Yeah outdoor toilets and rationing, the average man and woman only just having had a few elections to vote. Just recovering from the great depression Great time to live now compared to then. Didn't even have a national health service and many Victorian slums were still in use.
@@heythisisminenotyours Right because the current prime minister was voted in? But anyways, here we go! Atleast people didn't breathe in plastic and consume super processed foods, there was something to do outside other than get stabbed, tap water wasn't contaminated with birth control pills, the high streets were filled with British shops instead of Turkish barbers and kebab shops used as a money laundering front, you could make enough money to live off one income and still afford a mortgage DESPITE THE GREAT DEPRESSION, children were not exposed to pornography and gender ideology from like the age of 12, higher birth rates, lower divorce rates, no social media, obesity levels close to ZERO, no hookup culture therefore more children with parents whereas today a 1/4 of children live only with a single parent, list goes on.
I know exactly what you mean. When Britain was British and our way of life was absolutely not perfect but was our own. Time marches on so we’ll probably not see such days again, our greatest generation has nearly all gone ☹️. RIP Dame Vera ❤️
Long live England, long live the commonwealth, from a proud Englishman and his proud Kiwi wife, brothers in arms, sister countries, forever and always 🇬🇧🇳🇿❤️
I am aU.S. citizen and proudly so. However I dearly love England! She is our "Mother Country" and so great a nation! Hail to the Empire too! Roger Howlett
I'm an American but I can appreciate the patriotism in this song. More people should be listening to music like this and take pride in their home countries.
Not as much pride in england anymore songs like this wont be played as much due to it offendening people from diffrent countries living in england like rule britannia but ill always listen etid
I live in the North of England. It still looks like this. People drink in the same pubs their grandads did. There's poverty, but there're no acid attacks, no moped thefts, no grooming gangs. You might get a punch up outside the local on a friday night, that's about it. But it absolutely infuriates me that London has become so utterly detached from the rest of the country that to most young lads where I'm from the idea of living or working in London is completely unthinkable. We've got virtually nothing in common with our own capital city now - how can that possibly be right? It should be the place we feel most safe and most welcome of all.
After hearing of the passing of my gracious Queen, it felt only fitting to play some Vera Lynn - somebody beloved by the queen in many ways. Now she has passed.. God, save the Queen and long live the king ❤️🙏
They were good friends. And her relationship with the queen mother was also exceptional. They were all good friends! Bless their souls, god bless them!
I am Canadian and of English descent. I love England. My heritage is in Cornwall. Now more than ever we must fight for our home and people. England is not free right now, neither is Canada ( a British Colony!). Let's fight for freedom!
I live in the states and was just about to turn in when a friend of mine in England gave me the news. Now I can't sleep because I'm listening to Dame Vera's music on repeat. RIP and God save the Queen.
While this is a great song there is a problem with it becoming the English national anthem with the line "Red, White and Blue" as that is the flag of the UK. A better song would be I vow to Thee my Country. It may still have UK connotations thinking about what artwork it is linked with but they are not mentioned in the song so it could probably get away with it and it is beautiful piece of music too.
@Mrs. Edna Welthorpe Unless England officially annexed the entire island of Great Britain, which it literally never did, England is not, and was not an accurate term. It's not 'today's rules' at all.
Antonio Vrabec hello Antonio im Jimmy I come from England and thank you for the beutifull comment about our beloved queen and our once not just great but influential ground breaking never say die country always there for the bullied countries of the world I was just wondering why you gave this comment all the best to you Jimmy👍
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Antonio, God bless the Sahovnica! Always a pleasure to play you, because when you win, you play fair and square. Lots of Love from 🏴 to 🇭🇷. Best Wishes, Sir.
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@Jamiesouthwest God Bless Hrvatska and there'll always be a Vukovar. Please tell Antonio.
Jamie Tobin I admire Britain ans its history and think that you are one of the greatest countries in Europe. I also admire your ex prime minister Margareth Tacher( I know that she was controversial and dont want to go into that) because she was the only polititian who supported Croatia in 1991. when we were under agression from all sides and was very uncertain if we would survive as a country. During that time when we were fighting against Serbs four our independance and when Croatia was not recognised by other countries she gave us support and that is why I admire her. Also I have some relatives in UK and am big fan of your culture, history and traditions.
I was. Born in ‘36 the war was over in ‘45 The songs were great but the fighting fierce. Glad the was a Vera Lynn to booster spirts. She had a marvelous way with a song.
Proud to be British. Despite being a small island, it was us that laid down the foundations of the world we live in. Even if its not perfect, there will always be and England
"There will always be an England." Lol you guys have not even lasted a thousand years yet. India and China had civilization while you were cannibalizing others while wearing paint. Why do brainless people always think their countries will be around forever? Times can change.
Rest in peace Queen Elizabeth II, thanks you for your service. A woman full of dignity someone to look up to. Reunited you are with your beloved Philips, Queen mother, your sister and your good friend Dame Vera Lynn. And ofcourse with all the other people of your generation and the onces before! Rest in peace 1926-2022. Fly high, We will meet again some sunny day.
I thought this was one of those "what would have been their 100th birthday"-posts but then i searched and realized it wasn't only her birthday but she's still alive today, one hundred and two years old strong!
