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View beak's Profile beak Flag croydon 18 Jun 20 9.47am Send a Private Message to beak Add beak as a friend

103 years old. [Link]

Edited by beak (18 Jun 2020 9.47am)

 

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View Willo's Profile Willo Flag South coast - west of Brighton. 18 Jun 20 9.50am Send a Private Message to Willo Add Willo as a friend

I have just heard the sad news.
A tremendous 'innings' of 103.

Thoughts and heart go out to all her friends and family.
RIP.

 

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View Slimey Toad's Profile Slimey Toad Flag Karsiyaka, North Cyprus 18 Jun 20 9.53am Send a Private Message to Slimey Toad Add Slimey Toad as a friend

Apparently she avoided singing to black Commonwealth soldiers.

Just made that up, but I'm sure the BLM will be scouring the net for a nugget like that.

 

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View mezzer's Profile mezzer Flag Main Stand, Block F, Row 20 seat 1... 18 Jun 20 9.56am Send a Private Message to mezzer Add mezzer as a friend

Somehow symbolic of a passing of an era

 


Living down here does have some advantages. At least you can see them cry.

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View martin2412's Profile martin2412 Flag Living The Dream 18 Jun 20 10.10am Send a Private Message to martin2412 Add martin2412 as a friend

Gone too soon.

 

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View Badger11's Profile Badger11 Flag Beckenham 18 Jun 20 10.12am Send a Private Message to Badger11 Add Badger11 as a friend

A great lady who was loved by "the boys" and for good reason. She went out to Burma at real risk to herself to entertain the forgotten army.

She with Churchill are the 2 inspirational icons of WW2 she did wonders for our morale. When I hear her sing "They'll always be an England" it brings tears to my eye.

RIP Dame Vera.

 


One more point

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View Teddy Eagle's Profile Teddy Eagle Flag 18 Jun 20 10.22am Send a Private Message to Teddy Eagle Add Teddy Eagle as a friend


I’ve always found her singing We’ll Meet Again very moving because so many people never did.
As an aside who now has the longest showbiz career? Petula Clark must be in with a shout.

 

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Yellow Card - User has been warned of conduct on the messageboards View Hrolf The Ganger's Profile Hrolf The Ganger Flag 18 Jun 20 10.34am Send a Private Message to Hrolf The Ganger Add Hrolf The Ganger as a friend

Originally posted by Slimey Toad

Apparently she avoided singing to black Commonwealth soldiers.

Just made that up, but I'm sure the BLM will be scouring the net for a nugget like that.

She did sing about the white cliffs of Dover.

 

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View PalazioVecchio's Profile PalazioVecchio Flag south pole 18 Jun 20 10.36am Send a Private Message to PalazioVecchio Add PalazioVecchio as a friend

Up in Heaven.

Vera has just met the dead soldiers (again).

and they are asking her how they fought to defend their nation from hoards of invader men intent on robbing the land, the houses, the women, the culture, the soul of England.

Lucky Britain won in 1945. You wouldn't want to see the Anglo-Saxons becoming a germanic tribe ?

Speaking Germanish with their kith and kin.

 


the 'Net-We-had' at the Etihad....again

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View baldeagle73's Profile baldeagle73 Flag Leamington spa 18 Jun 20 10.53am Send a Private Message to baldeagle73 Add baldeagle73 as a friend

End of an era for the older generation rip Vera

 


walking down the holmesdale road to see the palace aces!

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Yellow Card - User has been warned of conduct on the messageboards View Hrolf The Ganger's Profile Hrolf The Ganger Flag 18 Jun 20 10.55am Send a Private Message to Hrolf The Ganger Add Hrolf The Ganger as a friend

Originally posted by PalazioVecchio

Up in Heaven.

Vera has just met the dead soldiers (again).

and they are asking her how they fought to defend their nation from hoards of invader men intent on robbing the land, the houses, the women, the culture, the soul of England.

Lucky Britain won in 1945. You wouldn't want to see the Anglo-Saxons becoming a germanic tribe ?

Speaking Germanish with their kith and kin.

I'm not quite sure that Hitler had kinship in mind for Englanders.
You might recall that Germanic and Nordic tribes had a habit of fighting each other as much as their enemies.

That continued on into modern times. It was all about wealth and expansionism and echoes till this day. Take the British for example.
Did we ever feel all cuddly with the rest of Europe? Nah. Many of us never trusted them for a minute.

Humans just love a bit of tribalism. It never ends.

Edited by Hrolf The Ganger (18 Jun 2020 10.57am)

 

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View Willo's Profile Willo Flag South coast - west of Brighton. 18 Jun 20 10.58am Send a Private Message to Willo Add Willo as a friend

Originally posted by Hrolf The Ganger

She did sing about the white cliffs of Dover.

Indeed.

I suspect that the BLM cultural marxists will criticise the fact that she mentioned "Bluebirds" instead of "Blackbirds".

 

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