11/11/11

I went to Southampton cenotaph today for Remembrance Day, it's the first time I've been. There were a lot of people there including a class of schoolchildren from a local infant school which was rather lovely - although the teachers were very keen that the local tv cameras didn't get any shots of the children. Anyway, glad I went. I liked these little crosses commemorating people from Southampton who died during the various wars.

I got interviewed by one of the local tv stations, the interviewer asked why the ceremony was important to me. Then, rather bizarrely I walked round the corner after the ceremony and was asked by an interviewer from the local radio station to talk about tea and whether Britain was still a nation of tea drinkers or had we all gone over to coffee! Two interviews in one day! Hopefully none will actually use my inarticulate ramblings!