New Zealand born with UK citizenship through my Mum, I have the best of both worlds indeed THERE'LL ALWAYS BE AN ENGLAND ,AND THERE'LL ALWAYS BE A NEW ZEALAND AND A COMMONWEALTH AS WELL !!
Fascinating footage. What amazes me is that after 6 long years of war and real hardship, the people still dress well. They have a pride in their appearance and standards. We are so much wealthier than they ever were and yet we moan and blame others for our deficiencies. What people! As Churchill said when Goebbels said of us, 'we will wring the chickens neck', 'some chicken, some neck!'
Gosh.. this brought tears to my eyes. Dame Vera Lynn sadly passed away today, 18th June 2020; we lost a national treasure. Just watching this video made me realise how truly free everyone must have felt on that day.. walking freely in the streets with no fear of being bombed, or an air raid siren going off. Having to rush to do what they needed to get back home ‘just in case’; it must have felt so freeing, especially for the younger generation, to say to their siblings, friends, partners.. ‘grab your coat! Let’s go!’ to join hoards of crowds to dance & celebrate until the small hours that they’re finally free of Hitlers clutches. Seeing those young women & men at the end made my heart swell. Those women likely waited all of the war for their men, crying, praying, begging for their safe return. Enjoying walking in the fountain with no cares in the world before embarking on the next stage of their lives. My father was born on May Day 1945, he sure knew how to make an entrance. My mother was born Jan 1946, & they both remember the ration books, the sense of community that continued post war, & patriotism; something not always experienced these days. Thank you for sharing 💕 x
"I give you a toast, ladies and gentlemen I give you a toast, ladies and gentlemen May this fair land we love so well In dignity and freedom dwell Though worlds may change and go awry While there is still one voice to cry There'll always be an England While there's a country lane Wherever there's a cottage small Beside a field of grain There'll always be an England While there's a busy street Wherever there's a turning wheel A million marching feet Red, white and blue What does it mean to you? Surely you're proud, shout it aloud Britons, awake The empire too, we can depend on you Freedom remains These are the chains Nothing can break There'll always be an England And England shall be free If England means as much to you As England means to me Red, white and blue What does it mean to you? Surely you're proud, shout it aloud Britons, awake The empire too, we can depend on you Freedom remains These are the chains Nothing can break There'll always be an England And England shall be free If England means as much to you As England means to me"
I want Germany and Europe to reappear as powerful perhaps a better EU where it is purely economic not governing its nation's and the borders of Europe close perhaps even retake Constantinople Kick the Turks out of Europe
So you yearn for the days when one nation invaded and conquered other nations and then relegated the people to 2nd class status in their own lands? And then there was the stripping of all natural resources for use by the conquering nation. Have you no idea how immoral that all was?
I pray to our old gods that it is true that there'll always be an England...unfortunately the chances are slim if this current trajectory into madness continues.
My Dear Mum used to sing this. She was in London during the Blitz just a kid when the doodle bug bombs started to rain down on her home in Poplar. She was alone in the house so she grabbed the cat and went and hid in the outside loo until the raid passed. The following week the house next door was bombed out so she was very lucky. So proud of the British people who even during the darkest moments cried "we will never surrender" Thank you Dame Vera a great lady.
Rule Britannia, Teresa may should be ashamed, march on England, caroy on London, my mum and dad would be ashamed, dad was on the beaches on d day, his bother was a prisoner of war ,.my uncle was as el Balmain shame on you Teresa may may I add that.my grandfather died fighting for this country at the battle of the Somme, what more can i say,
Dear Dame Vera, Thank You for the immeasurable boost you gave to the lads in their many hours of need. Off you go to the NAAFI and have a tipple with the boys - you've earnt it. Rest In Peace lovely lady x
I spent there six months! The best of my life. I really felt at home among that gentle and kind people. I understood the deep meaning of Homeland. Love to all English gentlemen and ladies from Argentina
My grandmother told me her recollection of when Germany surrendered. She said they heard the news early in the morning (around 03:00) and the whole town came out en masse to sing, dance and celebrate those 6 years of hell being over. She is nearly 94 now and still remembers it all.
C. John Smith Since Britain's joining of the EU. The British Elite at Westminster have all been but just muppets chosen to suit the EU's purpose. The British Elite who loved England and all of Britain are all gone now... and have been dead, since the Glory Days of Britan's might... and as you should know. The EU is hell bent on destroying Nation-States, for their goal of One Europa. Certainly a frightening prospect for the future, if the UK, doesn't leave.
ryan taylor No, it isn't to do with the Labour government, though that was one part of the issue. There has been a cultural revolution in the past 60 or so years within this country, with both the labour and conservative parties being transformed by it. It's impossible to claim that only the Labour party was infected with neo-progressive postmodernist rubbish - so has the so-called Conservative party. One of the main differences is that the labour party ended up purging itself of its socially conservative working class base at the parliamentary level, filling the parliamentary labour party with only champagne socialist types.
