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Thu 7 Aug 2014 06:30
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Music Played

  • Adam and the Ants

    Prince Charming

    • Adam Ant - Hits.
    • CBS.

  • Adam and the Ants

    Prince Charming

    • Adam Ant - Hits.
    • CBS.

  • The Blow Monkeys

    It Doesn't Have To Be This Way

    • The Blow Monkeys - Choices.
    • RCA.

  • James Blunt

    1973

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Eric Clapton

    Call Me The Breeze

    • The Breeze.
    • Polydor.
    • 001.

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Sweet Talkin' Woman

    • Light Years - The Very Best Of ELO.
    • Epic.

  • Foxes

    Glorious

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony Music.
    • 001.

  • Quincy Jones

    Get A Bloomin' Move On (The Self Preservation Society)

    • The Italian Job (Original Soundtrack).
    • MCA Records Ltd.
    • 12.

  • The Kinks

    You Really Got Me

    • The Journey - Part 1.
    • BMG.
    • 7.

  • Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers

    Why Do Fools Fall In Love

    • That's Rock'n'Roll (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • Madness

    Michael Caine

    • Madness - Utter Madness.
    • Zarjazz.

  • MAGIC!

    Rude

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.
    • 001.

  • Marillion

    Kayleigh

    • The 80's Love Album (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • Maroon 5

    Maps

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 001.

  • The Mavericks

    Dance the Night Away

  • Nico & Vinz

    Am I Wrong

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.
    • 1.

  • Otis Redding

    Try a Little Tenderness

    • Atlantic Soul (Various Artists).
    • Warner E.S.P..

  • The Rolling Stones

    You Can't Always Get What You Want

    • The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks.
    • Abkco.

  • The Smiths

    How Soon Is Now?

    • Drive Time 2 (Various Artists).
    • Dino.

  • Status Quo

    Down Down

    • Whatever You Want - V.Best Of Status.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Take That

    How Deep Is Your Love

    • This Year's Love (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • R. Dean Taylor

    There's A Ghost In My House

    • And They Danced The Night Away.
    • Debutante.

  • Tears for Fears

    Head Over Heels

    • Rule The World: The Greatest Hits.
    • Virgin EMI Records.
    • 5.

  • War

    Low Rider

    • Blaxploitation: The Sequel Vol.2.
    • Global Television.

  • Ward Thomas

    Push for the Stride

    • (CD Single).
    • WTW.
    • 1.

  • Barry White

    You See The Trouble With Me

    • Barry White - The Collection.
    • Mercury.
    • 2.

  • Wild Cherry

    Play That Funky Music

    • Walk On - Hits From The Last 2 Decade.
    • Columbia.

  • Andy Williams

    Can't Take My Eyes Off You

    • Heartbeat: Love Me Tender (Various).
    • Global Television.

Pause For Thought

From Leslie Griffiths, Methodist Minister:

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I was in the Tower of London a few days ago. I was there to preach a sermon and I’m glad to say they let me out afterwards. While there, I was shown the field of ceramic poppies that have been planted in the moat of the Tower, 120,000Ìý when I saw them, 120,002 now that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge added one each earlier this week. By November that figure will rise to over 800,000, one for every member of our armed services who died in the First World War. I don’t whether it’s a forest or a flood; all I know is that it’s an awful lot of poppies.

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The genius of this field of remembrance is that it gives a vivid picture of the huge number of those who died whilst, at the same time, reminding us of the individuals who made up that number. All those homes that were blighted, all those sweethearts who never came back, all that waste of talent and energy. The Bible tells us that the God who cares for the lillies of the field (it might just as easily have been poppies) cares deeply about each of us human beings and urges us to put our trust in his unfailing love.

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I’ve just come across the story of one soldier in the unpublished memoir of a padre from the First World War. He and two comrades had died instantly when the building they were in received a direct hit. He had been reading some poetry at the moment he died and the book was still in his hands and open at the page he'd been reading. It included the following words:

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ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Now night her course began, ……

ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý And silence on the odious din of war.

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Night had come for these lads and so many others, the night of death. Where oh where have all the flowers gone?

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