Poppy Watch

[Tony Baloney]

I was at the self build event yesterday at Eikon Centre and there weren't many on show. Any that were displayed were the little badge type. I didn't see any  exhibitors wearing them

You walked around a self-build show clocking who was wearing a poppy and what size they were?

You wouldn't want to give your business to the wrong kind.

[AustinPowers]

I see the Celtic fans showed great  respect  to their armed forces today.

[Dougal Maguire]

I was at the self build event yesterday at Eikon Centre and there weren't many on show. Any that were displayed were the little badge type. I didn't see any  exhibitors wearing them

You walked around a self-build show clocking who was wearing a poppy and what size they were?

It was just an observation

[AustinPowers]

I was at the self build event yesterday at Eikon Centre and there weren't many on show. Any that were displayed were the little badge type. I didn't see any  exhibitors wearing them

You walked around a self-build show clocking who was wearing a poppy and what size they were?

It was just an observation

It's an inbuilt tribal  thing.  It's about survival really, I suppose. Spotting your tribe.

 In the north , it was (still is)  important to  be tuned in to  what you  hear, emblems, school uniforms, sports  gear, first names etc.  It's the sad reality of a divided society, even  in  the relative peace we  live in now. 

I remember while at school, you spot a catholic school  uniform,  they're one of us.  Sean and  Liam, one of us. Jeffrey and  William,  more than likely one of them.  GAA crest,  I'm in good/safe  company.  Poppy, Ulster rugby,  they're one of them. .Tread carefully here. Bellaghy, catholic. Bell-ack-y, protestant.

Maybe someone not from the north  might think  it weird , but  ultimately it was a safety  thing .

Not sure how  I got here 

Anyway.....

[Orior]

I was at the self build event yesterday at Eikon Centre and there weren't many on show. Any that were displayed were the little badge type. I didn't see any  exhibitors wearing them

You walked around a self-build show clocking who was wearing a poppy and what size they were?

It was just an observation

It's an inbuilt tribal  thing.  It's about survival really, I suppose. Spotting your tribe.

 In the north , it was (still is)  important to  be tuned in to  what you  hear, emblems, school uniforms, sports  gear, first names etc.  It's the sad reality of a divided society, even  in  the relative peace we  live in now. 

I remember while at school, you spot a catholic school  uniform,  they're one of us.  Sean and  Liam, one of us. Jeffrey and  William,  more than likely one of them.  GAA crest,  I'm in good/safe  company.  Poppy, Ulster rugby,  they're one of them. .Tread carefully here. Bellaghy, catholic. Bell-ack-y, protestant.

Maybe someone not from the north  might think  it weird , but  ultimately it was a safety  thing .

Not sure how  I got here 

Anyway.....

When I was at school (which to be fair wasn't yesterday) there was no such think as casual wear GAA tops. Playgrounds were locked up on a Sunday, GSTQ was played at the end of the film in the cinema and at university graduation. Orangemen marched where they wanted and when they wanted. Gerrymandering was the order of the day. Equality was completely unheard of.

Now I wear my GAA top not to wind up loyalists but because I'm proud of my local team and county.

[Sportacus]

I was at the self build event yesterday at Eikon Centre and there weren't many on show. Any that were displayed were the little badge type. I didn't see any  exhibitors wearing them

You walked around a self-build show clocking who was wearing a poppy and what size they were?

It was just an observation

Fair enough.