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The Black and Tans were nothing to do with the Easter Rising. And incidentally this has nothing to do with the Menin Gate or cemeteries around Ypres so forgive me for not getting involved.

I know.

You're right about the mass grave thing. But I think oak leaves rather than poppies, tall trees rather than letting the sunlight in, no flowers, dark stone rather than white. It's all a bit less about "glory".

Disagree, I do find the way the Germans do it much more dark and about sorrow rather than the British ones. And you can't deny there's something much more sad about the way they are minimum 5 to a grave, and one grave has many thousands in. I think it's a lovely spot, but it is very sobering. I...

Big shout to Langemark as part of a trip out there. Very dark place, mostly mass graves due to them being on the "losing" side. A load of working class kids sent to die for their country, no different from the British.

Just realised you said you were going on 11/11. We can't get near the front in May! Good luck!

Take a bunch of kids from school every year. Last year was literally 4-5 times busier than previous years, my advice would be to get a spot from 7ish, even if you feel a bit weird with the traffic still going through etc.