well the main populus decline issue is true reason that the main influx of immigration occurred during the blair era its sad the eu got the blame when 50% never came from europe but asia and africa but back to the highest immigration is during the labour government
Thank You Dame Vera Lynn, Another Song Relevant to the 'Global Pandemic' Stay Safe, Stay Strong, Because We Can Get Through This Together, Love Each Other Too, 'God Bless' You Dame Vera Lynn and May You Rest in Peace, XXXX
I'm not even English, but I love this song so much. I can well imagine, how this beautiful anthem of hope gave people all the endurence and bravery they needed during England's darkest hours. When people were hiding in the bunkers and subway stations, while the Blitz was going on above them, during the long Blackouts and when food and basic supplies were rationed. I've seen some of the old black and white fotographs, that show civilians still smiling and making music while they were hiding underground, people continuing their everyday life like nothing ever happened, while everything around them was laid to waste. That's what I appreciate so much about the British: You never surrender and most important, you never loose your humor, even in the darkest times. People like Winston Churchill and Vera Lynn are the embodiment of that spirit. May she rest in peace. Nowadays, we all need that spirit again. And this song says it all: If you stand together, believe in your country and yourself, then you will withstand every crisis. So come what may, there'll always be an England! I hope this song still encourages you the same way it encourages me. Best wishes from Germany going out to all of you, my English friends!
Solidarity with those in the UK going through the Coronavirus pandemic from New York. We will see through this as did our grandparents during the Second World War!
@@wildsurfer12Saw some on ITV wished I was there atmosphere looked amazing, was in tears here so proud and happy, been along time coming but worth it :)
I'm writing from California. Before the original Brexit vote, my daughter's dance teacher asked me what I thought about Brexit. I said that if I were English, I think I'd want my country back. (She agreed.) This is a great day: ordinary people have declared that they are entitled to their own countries. It applies to Hungarians and Poles and the Dutch and the Danes and, yes, to us in America. I shall, for better or worse, always be an American. But, when our family visited England several years ago, I realized that the land of Shakespeare and Shelley, of Locke and Hume, of Newton and Maxwell, of Elgar and Vaughan Williams, will always be a part of every American. Congratulations to our cousins in the mother country. May there always be an England! Dave Miller in Sacramento
I love my country, I love my brothers and sisters who have built this country from a parts of the commonwealth, they fought and died, heroes all colours. 💪✌️🙏
Really? What if you were born Spanish or Mongolian? Your words itself show the kind of trash racism your made of. Karma?? A racist anglo turd instead...
Says who its not good? Or by what standards? In any case, when someone says one country is better than another for living standards, its mostly brought down to a east vs. west or north vs. south comparison. between the haves and the have nots. Yet there are many other ways to compare living standards as well as quality of life.
Dont look at the comments below, we are right , English and damn rightly proud too!!! which language does the WORLD speak and understand??? yup, you guessed ENGLISH!! ....yes? go on you haters, which language do you all understand?...ahh, yesss , got it!
anglo-saxon hordes know very few languages. maybe one. like this one we speak in. Yet there is many other languages we can speak in fluently. Say Spanish. Quires Hablar? Or Hindi. Baat Karogey or even Bengali?? Now the question is what does the average english clod speak? Only poor english ...
I'm a South African, though not proud to say so anymore. I wish I was BRITISH!! We LOVE Vera Lynn (I even named my dog after her - and she's my pride and joy!). GO BREXIT!
New Anthem "This Is My England, This Is My Land", at the moment it is "Goodbye My England". Our fathers and forefathers fought for this country, and now we are letting it slowly be taken away from us, if England falls, remember, those that died in the 1st and 2nd world wars, they would have died for nothing which makes me cry.
Watching this is so strange. I don't recognise my country anymore. Instead, I feel nostalgic for a time I never knew. This is still my England.
Yeah outdoor toilets and rationing, the average man and woman only just having had a few elections to vote. Just recovering from the great depression Great time to live now compared to then. Didn't even have a national health service and many Victorian slums were still in use.
@@heythisisminenotyours Right because the current prime minister was voted in? But anyways, here we go!
Atleast people didn't breathe in plastic and consume super processed foods, there was something to do outside other than get stabbed, tap water wasn't contaminated with birth control pills, the high streets were filled with British shops instead of Turkish barbers and kebab shops used as a money laundering front, you could make enough money to live off one income and still afford a mortgage DESPITE THE GREAT DEPRESSION, children were not exposed to pornography and gender ideology from like the age of 12, higher birth rates, lower divorce rates, no social media, obesity levels close to ZERO, no hookup culture therefore more children with parents whereas today a 1/4 of children live only with a single parent, list goes on.
You mean when England owned and exploited half of the world?
@@heythisisminenotyoursits better than the shithole we live in now
I know exactly what you mean. When Britain was British and our way of life was absolutely not perfect but was our own. Time marches on so we’ll probably not see such days again, our greatest generation has nearly all gone ☹️. RIP Dame Vera ❤️
You, English people, have such a beautiful culture, such beautiful people... Never forget that.
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Thank you so much for your beautiful and very emotional sentiments about my country.
Thankyou for your kind words. A society only thrives when people take pride in it.
God bless you
mmm sausage and bread, maybe even a toast sandwich!
Long live England.
Love from New Zealand.
