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10 Snapshots of British Schoolchildren During World War II
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| April 4, 2013
Posted on 09/14/2013 5:27:25 AM PDT by NYer
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posted on
09/14/2013 5:27:25 AM PDT
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NYer
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
09/14/2013 5:27:51 AM PDT
by
NYer
( "Run from places of sin as from the plague."--St John Climacus)
To: NYer
Don’t see many burkas amongst the crowd.
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posted on
09/14/2013 5:33:38 AM PDT
by
Cowboy Bob
(They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
To: NYer
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posted on
09/14/2013 5:35:34 AM PDT
by
IbJensen
(Liberals are like Slinkies, good for nothing, but you smile as you push them down the stairs.)
To: NYer
I can’t remember the exact details, and don’t have time to start Googling..but during the Blitz, there was one very tragic incident. A V-1 hit a school, and 20 or so very young kids and several teachers, were killed. There’s a very famous picture of all the victims..a class pic taken a few weeks before the event..
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posted on
09/14/2013 5:36:08 AM PDT
by
ken5050
(According to Dick Lugar, I'm a "random outlier." Woo Hoo!!!!)
To: NYer
Thanks for posting this. It’s fascinating.
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posted on
09/14/2013 5:53:44 AM PDT
by
leapfrog0202
("the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery" Sarah Palin)
To: NYer
I can only imagine what American school children in NY or LA, DC, would react to a London type Blitzkrieg...
No cell phone. Internet access. No facebook...
Probably be masses of sobbing wet noodles in fetal positions...
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posted on
09/14/2013 5:55:07 AM PDT
by
Popman
(Liberal wars are about killing people for humanitarian reasons...)
To: Popman
“Probably be masses of sobbing wet noodles in fetal positions...”...otherwise known as the GOPe leadership position.
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posted on
09/14/2013 6:02:43 AM PDT
by
rrrod
(at home in Medellin Colombia)
To: NYer
I met the late Terry Walsh, Dr Who stunt coordinator back in the classic Dr Who days. He was always happy and smiling — but one time he remembered walking on the sidewalk in his bomb-hit London neighborhood. The childhood memory of a trail of blood running down the walkway of one ruined house turned him somber in an instant, like it had just happened.
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posted on
09/14/2013 6:10:35 AM PDT
by
Moonmad27
("I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way." Jessica Rabbit)
To: ken5050
Not sure if it's the one you are thinking of, especially as it didn't involve a V1, but the Sandhurst Road School Disaster comes to mind - 20th January 1943. A 1000lb bomb fell on the school, killing 32 children and six staff.
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posted on
09/14/2013 6:15:10 AM PDT
by
naturalman1975
("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
To: naturalman1975
Yes, thanks..that’s the one...I thought it was a V-1..my bad...were you able to find the pic of all the kids? It’s haunting...
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09/14/2013 6:28:24 AM PDT
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ken5050
(According to Dick Lugar, I'm a "random outlier." Woo Hoo!!!!)
To: NYer
To: NYer
Reminds me of the “Narnia” series.
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posted on
09/14/2013 7:43:54 AM PDT
by
Rides_A_Red_Horse
(Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
To: NYer
Now, such kids spend their time vandalizing bus stops and assaulting pensioners.
To: Popman
Oh, that would be sight wouldn’t it? They would probably wonder why all the progressive agendas like abortion and homo marriage hadn’t made the world love them.
To: Popman
As a New Yorker who has gone through 9/11 and the blackout of the entire east coast several years ago (we assumed it was a terrorist plot), I can say we behaved quite nicely, thank you. I didn’t see one kid crying during these two events.
To: miss marmelstein
I understand your point....but comparing 9/11 and waves of nightly bombing raids not knowing if your life will snuffed out any moment...is a little different. .
Plus that was 12 years ago....and our children are being trained to not think for themselves...
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09/14/2013 8:02:05 AM PDT
by
Popman
(Liberal wars are about killing people for humanitarian reasons...)
To: Popman
I would never compare 9/11 to the Blitz - it was bad enough. But New Yorkers live under a non-stop terrorist alert that can be quite daunting.
I also have a friend who survived the Blitz - he was taken into the countryside where he lived in a great mansion - unlike his East End home. Sadly, as much as I love this person, he's the biggest scaredy cat I've ever met!
To: NYer
Imagine setting off a tear gas canister in a school to test the kids now. lol.
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posted on
09/14/2013 8:25:09 AM PDT
by
GeronL
To: Cowboy Bob
Now London is only 40% English
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posted on
09/14/2013 8:26:58 AM PDT
by
GeronL
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