Mum passed away just recently. Looking through some of her treasures we found a tiny little note book. Entries ranged in date from 1920 to 1968. Stick figure drawings by my Nans brother who passed away as a boy. Couple of little paintings by my Nan. Think she was born in 1909. Entries by my Mum and Auntie.
An entry in 1943....."Poland is never defeated while there is still resistance." Signed and dated, but author unknown to me.
This tickled my sense of humour as today you would be frowned upon for such a comment. How times have changed.
I must spend more time with it and try to find out who some of the writers were. Won't be easy now.
Things have changed for sure , mostly for the better but nor always!!
At junior School the music teacher had us learning to play the recorder to an old American ditty called 'Old Zip c--n' ffs
I have the same 'poem' written in a book by my old Mum, now long gone - similar vintage, she was 1910.
It's a bit concerning that we seem to be painted though!!!! ???
The trouble is our leaders have taken this way too far now, saying that someone is fat is now an offense and there is no paint involved, just food. :furious:
When i was little one of the rhymes i learned from my grandmother
First line only.
eeny meeny miney moe
but there was no malice in it
Guy Gibson's dog was called "Nigger". It was also their codeword used in the Dambusters raìd to be transmitted upon breaching the Dams.
Today that word has been sanitised from any reference to that galant event in Britains history. Yet it was a central part of the story. What a shame.
Again no malice was intended.
A swastika was removed from a grave in Canada by peace protesters recently - it had been placed there in 1923 when the swastika stood for peace - we should not try and rewrite history - words and actions were different then - too pc now :bugga:
Quote from: Notty on Saturday, 25 November 2017, 03:49 AM
A swastika was removed from a grave in Canada by peace protesters recently - it had been placed there in 1923 when the swastika stood for peace - we should not try and rewrite history - words and actions were different then - too pc now :bugga:
But for centuries the swastika has been a religious icon - when I was working in Kolkata, used to see it everywhere, especally around holy places. It was only the Nazi's adopting it in WWII that now everyone associates it with them, rather than religion.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika
The nazi salute was first used as the olimpic salute at the start of the games, it's illegal now.