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Long live England, long live the commonwealth, from a proud Englishman and his proud Kiwi wife, brothers in arms, sister countries, forever and always 🇬🇧🇳🇿❤️
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I am so proud to be born an Englishman! Long live England!
Indeed, love being English!
Lol Its full of foreigners
I love being Scottish. You’d be nothing without us. Now fuck off and leave us alone.
@@thebritishempire8754 Twat
your goons destroyed europe in world war 2, churchill destroyed europe for the juice.
I miss the old England, the days of splendor and glory.
This is the thinking that brought about the disastrous Brexit initiative.
@@peterkleinman3526 There is no denying that the England of the past was more glorious and greater.
Love England 🇬🇧 Love Britain 🇬🇧
I am aU.S. citizen and proudly so. However I dearly love England! She is our "Mother Country" and so great a nation! Hail to the Empire too! Roger Howlett
Long live England from an Serb 🇷🇸❤️🏴
You were loved Vera. An icon of a lost age. You’ll never be forgotten.
I'm an American but I can appreciate the patriotism in this song. More people should be listening to music like this and take pride in their home countries.
There's not much pride in being an American, except Cowboys and Space Race (those two are really cool)
You wouldn't be saying that if you saw the state of it now!!!!
As long as there's America to fill her treasury
@@jJLDY.0gskJtOHZcju_o8e3v At least they have a written and consise constitution. America was born out of English Liberalism.
Not as much pride in england anymore songs like this wont be played as much due to it offendening people from diffrent countries living in england like rule britannia but ill always listen etid
I live in the North of England. It still looks like this. People drink in the same pubs their grandads did. There's poverty, but there're no acid attacks, no moped thefts, no grooming gangs. You might get a punch up outside the local on a friday night, that's about it. But it absolutely infuriates me that London has become so utterly detached from the rest of the country that to most young lads where I'm from the idea of living or working in London is completely unthinkable. We've got virtually nothing in common with our own capital city now - how can that possibly be right? It should be the place we feel most safe and most welcome of all.
My town in the south describes itself as "luton, the progressive town."
@@dividebyfive God help us.
I know.
@Mini van yeah, pretty much. but especially bury park.
Matteoj Pretty sure Rotherham, Rochdale and Oldham are in the North mate.
My mother was proud of her British heritage and often sang this song at the dinner table. Hearing it brings back such memories.
What part of Pakistan was she from?
@@chadking4928 What is Pakistan, don't you mean West British Raj?
Brings a tear to my eye - beautiful!
After hearing of the passing of my gracious Queen, it felt only fitting to play some Vera Lynn - somebody beloved by the queen in many ways. Now she has passed.. God, save the Queen and long live the king ❤️🙏
They were good friends. And her relationship with the queen mother was also exceptional. They were all good friends! Bless their souls, god bless them!
King William
I am Canadian and of English descent. I love England. My heritage is in Cornwall. Now more than ever we must fight for our home and people. England is not free right now, neither is Canada ( a British Colony!). Let's fight for freedom!
A Cornish person who likes England? Sus
@@bomberfox8360 Hahaha you do realise cornish independence is basically a meme right?
@@britannicgeneral7460 Being a meme doesn't make it false. It's a stereotype for a reason.
So you're a Cornish Pixie?
@@bomberfox8360 as a cornish resident .. I can confirm nobody wants independance.. it's a 2% minority
Love this standing side by side with our English brethren Rule Britannia from your friends in Scotland 🏴🇬🇧🏴
and your offspring in America love you too. God bless the Red, White and Blue, no matter how its arranged. (and God bless brave Scotland too.)
@@doktorwyzzerd well said mate!
Good man! Glad you're not falling for the SNP's divisive tactics.
Thanks friend, grateful to have you with us.
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I live in the states and was just about to turn in when a friend of mine in England gave me the news. Now I can't sleep because I'm listening to Dame Vera's music on repeat. RIP and God save the Queen.
What news kept you awake?
@@zombywoof1015 I'm also trying to understand which "news" was it
@@Fideli-imperatori The News that our beloved lady Dame Vera Lynn passed away at the age 103 in 2020.
God save the Queen
Perhaps even God has to bow 🙇♀️ 🙌 🙏 ✨️
@@caznya14 blasphemy
If the English ever feel the need to change their anthem this would be a good thing to change it to
Nah, Land of Hope and Glory.
While this is a great song there is a problem with it becoming the English national anthem with the line "Red, White and Blue" as that is the flag of the UK. A better song would be I vow to Thee my Country. It may still have UK connotations thinking about what artwork it is linked with but they are not mentioned in the song so it could probably get away with it and it is beautiful piece of music too.
Merritt Animation, I would prefer rule Britannia but most people don’t have the range for that.
@Xadion to much imperialism, good song but connotations of racism and isolationism are not great
Jerusalem. Best candidate.
This patriotic song needs to get played everywhere including Radio 1 to remind Britain's of it's once greatness.
Come on England rise.britannia be proud
Yes, remember those times we colonized the world and enslaved people and ruined entire continents.
@Mrs. Edna Welthorpe Yes, because we made life so much better for the Indians and Bangladeshis when we starved millions of them during WW2.
@Mrs. Edna Welthorpe It was still wrong 'back then'.
