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[fatshark]

Tim Lovett MBE ... joining Geoffrey Hopkinson, Michael Badger, Anne Buckingham, Colin Weightman, Ted Hooper.

Who've I missed?

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Wally Shaw, Brother Adam

 

[fatshark]

Ian Craig

 

[masterBK]

Geoff Hopkinson got the BEM (British Empire medal) in 2012 not the MBE.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

BEM is still part of the honours system.
Suppose we should include Fred Eckton in the list

 

[masterBK]

Gerald Moxon from Hull ( member of Beverley BKA|) got his MBE in 2006

 

[Angry_Mob]

Michael Young MBE - 2009

 

[bontbee]

BEM is still part of the honours system.
Suppose we should include Fred Eckton in the list

Why "suppose"?

 

[Hivemaker.]

Why "suppose"?

Because no one has mentioned him here yet and he received a BEM

 

[domino]

All Eva Crane got was a blue plaque.

 

[Beefriendly]

Yes but Karl von Frisch got the Noble prize...a bit more financially lucrative than a title you put after your name

 

[domino]

Yes but Karl von Frisch got the Noble prize...a bit more financially lucrative than a title you put after your name

Plus you get a cash prize and a chunky gold medal. He shared the prize with Konrad Lorenz who wrote a great book called On Aggression.

 

[bontbee]

Because no one has mentioned him here yet and he received a BEM

yes, he did - hence the why "suppose"

 

[Hivemaker.]

yes, he did - hence the why "suppose"

I see, it is that bit...well there is no suppose about him being awarded the BEM.

think or assume that something is true or probable but lack proof or certain knowledge.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

yes, he did - hence the why "suppose"

Called irony - as some seemed to imply that a BEM was not a 'proper honour'

 

[madasafish]

Called irony - as some seemed to imply that a BEM was not a 'proper honour'

As the British Empire no longer exists and has not for at least two decades,one can correctly say the British Empire Medal reflects an outdated view of the world and should be abolished . No doubt it will be abolished in about 2030 when the Establishment wake up...to how risible it appears to award citizens with an award for a non existent Empire which very few alive can recall let alone still support...

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

As the British Empire no longer exists and has not for at least two decades,one can correctly say the British Empire Medal reflects an outdated view of the world and should be abolished . No doubt it will be abolished in about 2030 when the Establishment wake up...to how risible it appears to award citizens with an award for a non existent Empire which very few alive can recall let alone still support...

Or, as they are now realising that, unlike the wishes of George V when the 'lower' orders were created that, instead of honouring 'ordinary' people like they were intended, they have now become just a shiny bauble for cronies within the system and 'celebrities' neither of which have done much to enrich this rapidly collapsing former great nation of ours.

 

[madasafish]

Or, as they are now realising that, unlike the wishes of George V when the 'lower' orders were created that, instead of honouring 'ordinary' people like they were intended, they have now become just a shiny bauble for cronies within the system and 'celebrities' neither of which have done much to enrich this rapidly collapsing former great nation of ours.

I read the Saturday's Daily Telegraph list of deaths in the magazine. Primarily actors, writers, models, one boxer and a restauranter ... no-one who who had achieved anything of note. Said more about the narrow outlook of the composer of the list than the real world..

 

[gillsmith]

Richard Frow got the MBE and Cecil Tonsley got a BEM

 

[Erichalfbee]

I read the Saturday's Daily Telegraph list ............... Said more about the narrow outlook of the composer of the list than the real world..

I totally disagree
It reflects the readership.