[arista]

https://news.sky.com/story/alan-turi...-note-11763499


Due at the End of 2021

[Liam-]

Here for this, the bigots will fume!

[Samm]

[Ammi]

...just brilliant really.....

[arista]

It will also have a Holgram on it,
The Power of a Plastic £50 note in 2021

[Ammi]

...obviously after Brexit, the average monthly salary will go down to around £49.99p a month ......but well...we’ll dream of those pretty notes...

[arista]

Originally Posted by Ammi

...obviously after Brexit, the average monthly salary will go down to around £49.99p a month ......but well...we’ll dream of those pretty notes...

But I can walk to your House with a Case
(handcuffed)
of New £50notes
and buy your house

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by arista

But I can walk to your House with a Case
(handcuffed)
of New £50notes
and buy your house

...or just hand me the case would be lovely actually, thank you Arista...I knew you would save us all, you’re my hero.....

[Shaun]

Has the £20 one been announced yet?

Great choice for the 50.

[Ammi]

...fingers crossed Shaun...

[Shaun]

Originally Posted by Ammi

...fingers crossed Shaun...

let's hope we don't have to wait five years

[arista]

Originally Posted by Shaun

Has the £20 one been announced yet?

Great choice for the 50.

No not yet
and good point as that comes next year.

[Beso]

Should have been hawkins

[Shaun]

Originally Posted by parmnion

Should have been hawkins

As great as Hawking (I assume you mean Stephen) was, he was much less of a man who provided service to his country than Turing so it makes sense from a "patriotic hero" standpoint.

I've just seen that the person chosen for the £20 note is JMW Turner. Interesting... bit leftfield, though.

[Livia]

It's about time Turing got some recognition. What he was put through because of his sexuality, after what he did for this country during the war was truly reprehensible. And also, let's put a statue of him on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square, lose the endless rotation of modern art and put a real hero on it.

[smudgie]

Perfect choice.
He was a true hero, and the way he was treated was disgusting.

[Cal.]

[Twosugars]

Gay icon, great news

[Tom4784]

Turing is a hero whose treatment at the hands of our country is a dark stain upon our history. If it weren't for Alan Turing, the world we live in could be very different and we drove him to suicide after he served his country because of who he loved.

I don't think anything will ever undo the damage what was done but this is a nice tribute, it's just a shame he never got the chance to see his redemption come to fruition.

[Twosugars]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

Turing is a hero whose treatment at the hands of our country is a dark stain upon our history. If it weren't for Alan Turing, the world we live in could be very different and we drove him to suicide after he served his country because of who he loved.

I don't think anything will ever undo the damage what was done but this is a nice tribute, it's just a shame he never got the chance to see his redemption come to fruition.

Gay veterans and ex POWs were prevented from taking part in official commemoration parades well into the 80s.

[Beso]

Originally Posted by Twosugars

Gay veterans and ex POWs were prevented from taking part in official commemoration parades well into the 80s.

Are you sure.

[Twosugars]

Originally Posted by parmnion

Are you sure.

Go read about it, I have.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Twosugars

Go read about it, I have.

I'd be interested to look at this, do you have a link?

[Beso]

Originally Posted by Twosugars

Go read about it, I have.

Ive tried looking...I believe the gay part...but ex POWs? ..I can't find anything about it.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by parmnion

Are you sure.

Gays weren't allowed to serve openly until 2000. This was after a couple of ex-forces gay people - a man and a woman - were thrown out for being gay and Stonewall took up their case. Only then really, did things start to change. So gay people wouldn't have been invited to any official commemorations or parades in the 80s anyway.