@Mrs. Edna Welthorpe Unless England officially annexed the entire island of Great Britain, which it literally never did, England is not, and was not an accurate term. It's not 'today's rules' at all.
Hope to see England rise again! No surrender! 🇩🇰🇬🇧
England and Denmark have a shared people 🏴🇩🇰
Come on YOU Gunners!
We will mate ‘there’ll always be an England’!!!!!
@@lukewilson8132 Until 2066, when white Britons become a minority.
Fanndis O'Fanndigan all of you need to learn to get along
Long live England ! God save the queen! Greetings from Croatia!!
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Antonio Vrabec hello Antonio im Jimmy I come from England and thank you for the beutifull comment about our beloved queen and our once not just great but influential ground breaking never say die country always there for the bullied countries of the world I was just wondering why you gave this comment all the best to you Jimmy👍
Antonio, God bless the Sahovnica! Always a pleasure to play you, because when you win, you play fair and square. Lots of Love from 🏴 to 🇭🇷. Best Wishes, Sir.
@Jamiesouthwest God Bless Hrvatska and there'll always be a Vukovar. Please tell Antonio.
Jamie Tobin I admire Britain ans its history and think that you are one of the greatest countries in Europe. I also admire your ex prime minister Margareth Tacher( I know that she was controversial and dont want to go into that) because she was the only polititian who supported Croatia in 1991. when we were under agression from all sides and was very uncertain if we would survive as a country. During that time when we were fighting against Serbs four our independance and when Croatia was not recognised by other countries she gave us support and that is why I admire her. Also I have some relatives in UK and am big fan of your culture, history and traditions.
Great song for a great country. Regards from Belgium.
Greetings from Wales. Stay safe.
🇬🇧 🇮🇪 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇦🇺 🇳🇿 God bless the English Speaking World!
God rest Vera Lynn’s soul.
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Don’t forget Liberia! 🇱🇷
NOT ALL. FUCK FUCK FUUUUUUUUCK THE SHIT USA!!!!!!!!
@@kavilavano4433 god bless my American friends
All old British colonies 😂😂🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Yes there will always be an England...all the best in this days of suffering...no surrender....with love from Germany your Anglosaxon counterparts
Haha those AngloSaxon counterparts really helped out in the end lol
I was. Born in ‘36 the war was over in ‘45 The songs were great but the fighting fierce. Glad the was a Vera Lynn to booster spirts. She had a marvelous way with a song.
May respect be due, we have definitely had our difficulties, but atleast our friends across the sea are free. Respect from Ireland
You earned your freedom my friend. Respect to our Celtic brothers across the sea
Rest in peace Queen Elizabeth II, you will always be the epitome of England
Proud to be British. Despite being a small island, it was us that laid down the foundations of the world we live in. Even if its not perfect, there will always be and England
The fact that I'm speaking English on the other side of the planet, nestled between the Antarctic and South East Asia, is telling.
So small yet so mighty and strong
@@KK-jg3hq And lo and behold, somone comes and ruins the civility >.>
*forgetsaboutIrelandandothercolonies*
"There will always be an England." Lol you guys have not even lasted a thousand years yet. India and China had civilization while you were cannibalizing others while wearing paint. Why do brainless people always think their countries will be around forever? Times can change.
Rest in peace Queen Elizabeth II, thanks you for your service. A woman full of dignity someone to look up to. Reunited you are with your beloved Philips, Queen mother, your sister and your good friend Dame Vera Lynn. And ofcourse with all the other people of your generation and the onces before! Rest in peace 1926-2022. Fly high, We will meet again some sunny day.
The British Reunification
TNO
Happy 100th birthday, Vera!
I thought this was one of those "what would have been their 100th birthday"-posts but then i searched and realized it wasn't only her birthday but she's still alive today, one hundred and two years old strong!
@@wsmpify There'll Always Be A Vera
103rd today!
@@AltaMirage well she passed away at age 103 :(
@@TankEngine75 Yes. Sad, but what a life! Rest in Peace, dear Vera.
New Zealand born with UK citizenship through my Mum, I have the best of both worlds indeed THERE'LL ALWAYS BE AN ENGLAND ,AND THERE'LL ALWAYS BE A NEW ZEALAND AND A COMMONWEALTH AS WELL !!
Hello fellow kiwi 🇬🇧🇳🇿🇬🇧🇳🇿🇬🇧🇳🇿🇬🇧
Other way around for me. Born in London with Kiwi citizenship through my Dads side.
@@BirdsfromHuntingdon That is so frickin cool :) You like me have the best of both worlds as well :) I call myself an Anglo NZer as well :)
Hooray for us we are lucky as anything
Tea drinking intensifies
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ALL OF THE TEA
I’m Canadian and I have more loyalty to the crown then to that cuk of a Prime Minister
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AND CRUMPETS TOO
Fascinating footage. What amazes me is that after 6 long years of war and real hardship, the people still dress well. They have a pride in their appearance and standards. We are so much wealthier than they ever were and yet we moan and blame others for our deficiencies. What people! As Churchill said when Goebbels said of us, 'we will wring the chickens neck', 'some chicken, some neck!'
It was actually Philippe Petain, leader of Vichy France, not Goebbels, which I think makes it even better.
