{"id":1489,"date":"2019-01-01T13:00:46","date_gmt":"2019-01-01T13:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/douglaskurn.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1489"},"modified":"2019-04-12T13:26:42","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T13:26:42","slug":"goodbye-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/douglaskurn.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1489","title":{"rendered":"GOODBYE 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As<\/strong> we see the back of 2018, maybe it’s time to reflect on it in a historical context; 2018 was the 100th anniversary of the end of World War One – the Great War, the War To End All Wars. It’s perhaps sobering to think that 100 years ago Europe saw the year ahead as one where they would try and put Europe back together again – how times change! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Whatever your opinion about the ongoing shenanigans surrounding the departure or otherwise of the UK from the EU, we would never have been able to have had the debate if it hadn’t been for those who fought in that, and subsequent wars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wish everyone what I suspect was all that those who survived war wanted; peace, love, health and happiness. x<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Silent Soldier Memorial<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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