West Ham Online

15th September. Lest we forget those brave souls who took to the skies.

Oh I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Rip to all

"""The gratitude of every home in our Island, in our Empire, and indeed throughout the world, except in the abodes of the guilty, goes out to the British airmen who, undaunted by odds, unwearied in their constant challenge and mortal danger, are turning the tide of the World War by their prowess and b~ their devotion. Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.“"

Was in The Eagle in July and it is indeed a wonderful thing to behold.

The Eagle pub in Cambridge has a RAF bar where airmen from the second world war wrote their names and squadrons on the ceiling using candles petrol lighters and lipsticks. It's still there today never been touched. God bless them.

"I though that this thread would be one to celebrate the pilots who fought in the War, not simply another platform for a particular poster to vent his loser's bile. How wrong I admit I was. Hip! Hip! Hurrah! to our aviators. Boooo! to insecure, intolerant friendless, entitled twats."

Saved the world from scum like Frank the fatty and his gimp here. Your lot ran away and hid after getting it at Cable Street.

Spot on nutsin

I wonder if they’d have thought so hard if they knew what was coming?

Spitfire bird https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u4Md_aXVJE

"Far cough 7.05 ""Repeat please """

Rule Britannia

"Eastside surge 3:21 Fri Sep 15 Re: Battle of Britain day ""They got the rose and crown "" ""He'll have to drink at the Red Lion"" ...""if they'll 'ave him"""

"and remember there were Czech, Canadian, Polish, NZ, Irish, Belgian, Australian, South African, Jamaican, French, American, Rhodesia,Barbados pilots."

I went to The White Hart at Brasted a couple of years ago as it is the pub that the pilots stationed at Biggin Hill drank at during the BoB. It had a famous black board that all of the pilots signed. Apart from a facsimile copy of the board there was absolutely nothing in the pub that would have borne any resemblance to The White Hart in 1940. Any semblance of originality had been ripped out and it was a shit 'gastro' pub just like countless others around the country serving pizzas on slate plates.... sad!

"""They got the rose and crown """

Those were the days when Brits were proud to make a stand against a dictator. Nowadays there are too many siren voices giving tacit support to dictatorial aspirations.

Per Ardua ad Astra

"I don't think the worry is forgetting, it's more people not knowing in the first place."

My money is on England