No sagging tracksuits and man bags then
You mean no scabby tattoos, no things stuck through their faces, no hideous shapeless tracksuits and joggers. I see what you mean.
Keep calm and carry on sir it's the English way
British spirit!!! 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Gosh.. this brought tears to my eyes. Dame Vera Lynn sadly passed away today, 18th June 2020; we lost a national treasure. Just watching this video made me realise how truly free everyone must have felt on that day.. walking freely in the streets with no fear of being bombed, or an air raid siren going off. Having to rush to do what they needed to get back home ‘just in case’; it must have felt so freeing, especially for the younger generation, to say to their siblings, friends, partners.. ‘grab your coat! Let’s go!’ to join hoards of crowds to dance & celebrate until the small hours that they’re finally free of Hitlers clutches.
Seeing those young women & men at the end made my heart swell. Those women likely waited all of the war for their men, crying, praying, begging for their safe return. Enjoying walking in the fountain with no cares in the world before embarking on the next stage of their lives.
My father was born on May Day 1945, he sure knew how to make an entrance. My mother was born Jan 1946, & they both remember the ration books, the sense of community that continued post war, & patriotism; something not always experienced these days.
Thank you for sharing 💕 x
Don't worry, we'll meet her again
"I give you a toast, ladies and gentlemen
I give you a toast, ladies and gentlemen
May this fair land we love so well
In dignity and freedom dwell
Though worlds may change and go awry
While there is still one voice to cry
There'll always be an England
While there's a country lane
Wherever there's a cottage small
Beside a field of grain
There'll always be an England
While there's a busy street
Wherever there's a turning wheel
A million marching feet
Red, white and blue
What does it mean to you?
Surely you're proud, shout it aloud
Britons, awake
The empire too, we can depend on you
Freedom remains
These are the chains
Nothing can break
There'll always be an England
And England shall be free
If England means as much to you
As England means to me
Red, white and blue
What does it mean to you?
Surely you're proud, shout it aloud
Britons, awake
The empire too, we can depend on you
Freedom remains
These are the chains
Nothing can break
There'll always be an England
And England shall be free
If England means as much to you
As England means to me"
Greetings From Germany!
May The UK Live forever,May there Always be an England!
May The Empire Comeback one day.
I want Germany and Europe to reappear as powerful perhaps a better EU where it is purely economic not governing its nation's and the borders of Europe close perhaps even retake Constantinople
Kick the Turks out of Europe
He was Germanys greatest Field Marshall, and was not a Nazi.A great man, even if he was our enemy
Funny how every time something goes badly wrong in Europe its the bloody Germans the world wars and now the EU and its immigration shite show.
@@eduffy2375 And the fall of Roman Empire
So you yearn for the days when one nation invaded and conquered other nations and then relegated the people to 2nd class status in their own lands? And then there was the stripping of all natural resources for use by the conquering nation. Have you no idea how immoral that all was?
"If I should die, think only this of me:
That there’s some corner of a foreign field
That is for ever England."
Indeed, there'll always be an England.
Long Live England 🇬🇧 From an American
Wrong flag 🏴
🏴 🤝🇺🇸
RIP to the Greatest singer in Britain
I pray to our old gods that it is true that there'll always be an England...unfortunately the chances are slim if this current trajectory into madness continues.
Rest In Peace Vera. Lifting our spirits for 80 years.
My Dear Mum used to sing this. She was in London during the Blitz just a kid when the doodle bug bombs started to rain down on her home in Poplar. She was alone in the house so she grabbed the cat and went and hid in the outside loo until the raid passed. The following week the house next door was bombed out so she was very lucky. So proud of the British people who even during the darkest moments cried "we will never surrender" Thank you Dame Vera a great lady.
My mum was in rotherhithe when the Surrey docks was.bombed rule Britannia from a bermondsey girl
Rule Britannia, Teresa may should be ashamed, march on England, caroy on London, my mum and dad would be ashamed, dad was on the beaches on d day, his bother was a prisoner of war ,.my uncle was as el Balmain shame on you Teresa may may I add that.my grandfather died fighting for this country at the battle of the Somme, what more can i say,
March on Britannia, watch the film.s Dunkirk and the darkest hour, learn and listen
These films should be shown to this pathetic government and the all the schools in this.great country of ours, what was a great country, but no.more
There will always be an England, march on Britannia never give up
Dear Dame Vera, Thank You for the immeasurable boost you gave to the lads in their many hours of need. Off you go to the NAAFI and have a tipple with the boys - you've earnt it. Rest In Peace lovely lady x
I spent there six months! The best of my life. I really felt at home among that gentle and kind people. I understood the deep meaning of Homeland.
Love to all English gentlemen and ladies from Argentina
VE DAY JAN 31ST 2020 BROUGHT ME HERE, YOUR WORDS STILL HAVE STANDING VERA
When England was England.!
Britain Awake !! 🔴⚪🔵
🇬🇧✋
Soul by Soul, silently, her Bounty increases !
We’re with you mate from your Scottish brothers 🏴🇬🇧🏴
Rest in peace Dame Lynn
"There will always be an England and England shall be free, if England means as much to you as England means to me!"
