broke the camels back!

PalazioVecchio south pole 05 May 21 4.27pm
Originally posted by ASCPFC For a bit of balance for everyone, I always thought Agincourt a great story. Backs against the wall (trousers literally full of sh1t), with dysentery, against the cream of France. I've never particularly studied it, but we usually miss out the bit where the prisoners were massacred. A bit of a shame. I'm not woke or saying everyone should feel guilty etc. But the French might well have a different version of the battle in their history. I'm sure you can imagine. the school History curriculum in country x is often reluctant to extol their military losses. I bet Agincourt gets tons more coverage than Bannockburn in English schools ? i bet French schools bang on about Martel at Tours a lot, and not so much about Waterloo ? Every Ulsterman has heard of the Battle of the Boyne, 1690....yet very few know about the Battle of Cambrai, which involved a hundred times more deaths. Cambrai was, up until just recently, in the living memory of some elderly's at retirement homes. History is written by the victors. Edited by PalazioVecchio (05 May 2021 4.36pm) Kayla did Anfield & Old Trafford

PalazioVecchio

south pole 05 May 21 4.27pm

Originally posted by ASCPFC

the school History curriculum in country x is often reluctant to extol their military losses. I bet Agincourt gets tons more coverage than Bannockburn in English schools ?

i bet French schools bang on about Martel at Tours a lot, and not so much about Waterloo ?

Every Ulsterman has heard of the Battle of the Boyne, 1690....yet very few know about the Battle of Cambrai, which involved a hundred times more deaths.

Cambrai was, up until just recently, in the living memory of some elderly's at retirement homes.

History is written by the victors.

Edited by PalazioVecchio (05 May 2021 4.36pm)

Kayla did Anfield & Old Trafford

ASCPFC Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 05 May 21 4.29pm
Originally posted by PalazioVecchio the school History curriculum in country x is often reluctant to extol their military losses. I bet Agincourt gets tons more coverage than Bannockburn in English schools ? It's a good point but makes me wonder about German history. In France Waterloo doesn't exist - it's the Battle of St Jean or something like that. Red and Blue Army!

ASCPFC

Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 05 May 21 4.29pm

Originally posted by PalazioVecchio

the school History curriculum in country x is often reluctant to extol their military losses. I bet Agincourt gets tons more coverage than Bannockburn in English schools ?

It's a good point but makes me wonder about German history. In France Waterloo doesn't exist - it's the Battle of St Jean or something like that.

Red and Blue Army!

PalazioVecchio south pole 05 May 21 5.02pm
in French schools, Joan of Arc was a warrior virgin Saint........and not just some crazy loon who was hearing voices and slapping the hands of every bloke who tried to fondle her small baps. Kayla did Anfield & Old Trafford

PalazioVecchio

south pole 05 May 21 5.02pm

in French schools, Joan of Arc was a warrior virgin Saint........and not just some crazy loon who was hearing voices and slapping the hands of every bloke who tried to fondle her small baps.

Kayla did Anfield & Old Trafford

chris123 hove actually 05 May 21 5.30pm
Originally posted by Spiderman How easy was that! [Link] Are they evacuating to Vichy?

chris123

hove actually 05 May 21 5.30pm

Originally posted by Spiderman

How easy was that!

[Link]

Are they evacuating to Vichy?

YT Oxford 05 May 21 6.18pm
Originally posted by ASCPFC It's a good point but makes me wonder about German history. In France Waterloo doesn't exist - it's the Battle of St Jean or something like that. There has been no major French historical record of WW2. To this day it remains "too toxic". Palace since 19 August 1972. Palace 1 (Tony Taylor) Liverpool 1 (Emlyn Hughes)

Oxford 05 May 21 6.18pm

Originally posted by ASCPFC

It's a good point but makes me wonder about German history. In France Waterloo doesn't exist - it's the Battle of St Jean or something like that.

There has been no major French historical record of WW2. To this day it remains "too toxic".

Palace since 19 August 1972. Palace 1 (Tony Taylor) Liverpool 1 (Emlyn Hughes)

PalazioVecchio south pole 05 May 21 8.10pm
Originally posted by YT There has been no major French historical record of WW2. To this day it remains "too toxic". that the french brought it all onto themselves ? the brutal Treaty of Versailles and the aggressive bullying of german locals when the French army occupied the Rhineland ? elderly women & children being brutalised. i bet the French textbooks gloss over the truth. Edited by PalazioVecchio (05 May 2021 8.11pm) Kayla did Anfield & Old Trafford

PalazioVecchio

south pole 05 May 21 8.10pm

Originally posted by YT

There has been no major French historical record of WW2. To this day it remains "too toxic".

that the french brought it all onto themselves ?

the brutal Treaty of Versailles and the aggressive bullying of german locals when the French army occupied the Rhineland ? elderly women & children being brutalised.

i bet the French textbooks gloss over the truth.

Edited by PalazioVecchio (05 May 2021 8.11pm)

Kayla did Anfield & Old Trafford

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