The Tin Drummer: D Day

Friday 6 June 2008

D Day

Yes I know.

Yes I did teach it to my pupils.

Yes they did write some *really* good stuff.

And it's Henry Allingham's birthday, the Oldest Man in Europe: he is 112 and was in the RAF in WWI.

These are, and were, *great men*, whether they wanted to be or not.

Amen to you guys, and everything you did.

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