Happy Platinum Jubilee week from Salt Lake City, Utah, 🇺🇸! Long live the Queen, her remarkable generation, and the greatness of Churchill’s island!
Yeah so glad they won, I mean wow just look at England and London today… so glad they good guys won the war.
Should be played on the radio on St George's Day
Democracy Beckons
A broken yet perfect system
To everyone saying hope is lost in England, look at yourselves and look at everyone saying the same thing. England’s not lost, it’s waking up.
We need music like this now.
back when men were men, no one was offended by the smallest thing and there was no hiding behind a computer screen. RIP Ms Lynn
God Save the Queen!
ok for the queen but not the descendant who will destroy their own dynasty
Nearly 70 Years of a Long and Glorious Reign! Queen Elizabeth II 🇬🇧
I love queen, my fave is their Brixton remix bohemian rastapsody
@@darrenfogel717 I’d probably say my favourite is their cover of jailhouse rock
@@Dylanj-eg4fv
Thanks for the eads up I will take a listen.
My grandmother told me her recollection of when Germany surrendered. She said they heard the news early in the morning (around 03:00) and the whole town came out en masse to sing, dance and celebrate those 6 years of hell being over. She is nearly 94 now and still remembers it all.
My parents too! 😁
God bless her, I hope she is still alive and in good health!
english and proud. there will always be an england 💯🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
If the Nazis dropping bombs on our cities didn’t defeat us or our spirit, the progressive woke mob definitely won’t.
@@BirdsfromHuntingdon Hear! Hear!
Magnificent lady in her efforts in keeping moral up during England’s darkest days, this song never fails to bring a lump in my throat. RIP Vera Lynn.
Ladies, and gentlemen! The politicians took this from you! “Reclaim your birthright!!”
English born.................... proud of a united kingdom
There will be.
Protect her heritage.
With deepest respect from Czech Republic
Rest In Peace Vera Lynn
United England Moment
Ironic that this crops up on my recommended on brexit day. Such a powerful song. Makes you so proud to be English.
Never has there been a time since the war that this song became so relevant.
Look at what London was and then look at what it is today.
How did it happen so fast? Why did we let it happen?
C. John Smith Since Britain's joining of the EU. The British Elite at Westminster have all been but just muppets chosen to suit the EU's purpose. The British Elite who loved England and all of Britain are all gone now... and have been dead, since the Glory Days of Britan's might... and as you should know. The EU is hell bent on destroying Nation-States, for their goal of One Europa. Certainly a frightening prospect for the future, if the UK, doesn't leave.
calihartley2010 So basically you're cheering for the axis powers in this? Good to know.
we didnt its the forever guilty labour goverment.
ryan taylor
No, it isn't to do with the Labour government, though that was one part of the issue. There has been a cultural revolution in the past 60 or so years within this country, with both the labour and conservative parties being transformed by it. It's impossible to claim that only the Labour party was infected with neo-progressive postmodernist rubbish - so has the so-called Conservative party. One of the main differences is that the labour party ended up purging itself of its socially conservative working class base at the parliamentary level, filling the parliamentary labour party with only champagne socialist types.
well the main populus decline issue is true reason that the main influx of immigration occurred during the blair era its sad the eu got the blame when 50% never came from europe but asia and africa but back to the highest immigration is during the labour government
ОЧЕНЬ КРАСИВАЯ ПАТРИОТИЧЕСКАЯ ПЕСНЯ ! ВЕРА - АНГЛИЙСКАЯ ЛИДИЯ РУСЛАНОВА,
МОЛОДЕЦ ВЕРА !!! С ДНЕМ ПОБЕДЫ !!!!
Thanks but wish Ukraine was as free as us.
Спасибо, но хотелось бы, чтобы Украина была такой же свободной, как мы.
Thank You Dame Vera Lynn, Another Song Relevant to the 'Global Pandemic' Stay Safe, Stay Strong, Because We Can Get Through This Together, Love Each Other Too, 'God Bless' You Dame Vera Lynn and May You Rest in Peace, XXXX
Thank you Lady Lynn !
Rip our queen 🇬🇧💔 8/9/2022 💔💔💔💔 they will always be an England 🇬🇧 😢
R.I.P Vera Lynn. Your music will continue to inspire and live on.
I'm not even English, but I love this song so much. I can well imagine, how this beautiful anthem of hope gave people all the endurence and bravery they needed during England's darkest hours. When people were hiding in the bunkers and subway stations, while the Blitz was going on above them, during the long Blackouts and when food and basic supplies were rationed. I've seen some of the old black and white fotographs, that show civilians still smiling and making music while they were hiding underground, people continuing their everyday life like nothing ever happened, while everything around them was laid to waste. That's what I appreciate so much about the British: You never surrender and most important, you never loose your humor, even in the darkest times. People like Winston Churchill and Vera Lynn are the embodiment of that spirit. May she rest in peace.
Nowadays, we all need that spirit again. And this song says it all: If you stand together, believe in your country and yourself, then you will withstand every crisis. So come what may, there'll always be an England!
I hope this song still encourages you the same way it encourages me.
Best wishes from Germany going out to all of you, my English friends!
I love England with all my heart!
