Genealogy Chat

Everyone is entitled to his or her opinion as regards 'the price of medals or any other piece of 'personal family history belongings'in the end to each their own,and if something holds no emotional involment then to sell such articals means nothing,,, I suppose its all down to sentiment;;

Christopher I dont give two tosses about the royal family(they were well out of harms reach) and it is the point that the war against facism was a well received war.

Ian, We are going to have to agree to differ on this. I am, I suspect, much older than you and I have seen attitudes about many things change radically in my lifetime. As Christopher so rightly says, whatever the moral rights and wrongs of the (two) Wars, both were badly managed and things have emerged since then which prove it. There ARE whole generations who simply do not care or know, or if they do, have a cynical attitude towards what happened. 'Ordinary' men were conned into going to War, whipped up by a patriotic frenzy. Many men went reluctantly, but unable to object to going, for fear of being branded a coward etc. It does not come naturally to EVERY man to want to kill another man. Today's generation is not so easily fooled - take the recent War in Iraq, a shambles that was none of our business. I heard more voices of protest over that than I ever heard of supporters. As for keeping coal in the bath - well, Ian, until I was 15 we didnt HAVE a bathroom, in common with everyone else who lived in our street. I still attend Remembrance Day Services, wearing my late father's medals. I do it for him and out of respect and deep gratitude to the men who had their lives cut short, whether they wanted it or not. Marjorie