It is Armistice Day 2024. Photos: 1916 and 2024
This photo is from the MacLeod family archives. It is of Iain's father, Donald, back row third from left, in the Farrier Regiment, 1916 "somewhere in France".
This is him in Gairloch. No date given.
* * * * 2024 at Glasgow University * * * * *
A Remembrance Day service was held in Bute Hall. The Last Post was played (beautifully by a music student), we sang and thought about "those in peril on the sea" [the old hymns are the best ones] and the Choir sang from the gallery opposite the wonderful sounding organ.
I have a friend in the Choir ... Observation: more members of the Choir turned out than the Academics....
Assembling on the south side of the Quadangle for the March Past lead by the pipe band playing 'Highland Laddie'... nice!
In the middle-ground are the Army cadets marching by (followed by navy and airforce cadets). Another observation: the cadets were all noticeably of 'average height', i.e. a handful were 6 foot or a bit over but not what I would call 'tall'. I say all this because over the years I use to notice that Iain's students were getting taller, i.e. I looked into the backs of their heads in a room, not over the top. Not so today.
The Choir ... now dispersing.
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