Queen Elizabeth brought me here, Vera’s songs never get old.🇬🇧🇬🇧
Never surrender! 🇺🇸🇬🇧✊
Solidarity with those in the UK going through the Coronavirus pandemic from New York. We will see through this as did our grandparents during the Second World War!
Thank you for the UK rather than England. Wales, Scotland and Ireland's grandparents did their bit as well.
@@markwflint7383 Northern Ireland. Irish partition was 1922. Belfast was one of the most Blitzed British cities.
Otherwise, spot on.
Rest in Peace Vera. Such a remarkable and inspirational lady.
Fascinating to see so many British people in London. I wonder where have they all gone?
Essex and further afield
proper london 🇬🇧🏴🇬🇧🏴🇬🇧
Who else is listening to this before the UK leaves the EU at 11pm TONIGHT!!!
Me ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,cant wait whoop whoop !!!
carole g You should have been at the ceremony in Parliament Square!
@@wildsurfer12Saw some on ITV wished I was there atmosphere looked amazing, was in tears here so proud and happy, been along time coming but worth it :)
I'm writing from California.
Before the original Brexit vote, my daughter's dance teacher asked me what I thought about Brexit. I said that if I were English, I think I'd want my country back. (She agreed.)
This is a great day: ordinary people have declared that they are entitled to their own countries. It applies to Hungarians and Poles and the Dutch and the Danes and, yes, to us in America.
I shall, for better or worse, always be an American. But, when our family visited England several years ago, I realized that the land of Shakespeare and Shelley, of Locke and Hume, of Newton and Maxwell, of Elgar and Vaughan Williams, will always be a part of every American.
Congratulations to our cousins in the mother country. May there always be an England!
Dave Miller in Sacramento
A Great Singer with an Outstanding Voice. How Great She is.
I am a Lebanese fan of Vera Lynn and her Patriotic Songs ❤🏴
I’m sure Her Majesty the Queen is in good company with Dame Vera Lynn!
Definitely and Queen mother ofcourse. They had such close bound. They have lots to catch up to. God Bless their souls.
I love my country, I love my brothers and sisters who have built this country from a parts of the commonwealth, they fought and died, heroes all colours. 💪✌️🙏
❤️
Who else is listening to this on NYE 2020 at 11pm as we depart the EU 🇬🇧
I don't think it has improved the policy.
I wish i was around to see this england
The tragic thing now is that you would probably get a ticket for the awful crime of releasing ticker tape from your window. 😢
🇬🇧 🇨🇦 🇦🇺 🇳🇿 cousin nations forever
R.I.P. Dame Vera you will always be in the hearts of English people , what an iconic figure the Best of British x
God bless you Dame Vera Lynn. How could we lose when we had people like you. Europe has a short memory.
To be born English is to win first prize in the lottery of life. And I was.
I am of English heritage but born in New York which is not nearly as good
Really? What if you were born Spanish or Mongolian?
Your words itself show the kind of trash racism your made of. Karma?? A racist anglo turd instead...
Says who its not good? Or by what standards?
In any case, when someone says one country is better than another for living standards, its mostly brought down to a east vs. west or north vs. south comparison. between the haves and the have nots.
Yet there are many other ways to compare living standards as well as quality of life.
Dont look at the comments below, we are right , English and damn rightly proud too!!! which language does the WORLD speak and understand??? yup, you guessed ENGLISH!! ....yes? go on you haters, which language do you all understand?...ahh, yesss , got it!
anglo-saxon hordes know very few languages. maybe one. like this one we speak in. Yet there is many other languages we can speak in fluently. Say Spanish. Quires Hablar? Or Hindi. Baat Karogey or even Bengali??
Now the question is what does the average english clod speak? Only poor english ...
Vera Lynn just passed away recently... What else will 2020 took from us?
I'm a South African, though not proud to say so anymore. I wish I was BRITISH!! We LOVE Vera Lynn (I even named my dog after her - and she's my pride and joy!). GO BREXIT!
ONS VIR JOU SUID AFRIKA!!!!
England, the most important and grand country in world history.
Dame Vera would turn in her grave if she could see what's become of England today. She never did like "that foreign muck!"
The crowd looked so joyful for their victory over the enemy, where’s the spirit today?
This was England 💪 sad that how things are now, if you know what I mean
@@mikedoe6940 Someone who hasn't learned anything from the 20th century, I see.
@@gokalpyelken16 we all wish for our homelands to return to be our homelands no matter where your from
uh... Brexit?
U mean breXIT
do you pricks realise who we were fighting against? you lot are acting a lot like them
If only our packed streets still looked like that 🏴🇬🇧
We will never surrender.
May Her Majesty the Queen rest in peace.
Join Patriotic Alternative to fight to keep our indigenous people on our beautiful island!!! 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
I hope these words are still true in 2020 and beyond!
@Our ship Barham I am quite awake. But it is never wrong to hope.
@Our ship Barham who knows.
There’ll always be an England is a good thing for the words as well as the singing
New Anthem "This Is My England, This Is My Land", at the moment it is "Goodbye My England". Our fathers and forefathers fought for this country, and now we are letting it slowly be taken away from us, if England falls, remember, those that died in the 1st and 2nd world wars, they would have died for nothing which makes me cry.