RussInCheshireNov 10, 2022

I write this pretty much every year, to explain why I won't wear a red poppy. Nothing at all to do with hating Britain or not supporting veterans, or being a lefty do-gooder, or any other blame you want to pin on me

It's because of my dad's uncle Tommy.

Tommy Parry joined up to fight in WW1. Some in the family say he was underage, but I don't know.

Regardless, he was at Passchendaele, where he was shot by a machine gun.

Show threadJames @ Temples of Syrinx 💠Nov 10, 2022
@RussInCheshire Hi Russ, can I respectfully - as a follower from the birdsite and backer of your book - ask you add a CW to your toots that may be triggering to others (war/PTSD in this case) and make only the first toot in a thread public, and the rest unlisted. Let's try and keep this a more caring place than the hell site.
Show threadRussInCheshireNov 10, 2022
@SyrinxTemple Good call, I've added it now. I'm gonna get loads of things wrong, but I like to learn to be better. Cheers
Show threadJames @ Temples of Syrinx 💠

@RussInCheshire Thanks . I'm relatively new here too, learning from my mistakes as well.

Must say being able to fix them with the edit feature for free and not pay $8 for that functionality is great too!

Nov 10, 2022 at 3:44pmWeb