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The two minute silence can be traced back to 14th May, 1918, when it was first observed in Cape Town, South Africa.\xa0\nRepeated daily for a year, and initiated by the firing of the noon day gun on Signal Hill, the \u2018Two Minute Silent Pause of Remembrance\u2019, as it was known, was instituted by Cape Town Mayor Sir Harry Hands and councillor Robert Rutherford Brydone, both of whom had lost sons at the Front.\nIn this episode, The Retrospectors consider the optimum length for a silence (three minutes was, apparently, simply too long); explain how the tradition became adopted at the UK\u2019s Armistice Day; and reveal the worst place to hold a two-minute silence for Ukraine\u2026\n\xa0\nFurther Reading:\n\u2022 \u2018The Scot who began the two-minute silence\u2019 (BBC News, 2018): https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-46124328\n\u2022 \u2018The two-minute silence: remembrance of the Glorious Dead\u2019 (United Kingdom Government, 2015): https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-two-minute-silence-remembrance-of-the-glorious-dead\n\u2022 \u2018Two Minutes' Silence To Honour War Dead\u2019 (Sky News, 2014): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahaB53lT2ak\nLove the show? Support us!\xa0\nJoin\xa0 \U0001f334CLUB RETROSPECTORS\U0001f334to DITCH THE ADS and get an additional full-length episode each SUNDAY\u2026\xa0\n\u2026 Plus, get weekly bonus bits, and unlock over 100 bits of extra content.\xa0\nJoin now with a free trial on Apple Podcasts or Patreon and support our show \u2764\ufe0f\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Ollie Peart.\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2024.\n\n\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices